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The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable

Harvard Business Review

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play.

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Limit Cyberattacks with a System-Wide Safe Mode

Harvard Business Review

Every company’s cybersecurity program will have unique attributes, but there are several fundamentals to this decentralized architecture that can help companies shift the balance of power away from the attackers. Decentralized, intelligent systems can significantly decrease the risk of cyberattacks and minimize their damage.

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To Drive Digital Transformation, Focus on People

Strategy Driven

That requires a new way of thinking about people and leadership. But there’s a model of leadership that will. Above all, driving the use of these techniques depends on the stance of leadership. Leadership should make it clear that they are offended by wasting time, as it’s also wasting energy, resources and brain space.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

billion of India’s citizens to voting, banking, government assistance, healthcare, recordkeeping, and more. Manage people effectively through decentralized teams across organizations. Cross-sector partnerships thrive through a network of decentralized leaders and managers who operate independent programs or organizations.

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New MBAs Should Start Their Careers in Frontier Markets

Harvard Business Review

Consider those street vendors selling Econet airtime, or the small vendors who make up the agent network at the heart of Kenya’s most profitable bank, Equity Bank. They reflect a decentralized, de-institutionalized commercial structure that’s now clearly part of the US economy (think of food trucks or Uber).

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Managing Complexity Is the Epic Battle Between Emergence and Entropy

Harvard Business Review

JP Morgan has been getting most of the headlines, but other banks are also investigation. Much of the advice out there is about simplifying things – delayering, decentralizing, streamlining product lines, creating stronger processes for ensuring alignment, and so on. Design Leadership Managing uncertainty'

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

They’d met at university, and although Derek had gone on to graduate school and a career in banking, while Rogier had joined his family construction business and then founded Contect, they’d never lost touch. But the decentralization debate was different. The two men went way back. Now Vera was getting worked up.