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Not Taking Risks Is the Riskiest Career Move of All

Harvard Business Review

Research I conducted in 2012, 2013, and 2014 with the global advertising agency J. None of us tolerates ambiguity well — particularly when the losses and gains underpin our livelihoods or the projected long-term happiness of our families. So how can we turn self-defeating inaction into sensible action?

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Good News, Bad News: An HBR Management Puzzle on Innovation Execution

Harvard Business Review

It shouldn’t happen, but it does: You realize much too late that your innovation project is in deep trouble. The following highly condensed fictional case study draws on their paper “Anatomy of a Decision Trap in Complex New Product Development Projects” in Academy of Management Journal. Were you misled by the data?