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Data: One Antidote to Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Every large financial services company has instituted risk management, but that hasn't prevented risky behavior in the form of office politics and personality conflict — as the JP Morgan trading debacle has demonstrated. Risk management isn't exclusive to banking. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

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Yes, You Can Predict Supply-Chain Disasters

Harvard Business Review

The disruptions to everything from gasoline supplies to the deliveries of merchandise for the holiday shopping season caused by Hurricane Sandy have demonstrated that our ability to forecast weather events has outpaced our ability to forecast supply-chain disasters. During a crisis, it is essential that there is one version of the truth.