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Creating Personal Time Management Techniques

Liquid Planner Productivity

New York, NY, Penguin Random House, 2014. With more than 20 years’ professional experience, James Arrow has played a key role in successfully delivering critical capital assets, in a variety of locations, around the world. The Procrastination Cure: 7 Steps to Stop Putting Life Off. Pompton Plains, NJ, Career Press, 2011.

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business Review

For example, at the end of its 2015 fiscal year, Apple’s balance sheet stated tangible assets of $290 billion as a contribution to its annual revenues, with approximately $141 billion worth of intangible assets — a combination of intellectual capital, brand equity, and (investor and consumer) goodwill.

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Your Board Should Be Full of Activists

Harvard Business Review

companies in 2014 and show no signs of letting up in 2015. Among their trophies in 2014 was a complete housecleaning at Darden Restaurants, the largest operator of full-service restaurants in the U.S. and with half of its fund assets indexed, it is not going anywhere if it does not like its portfolios’ strategies or results.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

” Improving risk management. Climate change, water scarcity, and poor labor conditions in much of the world increase the risk. Disruptions in the supply chain may affect production processes that depend on unpriced natural capital assets such as biodiversity, groundwater, clean air, and climate.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

For example, after opening its first store in 2014, fast-food chain KFC recently opened its fifth branch in the country. For companies willing to take on some risks, now is the time to buy local assets, which, though priced in USD, are still fairly cheap because of the associated risk.

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The Public/Private Cooperation We Need on Cyber Security

Harvard Business Review

The public and private sectors need to work together to protect critical assets with confidence and trust — helping manage the risks we know, and getting ahead of those we don''t. Communicate: Government regulation and corporate risk management activity is at a high level.

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Why the Entire C-Suite Needs to Use the Same Metrics for Cyber Risk

Harvard Business Review

High-profile cyberattacks — ranging from the one suffered by Sony Pictures in 2014 to the global ransomware attacks that occurred last May and June — highlight the huge financial and reputational stakes. Then, when he or she asks questions — such as “What are our greatest risks?”

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