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Team Chemistry Is the New Holy Grail of Performance Analytics

Harvard Business Review

But, at his Building a Dynasty panel, Jackson stressed that he was always open to numbers and analyses that offered actionable insight into getting his teams to play better together. George Karl, the 7th coach in NBA history to reach 1000 wins, similarly stressed the need for serious coaches and general managers to quantify “teamness.”

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Like It or Not, You Are Always Leading by Example

Harvard Business Review

A managing partner at a global consulting firm makes a point of coming to the office straight from red-eye flights and radiating productive energy. Examples that stress talent development signal radically different priorities than disciplining malefactors or displaying kindness during family crises.

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25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase ?Triple Bottom Line.? Here?s Why It?s Time to Rethink It.

Harvard Business Review

After all, since the 1990s, the sustainability sector has grown rapidly, though at around $1 billion in annual revenues globally it is no giant. It was supposed to provoke deeper thinking about capitalism and its future, but many early adopters understood the concept as a balancing act, adopting a trade-off mentality.

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Using Big Data to Make Wiser Medical Decisions

Harvard Business Review

My clinician was perplexed: Was this sudden increase caused by a stressful commute (the Massachusetts Turnpike is awful), too much tea (caffeine and theobromine), or work-related anxiety? To launch I2B2, the leaders of that effort assembled a coalition of senior IT people, throughout Harvard’s hospitals, who became early adopters.