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The Right Way to Use Analytics Isn’t for Planning

Harvard Business Review

What insights will cause an executive — in R&D or Marketing or Finance — to not only change his or her perspective, but to be able to juggle different perspectives? Use competitive intelligence differently. Avoiding a $500 million mistake is surely just as valuable as launching a $500 million product.

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JP Morgan's Loss: Bigger than "Risk Management"

Harvard Business Review

Second, the formal head of the risk management function reported directly to Mr. Dimon and was part of the executive team with continual access to the company's board of directors. How Competitive Intelligence Rules Encourage Cheating. But was it? MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS. A Brief History of Decision Making.

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Viral By Design: Teams in the Networked World

Harvard Business Review

If teams can leverage those assets, hard and soft, digital and real-world, mass them quickly or marshal them with precision accuracy, teams can gain advantage as never before. But no less planned or executed than another viral blockbuster — the OMGPOP team's March 2012 breakout of Draw Something , a Pictionary-like game.

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A guide to great development moves

Great Leadership By Dan

Some ways to prepare are to review business information such as strategy documentation, meeting notes, presentation material, competitive intelligence reports, and country/cultural information. Some executives found it beneficial to ask their team to prepare their own background information. was terrific.