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Don’t Talk Yourself Out of Trying a Second Career

Harvard Business Review

Moreover, since most career transitions take commitment and effort, even sustaining that energy will be questionable for a field in which you have no real interest. Technical support can become marketing; marketing can turn into human resources; back office managers move to the front office and the other way around.

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Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact

Harvard Business Review

Its primary social metric is the number of lives reached in base-of-pyramid markets. With a mission to fight poverty in New York City, the foundation puts each of its 200-plus grants through a cost-benefit analysis every year. One of its primary metrics is the expected increase in lifetime earnings of its clients.

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If Data Is Money, Why Don’t Businesses Keep It Secure?

Harvard Business Review

Like money, it can flow easily across borders and it commands an intrinsic value — the insight generated from personal data helps deliver benefits to individuals, businesses, and governments alike. Yet, unlike money, the market for personal data is relatively embryonic. Will global regulation harmonize or fragment the market?

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One Year After India Killed Off Cash, Here’s What Other Countries Should Learn from It

Harvard Business Review

A fact-based cost-benefit analysis is essential. With the growing embrace of mobile communications and digital technology worldwide, along with major technology players committing to using their products and technologies as forces for social good, there is a growing belief that these technologies can bring about rapid change.