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Don’t Be Fooled by That Dazzling NBA 2K21 PS5 Sizzle Reel

2K Games released a new NBA 2K21 PS5 gameplay reveal trailer yesterday. Impressive, the sizzle reel hints at a major visual overhaul for the next-gen version of the yearly basketball franchise. The current-gen version received mixed reviews at launch. A brand new PS5 gameplay reveal for NBA 2K21 released yesterday delivers yet another compelling peek…

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How AR Is Redefining Retail in the Pandemic

Vasilina Popova/Getty Images In these difficult times, we’ve made a number of our coronavirus articles free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. Covid-19 has supercharged all things virtual, propelling industries like retail well into the future. According to IBM’s 2020 U.S.…

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CEOs, Don’t Let Fear and Paranoia Sink Your Leadership

Illustration by Richard A Chance For decades, we’ve told CEOs to be humble. It’s fine to be confident, even fiercely determined, we say, but arrogance will bring you down. The ideal leader respects and listens to colleagues, communicates honestly, adjusts opinions when confronted with new evidence, and makes decisions that strengthen the organization rather than…

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How Donald Kendall, as PepsiCo’s boss, sparked the cola wars

The legacy of the legendary salesman lives on“ROCK AND roller cola wars, I can’t take it any more!” cried Billy Joel in his chart-topping song from 1989, “We didn’t start the fire”. He had had enough of the intense marketing battle between America’s fizzy-drinks behemoths. As the underdog, PepsiCo had stunned its bigger rival, Coca-Cola,…

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How to Manage a Hybrid Team

HBR Staff/Melpomenem/Getty Images/Unsplash In these difficult times, we’ve made a number of our coronavirus articles free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. Your employees’ needs are always varied. But right now, as many companies navigate returning to an office in some…

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Don’t Let Election Passions Roil Your Workplace

Shana Novak/Getty Images After election day, more than 100 million Americans will physically or virtually report to their jobs, one of the few remaining spaces where citizens routinely engage with others who come from diverse backgrounds and hold different viewpoints. Those workplaces are likely to be the first outlet for pent-up emotions at a time…

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