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Accountants Will Save the World

Harvard Business Review

But we weren't capturing any of it in our financial reports. We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it. That's why we need to ensure that corporate reporting makes clear how a company is making its money, not just how much money it has made.

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What Younger Workers Can Learn from Older Workers, and Vice Versa

Harvard Business Review

Faced with these many demands, they report having little control over the way they work, the hours they work, and their capacity to craft new ways of working. So it makes sense for the old to share their insights about finances with the young. Those over 50 reported that fewer people come to them for advice.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. Rogier Maes, the CEO of Contect, wrapped up his year-beginning speech to all the company’s employees.