In 2011, DaVita HealthCare Partners (DaVita)-a Fortune 500 healthcare services company specializing in kidney dialysis services-and the Denver Public Schools (DPS)-the largest school district in Colorado-forged a plan to incorporate greater intentional focus on culture and leadership within the district. A few months into the 2013-2014 school year, DaVita "Mayor" Kent Thiry, DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg, and members of their teams gather to review .....more

This case describes Kraft Heinz Company''s (KHC) February 2017 unsolicited $143 billion takeover offer to acquire Unilever. The offer was made to Unilever CEO Paul Polman by KHC chairman Alexandre Behring, who was also co-founder and CEO of Brazilian-based 3G Capital (3G). Since being acquired by 3G in 2013, KHC profit margins had increased by more than half, to 28%, well above food industry averages, as its share price rose 24%. The case examines .....more

This (B) case describes the aftermath of Unilever''s February 2017 rejection of Kraft Heinz Company''s (KHC)/3G Capital''s (3G) unsolicited $143 billion takeover offer. In an effort to defend itself against future attempts by KHC/3G or other suitors, Unilever announced on April 4, 2017, a program of enhancing its long-term shareholder value with a series of aggressive restructuring moves. The program included targeted improvements to its operating .....more

Teach this case online with new suggestions added to the Teaching Note. The Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). In 2012, Reshma Saujani founded Girls Who Code (GWC) with the mission of closing the technology (tech) industry''s gender gap. While GWC offered coding education programs to middle- and high-school-aged girls, the organization also .....more

It''s no secret that short deadlines produce results more quickly than long ones. But who knew that no deadline would prompt the fastest response of all?

Corporate training isn''t all fun and games, but maybe it should be. Most of us have (often grudgingly) used corporate learning systems. We skim through 50-slide PowerPoint decks hoping to correctly guess enough answers to pass so that we can get back to our "real work." Much of what we learn is often forgotten by the time we receive our certificate of completion. But a new study, conducted at the professional services firm KPMG, shows that gamified .....more

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