"Dear White Boss..." Like all managers African-American executives have to make their numbers, motivate employees, hire, fire, plan for the future. But unlike their white counterparts they also have to contend with a miasma of distrustinstability tension. A fictional letter from a black manager to his white boss reveals what it's like to be different in the corporate world

Why Good Accountants Do Bad Audits. Everyone wants to take the corruption out of auditing. But the real problem isn't fraud; it's unconscious bias. The often subjective nature of bookkeeping and the close relationships between accounting firms and their clients mean that even the most honest and meticulous auditors can unintentionally distort the numbers in ways that mask a company's true financial status. It will take radical reforms to fix the problem

How to Identify Your Enemies Before They Destroy You. Big companies that ignore disruptive innovations often live to regret it. But it's not so easy to tell a genuine threat from a passing fad. Here's an analytical tool that can help companies get a handle on potential disruptions while there's still time to act