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The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

Skip Prichard

If you want to learn how to develop an experimentation organization, read on. Daniel Kahneman. When it finally came to my attention, I realized right away that large-scale, controlled experimentation would revolutionize the way all companies operate their businesses and how managers make decisions.

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Crack the Leadership Code

Skip Prichard

Daniel Kahneman. Is it possible to develop empathy? The not so good news is that cognitive empathy needs to be developed. For example, Kyle is an EVP of large bank. A key to developing curiosity is inquiry. I recently spoke with him about his work. We’re blind to our blindness. Leadership is about empathy.”

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Why Companies Are Betting Against Big Ideas

Harvard Business Review

This idea of prospect theory, developed by Tversky and Kahneman and reported in a classic 1979 article (for which the Nobel prize was awarded) demonstrated that individuals do not make decisions rationally by selecting options with the highest expected value, because they are risk-averse and 'losses loom larger than gains.'.

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Why Western Digital Firms Have Failed in China

Harvard Business Review

Google, for example, has succeeded in dominating many foreign markets that have radically different political systems and cultures (including Indonesia, Thailand, and Saudi Arabia). imposing technological platforms developed for the U.S. failure to develop and communicate business strategies effectively. market on China.

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Why New Leaders Should Be Wary of Quick Wins

Harvard Business Review

As soon as you step into a top position at a company that needs to significantly improve the way it operates, there’s pressure to get off to a quick start. For an example of the importance of controlling pace, let’s look at the case of an executive I’ll call Greg. HBR Staff/Clare Jackson/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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How to Know If a Spin-Off Will Succeed

Harvard Business Review

The first category is exogenous factors over which the business has little control: the growth of the markets into which it sells; the competitive intensity and thus the average profitability of the industry in which it operates; or the fragmentation of its industry and thus the scope for a growth-by-acquisition approach.