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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. And here’s to an even better 2017!” Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved.

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How Our Company Learned to Make Better Predictions About Everything

Harvard Business Review

Our goal is to leverage forecasting in order to make the “high-quality, high-velocity” decisions Jeff Bezos calls for in his 2017 letter to shareholders. Multiple predictions for the same event can be aggregated and averaged, and therefore help managers understand what entire teams or divisions are thinking.

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It?s Not Always Clear What Constitutes Sexual Harassment. Use This Tool to Navigate the Gray Areas.

Harvard Business Review

The #MeToo movement started by activist Tarana Burke gained momentum in October of 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano invited women on Twitter to respond “me too” to her tweet if they’d experienced sexual harassment or abuse. Several times, you’ve made clear to your manager that you don’t want to go out with him.

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