It\u2019s being billed as possibly the \u201clargest journalism collaboration in history.\u201d For the past 15 months, nearly 100 reporters from media outlets around the world, working in collaboration with the International Center for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), have analyzed about 2.5 million documents detailing the identities and activities of 120,000 offshore tax havens. The effort aimed to expose the \u201chidden dealings of politicians, con artists, and the mega-rich in more than 170 countries.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adam Weinstein at Gawker<\/A> breaks down what\u2019s been uncovered so far (names, dollar amounts, incriminating allegations), why we should care, and what we can expect to see coming to light as investigations continue. On a final note, Weinstein teases: \u201cICIJ’s parent, the Center for Public Integrity, lists its funders here<\/A>. Will any of them pop up in the documents? Man, that would be: Awk. Ward. We’re looking into it.\u201d <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n A TALE OF TWO SUPPLY CHAINS<\/a><\/p>\n \n The Obama administration is expected to announce a big change in the way it distributes international food aid. Instead of buying food from American farms and shipping it abroad, the administration proposes giving the money directly to relief agencies to buy food closer to where it\u2019s needed. The proposed change would save millions, and would get food to the people who need it more quickly. But critics argue that the changes would have a devastating impact on U.S. farmers and shippers. \u201cWe are talking about hundreds of jobs lost,\u201d says the executive director of one of the organizations lobbying against the change. But groups like Oxfam and CARE argue that the current system wastes too much food aid on shipping costs. \u201cThe current food aid program is not mission driven or about poor people,\u201d said Gawain Kripke, director of policy and research for Oxfam. \u201cIt\u2019s about moving product.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n UPWARD MOBILITY<\/a><\/p>\n \n Despite the proven benefits of opting for the stairs over the elevator, few office buildings do anything to encourage it. Most have dimly-lit staircases hidden behind fire doors, some of which lock you out of the office entirely if you forget your keycard. Caroline Winter gives us an inside look at a building that plans to be different by design. Seattle\u2019s $30 million carbon neutral Bullitt Center, which opens at the end of the month and is being billed as the world\u2019s greenest commercial building, will feature what its owner calls an \u201cirresistible staircase\u201d — a light-filled, winding \u201cescalier\u201d with views of downtown Seattle and Puget Sound (check out the photo<\/A> — it really is beautiful).\n <\/p>\n \n NOW HEAR THIS<\/a><\/p>\n \n Over the past year and a half, you have helped us hone our approach to Morning Advantage by providing excellent feedback on what you find useful (and what you could do without). Based on your advice, we\u2019re announcing two changes we hope you\u2019ll like: Morning Advantage will become \u201cThe Shortlist\u201d (to reflect that our global audience does not all receive this newsletter in the morning) and it will appear weekly, on Fridays, instead of every weekday (to avoid cluttering your already-full inboxes). We\u2019ll see you next week under our new name and on our new schedule — but with the same great roundup of management thinking. If the notion of a day without HBR is too much to bear (we love you, too!), please consider signing up<\/A> for our new, shorter newsletter, The Daily Idea, which features a single fresh idea from the pages of HBR every weekday, summarized by Morning Advantage alumnus Kevin Evers.\n <\/p>\n \n BONUS BITS<\/a><\/p>\n \n Staying Ahead of Counterfeiters, With a Butterfly\u2019s Help (Big Think)<\/A> \t\t<\/p>\n It\u2019s being billed as possibly the \u201clargest journalism collaboration in history.\u201d For the past 15 months, nearly 100 reporters from media outlets around the world, working in collaboration with the International Center for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), have analyzed about 2.5 million documents detailing the identities and activities of 120,000 offshore tax havens. 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Has a Seattle Building Discovered the Secret to Making Stairs Irresistible? (Bloomberg Businessweek)<\/a><\/h4>\n
A Change to This Newsletter<\/a><\/h4>\n
The Real Deal<\/a><\/h4>\n
\nChina\u2019s Export Boom That Wasn\u2019t (The Atlantic)<\/A>
\nIn Honor of Mad Men\u2019s<\/em> Return, Favorite Ads from the 1960s (Ad Age)<\/A>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/img><\/a>
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