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The Olympics as a Story of Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

Ensuring readiness for Games-time (in Olympic-speak) now involves strategic pre-emption through stress-testing and scenario planning. Table-top 'gaming' exercises at the top of the chain of command and practical training of personnel through rehearsals are routine across many of the diverse functions of Olympic operations.

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4 Strategies for Women Navigating Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

The politics of office life seldom fail to flummox and frustrate the top female executives my partners and I coach and train. Gail was in her fifth year at a large finance firm when she recognized a disconcerting pattern. Politics was one of the things that repeatedly fell into the dislike column. Get yourself an agent.