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Strategic Planning Steps

CO2

Be sure your assessment tools are thorough, accurate, and clear, so that participants won’t feel like their time has been wasted. Externally, examine societal trends, political implications, technological advancements, and competitive forces. Create a one-page document that contains the company’s operating values, vision, and mission.

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Michael Fraccaro, CHRO at Mastercard, on the value of business resource groups

HR Digest

I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.” Not only do these approaches fit with our identity as a technology company, but they can actually help reduce bias in candidate vetting. That, I think gets to the heart of what the right culture can do.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Decisioning by consensus usually results in no decision being made, or an intellectually dishonest, watered-down decision that is so full of compromises, hedges and caveats that a non-decision might have been preferable. Where levels of responsibility and consequences for success or failure fall differently on various participants.

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How Blockchain Is Changing Finance

Harvard Business Review

To wit, 45% of financial intermediaries , such as payment networks, stock exchanges, and money transfer services, suffer from economic crime every year; the number is 37% for the entire economy, and only 20% and 27% for the professional services and technology sectors, respectively. How technology is transforming transactions.

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3 Ways to Get Your Own Digital Platform

Harvard Business Review

Digital platforms are grease for the flywheel, facilitating the rapid exchange of value between network participants at near-zero marginal cost. For most organizations, this is the least risky option, and a good middle road, despite the fact that many traditional organizations often see digital network operators as threats rather than allies.

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What Initial Coin Offerings Are, and Why VC Firms Care

Harvard Business Review

Also known as “token sales,” this new fundraising phenomenon is being fueled by a convergence of blockchain technology, new wealth, clever entrepreneurs, and crypto-investors who are backing blockchain-fueled ideas. How technology is transforming transactions. Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain.

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

In reality, “handoffs” and transitions prove to be significant operational problems. They frequently find the technologies are less of a hassle than the people. Renaissance Technologies and other, even more secretive investment funds are the management models here. All-In Autonomy.