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Managers: What’s Your Plan B?

Lead Change Blog

And at the 880-seat Tabor Opera House, patrons enjoyed John Philip Sousa, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera stars, Harry Houdini, and Oscar Wilde. The nearby town of Climax got television reception even before Denver. I found myself wondering if better contingency planning could have mitigated the damage.

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Michael Schrage: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

He examines the various roles of models, prototypes, and simulations as collaborative media for innovation risk management. He has served as an advisor on innovation issues and investments to major […].

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Gary Klein: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

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The Big Picture of Business – Cut the Weeds: Focus on Priorities and Strategy, Avoid the Time Zappers

Strategy Driven

What types of ‘wild goose chases’ have you pursued in your networking career? Are there networking situations which are beneficial for all parties? If so, analyze and align with those situations, rather than with the fruitless ones. Analyze them by category, to see patterns.

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Expedition Leadership in the Wild

Harvard Business Review

Middle managers, the business equivalent of an expedition member, generally have the most information about the decisions that need to be made. Setting goals, making a plan, managing resources (food, fuel, etc.), Risk management becomes intuitive given the inherent risks and hazards of remote and wild areas.

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I Was a Cyberthreat to My Company. Are You?

Harvard Business Review

Information & technology IT management Risk management' Like many people, I felt horribly vulnerable when I read about the Russian hackers who had stolen 1.2 billion user name and password combinations from companies big and small.

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Is “Murder by Machine Learning” the New “Death by PowerPoint”?

Harvard Business Review

For too many managers, the technology’s costs often rival its benefits. It’s precisely because machine learning and artificial intelligence platforms are supposed to be “smart” that they pose uniquely challenging organizational risks. Smarter algorithms require smarter risk management.