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The Comparing Trap

Harvard Business Review

In an adjacent office was a colleague who had written something like 12 books and was an internationally recognized scholar in the area of organizational innovation. Compared with my colleague, I had accomplished so little over such a long career; my two measly books were more like an embarrassment, given his output.

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What an Economist Brings to a Business Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. Two well-known companies have also made auctions famous, and economists have played central roles in the success of each. Here a few notable examples. Many economists since have been hired by the U.S.

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Three Times You Have to Speak Up

Harvard Business Review

I was thinking about that story by Thomas Merton during a recent board meeting. Recent market updates, a technical deconstruction of various trends, then product frameworks — all in quick succession. Early on in our careers, we might speak up without concern or context. One board member sighed deeply.

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