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Today, the world’s fastest growing region is calling for greater leadership. At present, around the world, in both government and business, we see a wider and wider difference between the skill, quality, and power of our leaders. Arguably, leadership, particularly in Asia, makes more of a difference today than at any point in recent history. This is true because the stakes for the leaders of Asia are higher—and so, then, are the demands of leadership.


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Answers to age-old questions about the nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history are closer than ever, Axios' Miriam Kramer and Alison Snyder write.

  • "We're in a whole new era of astrophysics and planetary science," NASA scientist Stefanie Milam told Axios. "What we are seeing — even in our first glimpses — with the James Webb Space Telescope has just blown our mind. It surpassed our expectations in so many ways."

Three Important Truths Roger Martin

I have received many reader requests for advice on how to think about segmentation when creating strategy. Segmentation is a huge subject with which I could fill several books, so I thought I would focus on the few key things about which I always think when I am working on segmentation and strategy. To that end, I have dedicated my 39th Year II Playing to Win/ Practitioner Insights (PTW/PI) piece to Segmentation & Strategy: Three Important Truths. You can find the previous 91 PTW/PI here.

Vladimir Lenin once declared: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” 2022 was a year where decades happened. It was a very exponential year. Over thirty years, in advising over twenty-two winning global presidential campaigns, we’ve learned there are two kinds...

As a former four-time All American Decathlete, I’m deeply proud of the USA Track and Field team’s performance last month at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Over three decades, it’s been our honor to work with Nike and USA Track and Field—and the sport’s amazing athletes, coaches, officials, and people. In...

Inside the hurricane of today’s swirling crises, take what might be termed a “Shultz Hour.” As a young aide on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sometimes sitting behind then Senator Joe Biden, I was always impressed with Secretary of State George Shultz’s candor, calm, and...