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MIT Sloan researchers named to Thinkers50 awards shortlist

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Several researchers from MIT Sloan are on the shortlist for the 2021 Thinkers50 awards, biennial honors given in 10 different categories to global business leaders. Thinkers50 is announcing the nominees for a different category every Monday. This article will be updated as more nominees are announced. The winners will be named at a virtual event Nov. 15 and Nov. 16.

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Top thinkers from Wellington School of Business and Government recognised

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Todd Bridgman and Stephen Cummings from Wellington School of Business and Government have been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 2021 Breakthrough Idea Award. The Breakthrough Idea Award celebrates thinkers whose radical ideas and insights have the potential to change how people think about business and management. Todd and Stephen have been recognised for their work in co-authored books, The Past, Present and Future of Sustainable Management and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Chea

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Location Matters, Leaders not that Much

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In their 1982 book In Search for Excellence Tomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman showed us what differentiates successful companies from the rest. Their analysis was compelling because it could be used by companies and executives to foster eight skills that make companies grow faster and more profitable. These eight characteristics of winning firms include quick decision making, closeness to customers, entrepreneurship, employee satisfaction, and a lean and simple organization.

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