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Dream Adjusters: Why Company Leaders Also Have To Be Chief Calibration Officers

Terry Starbucker

I’ve experienced that plenty of times in my career, at one moment preaching about a “BHAG” – the Big, Hairy Audacious Goal – and just a few moments later drilling down and coming to terms on a missed quarterly target) . Unrealistic budgets and operational goals are morale (and job) killers. our means).

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Stop Searching for That Elusive Data Scientist

Harvard Business Review

Big organizations can afford — or think they can afford — to throw money at the problem by hiring laid-off Wall Street quants or hiring big-budget analytics boutiques. Limited ambition did a better job attracting credibility and support than BHAGs. More frugal and prudent enterprises seem to be taking alternate approaches.

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