This is the second installment in a seven-part series on productivity. This week’s topic: How Pozen reads so fast.
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Will It Be Cheerios or Life This Morning? [Harvard Business Review]
Until July 2010, Bob Pozen had two full-time jobs: chairman of MFS Investment Management (he’s now chairman emeritus) and senior lecturer teaching a full load of classes at HBS. He serves on the board of Medtronics, Inc., and Nielsen, Inc., is involved with several non-profit organizations, frequently advises governmental agencies, and does a prodigious amount of writing and speaking (as well as playing doubles tennis). HBR Group editorial director Justin Fox decided to ask for a few tips.
Can We Break the Tyranny of Quarterly Results? [HBR]
Is the U.S. Killing Its Innovation Machine?
If we want corporate America to avoid short-termism, we need to help free portfolio managers and company executives from the tyranny of quarterly results.
Is It Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis? [HBR]
After explaining the controversy, Pozen proposes a solution: new, transparent practices that would draw on the best of both historical cost and fair value accounting. If adopted, they could balance the banks’ desire to present assets in a good light with investors’ need to understand the banks’ exposures – and perhaps make everyone happy.