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Doublespeak is the language of non-responsibility, carefully constructed to appear to communicate when it fact it doesn't. In this lively and eye-opening expose, originally published in 1989, linguist William Lutz identifies the four most common types of doublespeak-euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook or "bureaucratese," and inflated language-showing how each is used in business, advertising, medicine, government, and the military. In this seminal book,...
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Like never before Australian governments are embracing the vitality and diversity of small businesses, when they partner with the private sector.
The digital economy now means SMBs and big businesses can vie for government business on a more level playing field.
Yes, the big business bidding teams are still strong, but they can be rigid and cumbersome. Unlike your SMB...
You can compete. You can win.
It's not easy, but at least it's a fairer fight...
3) Megacommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today's Global Ch
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A hurricane strikes a city; terrorists attack a nation; global warming threatens the environment-such problems are too large for any one authority to solve alone. Our increasingly globalized and interconnected world calls for a new type of tri-sector leadership in which business, government and nonprofits work together in a state of permanent negotiation. To be effective, tomorrow's leaders will need to reach across national and sector divisions to...
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China GDP has grown from $300 per capita to more than $10,000 in the past thirty years and lifted more people into the middle class than in any other country at any other point in human history. It is important for investors, US companies and anyone interested in the global economy to understand China.
As the founder and CEO of KraneShares, an asset management company focused on China and headquartered in New York, author Jonathan A. Krane provides...
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"The 2016 election left many people who are concerned about the environment fearful that progress on climate change would come screeching to a halt. But not Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope. Bloomberg, an entrepreneur and former mayor of New York City, and Pope, a lifelong environmental leader, approach climate change from different perspectives, yet they arrive at similar conclusions. Without agreeing on every point, they share a belief that cities,...
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