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How PwC and The Washington Post Are Finding and Hiring External Talent

Harvard Business Review

They’re doing this because hiring independent workers on a contingent basis increases business flexibility and agility, provides access to hard-to-hire specialized talent, and potentially reduces costs. In the U.S. alone, companies are engaging roughly 6.4 Both benefit from having a stronger, more direct relationship with each other.

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Planning Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy of Agile

Harvard Business Review

Management by Objectives (MBO) became the height of corporate fashion in the late 1950s. Later, MBO evolved into strategic planning. The frustrations with current planning practices intersect with another fundamental managerial trend: organizational agility. The world appeared predictable. The future could be planned.

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