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Will Moneyball Analytics Kill Loyalty and Leadership?

Harvard Business Review

Where past performance was once the best and most reliable proxy for the future, says Morey (a friend who launched MIT's successful Sports Analytics Conference ), algorithmic and biomedical innovations increasingly give coaches, managers, and owners greater confidence in predicting which players have peaked and which ones will step up to greatness.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role. Attend a conference you have never before attended.

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