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The Olympics as a Story of Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

A terrorist incident, a breakdown of the London rail system, power blackouts, volcanic ash clouds , flooding, an outbreak of infectious disease—the London organizing committee (LOCOG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) spent years thinking about every scenario they could imagine.

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Living in a Radical State of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

Old efficiency thinking based on engineering and rational market models needs to be replaced by a creative intelligence based on imagining, building and managing new futures. For example, in Japan, the utility company believed its nuclear problem was water — not enough water to cool the reactors and ponds.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business Review

For example, a key source of concern for some companies is more-restrictive rules of origin, which would reduce the amount of materials allowed to be used tariff-free for products traded to and from NAFTA member countries. Navigating the Next Two Years in Mexico.