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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

Third, people are over-optimistic and thus underestimate their own risk exposure. And the risks are real: Zillow’s research predicts that $400 billion dollars of real estate value in Florida could be at risk from climate change by the year 2100. Dating back to at least F. Where Would You Rather Live?

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

And she wrote her summary headline — a prime piece of résumé real estate — to immediately show that she had the experience these new positions require. Collaborated with University Facilities, Safety & Risk, Risk Manager; ServPro; and Insurance Adjuster to plan and execute clean-up and equipment replacement.

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Leading in a World of Resource Constraints and Extreme Weather

Harvard Business Review

Real estate or hospitality companies with major coastal assets may want a Sea Level Rise Officer. They could work with their supply chain partners to innovate and improve the resilience of the whole chain. Facebook employs a Green Energy Czar, so I can easily imagine a Zero Carbon leader or Extreme Weather VP.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. Real estate consultants are not business strategists, but the retail system gives them the say-so in establishing community presence. What Causes Crises. Doing Things as We Always Have. About the Author.

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Why Retailers Should Target Female Consumers

Harvard Business Review

In aggregate, women represent a growth market more than twice the size of China and India combined, but the women we surveyed felt that retailers didn't take them seriously. For health care providers, how can you again manage appointments, service times and follow-up to complete delivery in one hour or less? Still, U.S.

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