An interview with Cathy Davidson, Duke University professor and author of Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn

Featured Guest: Bob Pozen, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and author of the HBR article Extreme Productivity.

Companies will be spending more on their high performers in 2012 than they did in previous years as they continue to target resources towards those that deliver most to the bottom line, according to survey data from Mercer. However, a two tiered approach to pay is emerging with 12% of companies also stating that 25% of their staff will not get a pay rise in 2012 due to performance issues. The information comes from the 412 senior HR and Reward Specialists who attended Mercer's 2012 Compensation Planning in EMEA webinar. According to respondents, when asked if, in 2012, they would spend proportionately less, the same or more, on their top performers compared to an average performer than they had in previous years, 44% stated that they would spend more. Fifty percent said that they would spend the same while 5 percent said that they would spend less.

Traditional, compliance-focused approaches to risk management have created dangerous blind spots for businesses - financially and operationally - threatening not only growth, but basic survival. An integrated approach to managing risk and business performance can help companies systematically link risk and reward to avoid the pitfalls of operating in a volatile global economy.

In this podcast, Mark Halverson, managing director of Accenture's wealth and asset management service line, spoke with Wall Street & Technology on the need for technology in wealth advisor services. In today's changing financial landscape, advisors need the right technologies-a distinctive capability of high-performance businesses-to create a multichannel experience for clients.

Serie de 6 podcast sobre Gestión de Compras, elaborada por Boston Consulting Group y Knowledge Wharton.