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Data Can Do for Change Management What It Did for Marketing

Harvard Business Review

One area so far relatively untouched is change management. The combination of predictive analytics, large data sets, and the processing power of today’s computers is starting to transform change management. But before that can happen, we have to understand why data has failed to catch on in change management to date.

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Surgeons Are Using Social Media to Share and Learn New Skills

Harvard Business Review

For instance, Twitter has been used to host “TweetChat” forums on the surgical treatment and management of particular diseases (such as a recent #obsm discussion on adolescent bariatric surgery).

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Better Ways of Thinking About Risks

Harvard Business Review

The set of such methods, tested by peer review of their scientific foundations and success with their application, is actually quite small — and familiar to most business school graduates. It includes decision analysis, game theory, and operations research. job-specific knowledge and skills).

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The Swedish CEO Who Runs His Company Like a CrossFit Gym

Harvard Business Review

Between 2001 and 2011, the number of CEOs finishing at least one marathon doubled, and in a Swedish survey of nearly 3,000 managers , more than 90% said that physical exercise had a positive impact on their leadership skills. During 2016, employee engagement increased by 3%, to 75%.

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How Facebook Tries to Prevent Office Politics

Harvard Business Review

All companies screen candidates for skill sets and experience. ” People don’t fight for management roles as much when management is not an end goal. At Facebook, moving into management is not a promotion. Managers are there to support people and to remove barriers to getting things done.