Bruce Henderson, BCG's founder, recruited the smartest kids from the nation's best business schools.

ECONOMIST: Schumpeter

Last year, Bruce Henderson with the Charlotte Observer decided to look into the energy usage of the LEED certified ImaginOn building.

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Many management gurus, including Frederick Taylor, W. Edwards Deming (the founder of the quality movement), Henry Mintzberg and Bruce Henderson (the man behind the experience curve), were trained first as engineers.

ECONOMIST: Idea

Like many leading figures in the world of management theory, Bruce Doolin Henderson, the founder of the Boston Consulting Group (and the man most responsible for the Boston matrix), was an engineer.

ECONOMIST: Idea

Meanwhile, Sunderland manager Steve Bruce said he was delighted with the way Henderson responded to hints that he might have been rested as his side moved up to seventh in the Premier League.

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Hughton's sentiments are likely to be echoed by Sunderland's Steve Bruce and Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson, respectively the managers of Henderson and Smalling at club level.

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