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3 Ways to Take Action in the Face of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

. “For the military,” Petraeus observed, “learning faster than the enemy meant deploying lessons learned teams and ensuring commanders are focused on identifying the need to make changes to our big ideas, campaign plans, organizational structures, equipment, and operational bases.” commanders under Petraeus.

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Sears Has Come Back from the Brink Before

Harvard Business Review

On those grounds, he says, things look bad not just for Sears and all large chain stores, which before the war were considered a threat to so many Americans’ dreams of setting up their own independent local retail operations. Army uses after-action reviews to change course, as the Pascale article explains in excellent detail.

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