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September 10, 2015 by Best of the Issue Idea Watch When Platforms Attack Feng Zhu What happens when your product is too successful on Amazon. Idea Watch The CEO of Bolthouse Farms on Making Carrots Cool Jeffrey Dunn If it looks like junk food and acts like junk food...it could actually be a vegetable. Feature The Future and How to Survive It Richard Dobbs, Tim Koller, and Sree Ramaswamy Corporations’ gains over the past 30 years could all but vanish in the next 10. Feature Global Teams That Work Tsedal Neeley Managing physical separation and cultural differences. Feature How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Companies Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann Your org structure will never be the same. Managing Yourself Life’s Work: Andre Agassi Alison Beard “A great rival is like a mirror.”

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