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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques. The severances team aimed to increase the number of land parcels processed per day by 50% in one field office in 100 days.

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Will Moneyball Analytics Kill Loyalty and Leadership?

Harvard Business Review

Bill Parcells, the Super Bowl-winning coach, was famous for saying , "You are what your record says you are." We have a luxury in sports," says Morey. Today, that's no longer true. You are what the analytics predict you will be.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

Make you more innovative. 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. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation.

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