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10 of the Biggest Mistakes Boards Fall Into

Ron Edmondson

Unhealthy personal interests. Conflicts of interest are always a problem, and most boards have “rules” against them. As examples, this could be a board member wanting their nephew to get “the job” or wanting to see dollars go only to a pet project of the board member. Board alliances are divisive.

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Decision Markets Outperform Committees (But Trust In Them Is Low)

The Horizons Tracker

The results revealed that groups can perform pretty well when the members have common incentives and interests, and can even outperform prediction markets. This isn’t the case when there are conflicts of interest among members however. “But our research shows that markets are reliable and less susceptible to bias.

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business Review

Learn about the future economy project. Harvard Business Review interviewed the CEOs and other business leaders who signed up to the Future Economy Project, our initiative spotlighting businesses’ sustainability agendas. A roundtable conversation with our advisers. It’s a start. Is that a useful tool for other leaders?

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How Risk Reduction Is (and Isn't) Rocket Science

Harvard Business Review

How do you get a five-ton spacecraft safely to Saturn and land a probe on its largest moon when your project involves three space agencies, 17 countries, 18 separate scientific payloads, and 250 scientists working across 10 time zones? Maintain a constant focus on talent development for their teams and, in particular, their project leaders.

Project 16
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Moonlighting Is No Longer Just for Vigilantes: Moonlight Employees Are on the Rise

HR Digest

A moonlighting employee might work in the same field as their main job—a digital design expert taking on freelance projects for customers other than their employer. In addition, providing them with training and growth opportunities, fulfilling work experience, addressing their development, etc. has risen to 7.8 million in 2023.

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How Risk Reduction Is (and Isn't) Rocket Science

Harvard Business Review

How do you get a five-ton spacecraft safely to Saturn and land a probe on its largest moon when your project involves three space agencies, 17 countries, 18 separate scientific payloads, and 250 scientists working across 10 time zones? Maintain a constant focus on talent development for their teams and, in particular, their project leaders.

Project 13
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Integrating Maintenance of Board Certification and Health Systems’ Quality-Improvement Programs

Harvard Business Review

Most physicians complete quality-improvement projects individually by completing modules provided by the specialty certification boards to collect, analyze, and improve quality on subsets of 25 to 50 patients. The ongoing program has allowed Mayo to do the following: Review and approve (or reject) quality-improvement projects (QIPs).