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The New Kind of Worker Every Business Needs

Harvard Business Review

Leadership skills focus on community building, consensus building, mediation, commitment, and humility.". Socialize your underused assets. Think of the resources you have in abundance and how you might "socialize" them to build your organization''s social capital and enrich the flow of ideas.

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How Blockchain Will Accelerate Business Performance and Power the Smart Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MICROSOFT

Harvard Business Review

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.

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Scotland’s Future Is Bright; the UK’s Might Not Be

Harvard Business Review

When Alan Greenspan , Paul Krugman , and Niall Ferguson all agree on something, it’s a sign that the consensus is either very right — or very wrong. Scotland has the intrinsic qualities of successful small advanced economies: an educated population, social capital, and competitive firms. The UK’s future in the EU is uncertain.

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How to Negotiate After a Staggering Defeat: A Playbook for Democrats

Harvard Business Review

Even if Republicans can dictate changes to health care law, there will not be consensus among them on how to fix it. Democrats and Republicans must start accumulating today the political and social capital they will surely need if they are to face a future crisis together.