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Why Leaders Need to Think More Like Professional Gamblers

Leading Blog

O NE OF the unfortunate side effects of living in an age of accelerating technology is having to deal with increased uncertainty. Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? If all the balls stop to the right, what can you say about the position of the first ball?

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Using Digital Exhaust to Improve Sales

Harvard Business Review

At one B2B technology company, for example, account managers were supposed to focus their efforts on their highest-value, “top of the pyramid” accounts. It notifies a company if one of its competitors files a credit check on a customer, signaling potential defection.

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The Real Solution Is Growth

Harvard Business Review

Recent headlines have focused on the debt ceiling , the recent credit rating downgrade , unemployment , and the other thorny fiscal challenges facing the United States. This flight of talented students to work in finance harms all of us because it means that we have fewer "positive spillovers" from innovative activities.