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March 24, 2017 When It's Smart to Copy Your Competitor's Brand Promise By Yi Zhu, Anthony Dukes In a crowded marketplace customers are easily confused.

Collaboration Is Your Team Coordinating Too Much, or Not Enough? by Roger Schwarz Some teams should function like a gymnastics squad, and others like a hockey team. Leadership Why the Lowly Dandelion Is a Better Metaphor for Leaders than the Mighty Banyan by Vivek Bapat Your time in charge is fleeting, but your impact doesn't have to be. Time management Stop Mindlessly Going Through Your Work Day by Leah Weiss Do you remember what you did this morning? Economy The Rise of Corporate Inequality Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom discusses the research he's conducted showing what's really driving the growth of income inequality: a widening gap between the most successful companies and the rest, across industries. In other words, inequality has less to do with what you do for work, and more to do with which specific company you work for. The rising gap in pay between firms accounts for a large majority of the rise in income inequality overall. Bloom tells us why, and discusses some ways that companies and governments might address it. He's the author of the Harvard Business Review article, "Corporations in the Age of Inequality." For more, visit hbr.org/inequality. Ethics Being an Ethical Business in a Corrupt Environment by S. Ramakrishna Velamuri, William S. Harvey, S. Venkataraman It might not be as hard as it seems. Technology How Utilities Are Using Blockchain to Modernize the Grid by James Basden, Michael Cottrell Welcome to a new era of decentralized power. Compensation Incentives Don't Help People Change, but Peer Pressure Does by Susanna Gallani Results from a study on hand hygiene at a hospital.

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