Leader's Edge Magazine

  • Fully Exposed

    Medical and scientific breakthroughs promise healthier lives while threatening privacy and ethical issues.

    By Annmarie Geddes Baribeau | May ’13

    Headlines announcing the latest medical breakthroughs and the promise of healthier and longer lives inspire hope in all of us. We all want to find a cure for ruthless diseases that attack even the very young or detect and defuse hidden genetic time bombs or discover the secret to living a robust life well into our golden years.

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  • Brokerage at the Speed of Life Science

    “We’re in an industry that changes so fast, you have to be in the game.”

    By Mike Patten | May ’13

    Life sciences, typically described as medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, is a rapidly moving industry—both in terms of scientific breakthroughs and the evolution of the companies that discover the breakthroughs.

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  • The Mouse That Roars

    New tests using gene skipping may cause a revolution in individual medical treatment.

    By Cheryl Arvidson | May ’13

    James Wood and Alex Heil are good friends. They are both 15, and they both have Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disease that is the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children.

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  • The Year that Defied Gravity

    Federal Policy Fuels Brokerage M&A Engine, but Strangles Small Group Benefits Firms

    By The Staff of Marsh Berry & Co. | May ’13

    Demand was high, so brokerages met the M&A demand.

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  • Act Three

    By Chris Hann | April ’13

    New Age Retirement

    Not ones to settle into their rocking chairs, these executives prove the right age is now.

  • Age Old Questions

    By Cheryl Arvidson | April ’13

    The Domino Effect of Aging

    Government benefits programs will fail current and future generations around the world.

  • Sidebar

    By Annmarie Geddes Baribeau | May ’13

    Self-Disclosure

    Kaiser Permanente envisions a future in which consumers monitor their own condition using new technologies.

  • TechNoSavvy

    By Michael Fitzpatrick | May ’13

    Tech Briefing May 2013

    Employers are turning to technologies such as “gamification” to get workers more engaged in their health.