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The Economy of Punishment

Harvard Business Review

That these guys who had run drug businesses had all these entrepreneurial characteristics like scrappiness, charisma, and real skills in leadership and management." With this realization, Cat began a life committed to honoring the talents and skills of those in prison. As Gary joked, "You can't even see bad under the microscope.

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Design Thinking Is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status Quo

Harvard Business Review

It, too, was enthusiastically embraced by managers and policy makers, and was invoked to reshape practices in firms and government. The similarities between the steps in the two methods are so literal that design thinking can come across as a knock-off.