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Geoff Colvin is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on today's most significant trends in business. As a longtime editor and writer for Fortune, he has become one of America's sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues. He is heard daily on the CBS Radio Network, where he has made over 15,000 broadcasts and reaches seven million listeners each week. He is the author of three books. A native of Vermillion, South Dakota, Geoff is an honors graduate of Harvard with a degree in economics and has an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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By Rik Kirkland and Geoff ColvinSeptember 17, 2001
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The ultimate manager
By Geoff ColvinNovember 22, 1999
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