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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. But it would take a lot of social capital. Now Vera was getting worked up. ” After Henning left, Derek found that he was too distracted to get back to work.

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What Africa's Entrepreneurs Can Teach the World

Harvard Business Review

Sifting through case studies, anecdotes, questionnaire responses, and many other snapshots of entrepreneurial activity in Ghana and a few other places on the continent I was drawn to two major characteristics of African entrepreneurship.

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Should You Talk About Politics at Work?

Harvard Business Review

“The central challenge of creating social capital in the workplace is learning how to transcend our judgments of other people,” says Grenny. Case Study #1: Remove emotion from the equation and focus on a positive working relationship. Demonstrating respect “is about subtlety,” he says.