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Accountants Will Save the World

Harvard Business Review

Last June, I raised a few eyebrows when I told attendees at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (aka Rio+20 ) that "accountants would save the world." We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it. But I meant it.

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5 Examples of Great Health Care Management

Harvard Business Review

In December, 2012, the University of Utah health care system started posting on its “ Find-a-Doctor” sites all patient comments received after office visits. University of Utah put case management right in the intensive care units. Transparency at University of Utah Health Care. Teamwork is not just easy – it’s natural.

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5 Examples of Great Health Care Management

Harvard Business Review

In December, 2012, the University of Utah health care system started posting on its “ Find-a-Doctor” sites all patient comments received after office visits. University of Utah put case management right in the intensive care units. Transparency at University of Utah Health Care. Teamwork is not just easy – it’s natural.

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What Happens When Careers Last 20 Years Longer?

Harvard Business Review

I am also experiencing an entirely new phase of adult development. I am recently remarried and developing ideas for new businesses. Lifelong learning will become an essential part of adult development. How will companies manage longer lives and postponed retirements?

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

Economists, policy makers, executives, educators, the press, and others must become more adept at anger management. Adults in the United States spent, on average, 60 hours watching television news in 2012. Why does all this matter for the purposes of anger management? But only 21% of TV news coverage in the U.S. foreign affairs.