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Catch People Doing Something Right

Nathan Magnuson

Several years ago I needed to perform a complicated banking transaction on a certain day but wasn’t going to be able to arrive during lobby hours. Having worked as a bank teller back in the day, I knew it would probably prove an impossible request. Another time I was responsible for opening up a restaurant in the morning.

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Highlighting Our January 2017 Sponsor: Bill Treasurer

Lead Change Blog

He has designed leadership and succession programs for emerging and experienced leaders for NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue, UBS Bank, Walsh Construction, Spanx, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the U.S. Bill’s Books Motivate and Inspire. Top leadership expert Ken Blanchard calls the book “a wake-up call for leaders at every level.”

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The False Promise of Free Capital Flows

Harvard Business Review

The models concluded — in a sort of "divine coincidence," as the MIT economist Olivier Blanchard and a colleague quipped — that if central banks merely maintained steady, low inflation, they would achieve economic stability and the best growth possible. Washington and London espoused this orthodoxy.