This year’s Global Banking Annual Review, data centers in real estate, rewiring for the era of gen AI, and more: The Weekend Read

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Get cozy this weekend and fall into the week’s highlights on this year’s Global Banking Annual Review, data centers in real estate, rewiring for the era of gen AI, and more.

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Asheet Mehta, Klaus Dallerup, Luca Pancaldi, Miklós Dietz , Pradip Patiath , Vik Sohoni , and coauthors explain how the “management quotient” will be a differentiator for banks in the remaining years of the 2020s.

Where to compete

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The demand for data centers is growing. Senior partner Pankaj Sachdeva explores how real estate companies can participate in the growth of this industry.

Opportunities in data centers

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While there is a lot of excitement around generative AI, realizing its value can be hard. Senior partners Rodney Zemmel , Eric Lamarre , and Kate Smaje discuss how leaders can deliver successful digital and AI transformations in a fast-changing era.

A play-by-play guide

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By providing more innovative products and achieving go-to-market excellence, the US employer health benefits market can compete more effectively to meet employers’ and members’ evolving needs, write Akshay Kapur , Monisha Machado-Pereira , and coauthors.

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Asheet Mehta, Klaus Dallerup, Luca Pancaldi, Miklós Dietz, Pradip Patiath, Vik Sohoni, and coauthors explain how the “management quotient” will be a differentiator for banks in the remaining years of the 2020s.

﻿The demand for data centers is growing. Senior partner Pankaj Sachdeva explores how real estate companies can participate in the growth of this industry.

While there is a lot of excitement around generative AI, realizing its value can be hard. Senior partners Rodney Zemmel, Eric Lamarre, and Kate Smaje discuss how leaders can deliver successful digital and AI transformations in a fast-changing era.

﻿By providing more innovative products and achieving go-to-market excellence, the US employer health benefits market can compete more effectively to meet employers’ and members’ evolving needs, write Akshay Kapur, Monisha Machado-Pereira, and coauthors.

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Asheet Mehta, Klaus Dallerup, Luca Pancaldi, Miklós Dietz , Pradip Patiath , Vik Sohoni , and coauthors explain how the “management quotient” will be a differentiator for banks in the remaining years of the 2020s.

The demand for data centers is growing. Senior partner Pankaj Sachdeva explores how real estate companies can participate in the growth of this industry.

While there is a lot of excitement around generative AI, realizing its value can be hard. Senior partners Rodney Zemmel , Eric Lamarre , and Kate Smaje discuss how leaders can deliver successful digital and AI transformations in a fast-changing era.

By providing more innovative products and achieving go-to-market excellence, the US employer health benefits market can compete more effectively to meet employers’ and members’ evolving needs, write Akshay Kapur , Monisha Machado-Pereira , and coauthors.

58-Across: Be domineering toward (and a hint to this puzzle’s theme)