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Protest Oregon's Proposed New Fundraising Law

Harvard Business Review

The proposed law could not be more dysfunctionally designed: It has a blind spot for real fraud and puts a spotlight on potential innocence. Here are six reasons why anyone who cares about social progress should contact Mr. Kruger's office and ask him to withdraw this proposed legislation: It uses a false theory of transparency.

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Leadership Lessons And Quotes From American Assassin

Joseph Lalonde

A Reel Leadership Article Imagine you’ve just proposed to the love of your life. She leveled the truth hammer. You’ve gone up to the bar to order drinks. Then you hear gunfire. Terrorists have stormed the beach. They’re gunning down anyone and everyone that moves. Including your new fiance. Annika saw his bruises.

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The Industrial Revolution That Never Was

Harvard Business Review

He had grown up in northwestern Germany, where his father owned mills that heated small amounts of charcoal and iron together to make steel that could be hammered and sharpened into knife blades. Their biggest customers were blacksmiths who hammered a few inches of heated iron bar into a horseshoe or a hinge.

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A Great Negotiator’s Essential Advice

Harvard Business Review

To help shape a shared understanding, Koh recruited an MIT team that had independently built an analytical and financial model of a seabed mining operation to give a series of influential seminars and analyze proposals for feasibility. Minimize, then expand your circle.

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Yes, Short-Termism Really Is a Problem

Harvard Business Review

With Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals to encourage longer-term investing , the debate over whether American business is too fixated on the short term has moved from the dimly lit offices of earnest policy wonks into the klieg lights of U.S. primary season.

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Lean Doesn’t Always Create the Best Products

Harvard Business Review

Lean proposes a “test and measure” process of product development. When process is a hammer, the risk is that everything becomes a nail. Startups – like large companies – need to have a story around the narrative of use, and it often means ignoring minimal in favor of thoughtful.

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How to Handle a Blitz: 4 Key Strategies for Successfully Negotiating During a Company Transition

Strategy Driven

Then compare that to the proposal on the table. Does your current package – or a proposed package – meet your expectations for the new environment? Point 2: You have options. Define what you want and what you need to move forward. First, consider all the parameters that make the situation successful for you. Where are the gaps?