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What to Do When Each Department Uses Different Words to Describe the Same Thing

Harvard Business Review

Specialized vocabularies develop in the business world every day to support new or specialized disciplines, departments, problems, and innovative opportunities. Instead, companies must thread the needle, following two rules: First, do all you can to encourage innovation and the growth of specialized language that comes with it.

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Will Moneyball Analytics Kill Loyalty and Leadership?

Harvard Business Review

Think of it as Six Sigma predictive analytics for talent. Bill Parcells, the Super Bowl-winning coach, was famous for saying , "You are what your record says you are." We have a luxury in sports," says Morey. Today, that's no longer true. You are what the analytics predict you will be.