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Outsourcing the Old Folks

Harvard Business Review

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , a new film set in India and directed by Shakespeare in Love's John Madden (age 63), hangs its plot on the notion of "outsourcing" the elderly. Why not outsource those liabilities — simply get them off the books? She goes from being outsourced, to becoming a resource. and the U.S.

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Linds Redding’s Short Lesson in Perspective

In the CEO Afterlife

Turns out that Linds Redding, an illustrator and designer, spent most of his career crafting advertising in the UK and New Zealand, before opening an animation studio. As fast as we could pin an idea on the wall, some red-faced account manager in a bad suit would run away with it. I’m glad I did.

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

The story, which apparently has echoes in some other school districts around the country, is but one more salvo in the wars of educational reform (recently depicted in the film Waiting for Superman — dont miss it). In a world of virtual value chains and multi-part outsourcing, how do we bring good judgment to bear?