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Beyond Tribalism – Book Review

Rapid BI

Anyone with a passion for organizational design, organizational efficiency, human resources and certainly public sector leaders and policy makers! Diversity is still a valid word to describe the society we live and work in with all of our differences in identity. Consequences – Diverse to Mosaic Britain. Worth a Read?

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Diverse Teams Feel Less Comfortable — and That’s Why They Perform Better

Harvard Business Review

In numerous studies , diversity — both inherent (e.g., For example, a 2009 analysis of 506 companies found that firms with more racial or gender diversity had more sales revenue, more customers, and greater profits. In addition, people believe that diverse teams breed greater conflict than they actually do.

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Don’t Expect New Crowdfunding Rules to Create a Startup Boom

Harvard Business Review

After all, the legislation, passed in 2012 but stuck in SEC rule making until now, was intended to boost America’s entrepreneurial economy. Allocating more resources to the startup economy probably is a good thing. The second is that VCs have a terrible record when it comes to diversity.

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The Olympics as a Story of Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, for example, the global financial crisis caused private developers for the Olympic Village project to withdraw, requiring a refinancing package backed by government. Consider, too, that when threats materialize at large-scale events, the damage often spills over to other parties.

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How We Transformed Emergency Care at Our Hospital

Harvard Business Review

In the summer of 2012, the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Hospital recruited me to be its inaugural chair. We were on ambulance diversion for at least eight of every 24 hours, often longer. Other local EDs actually had betting pools on how long it would take us to go back on diversion after we came off.

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The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Political spending, climate change, diversity, and human rights are now some of the most frequent resolutions that investors file. This is a recent phenomenon, according to my research; the number of these resolutions has increased dramatically over the past five years. This data suggests the need to rethink how we view investor activism.

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The Unique Value of Crowdfunding Is Not Money — It’s Community

Harvard Business Review

In 2012, Palmer Luckey, a member of a VR community message board, mentioned that he wanted to launch a Kickstarter project to raise crowdfunding for a new virtual reality headset he had been tinkering with, the Oculus Rift. This suggests that platform-based allocation of resources can supplement more traditional expert-based decision making.