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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

There I observed a wide array of Abbott executives, scientists and managers. As a manager “on loan” to Abbott from the University of Michigan, I quickly found similarities between the two organizations. They can pose major challenges for today’s managers, especially if those managers are part of a different generation.

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What are the best cryptocurrency exchanges in the world?

Strategy Driven

In 2013, Zhao joined the Blockchain.info team as a member of a group working on a portfolio dedicated to cryptocurrencies. The company also has its own decentralized wallet and even official Telegram channels that keep the entire community in touch.

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The New World of Beta Curation

Strategy Driven

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Copyright © 2013 by Dana Ardi and reprinted by permission of St. She has served as a Partner/Managing Director at CCMP Capital and JPMorgan Partners and was a Partner at Flatiron Partners. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobson

Operation: Starting Gun in Moore, OK, Summer 2013 Photo By: Kirk Jackson, Team Rubicon 1. Weak leaders and unhealthy organizations fear decentralized power and intellectually empowered small-unit leaders because they''re difficult to "control." And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally.

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Making Management as Simple as Frisbee

Harvard Business Review

So how do people — and even dogs — routinely manage it? Managers under pressure to make many decisions can''t subject every one of them to thorough and dispassionate analysis. This is the kind of thinking that business managers can also profit from. But manage it, and you become the industry leader.

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Why Bitcoin Entrepreneurs Are Begging for More Regulation

Harvard Business Review

In March of 2013, the department of the U.S. Treasury tasked with combating money laundering issued guidance on Bitcoin, defining it as a “decentralized” class of “virtual currency” that, though not equivalent to legal tender, “acts as a substitute for real money”. Clarity is coming, and with it, likely, greater involvement from banks.

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Hire by Auditions, Not Resumes

Harvard Business Review

To us, this arrangement makes sense — we work in open source software, which is a decentralized product. The aphorism is true: You can’t manage your way out of a bad team. This post is adapted from a talk by the author at the December 2013 Lean Startup Conference. . To Optimize Talent Management, Question Everything.