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Gary Klein: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

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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. Michael Schrage is a Research Fellow at the MIT Center for Digital Business and a Visiting Fellow at Imperial College’s Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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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

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. working as a team, and remaining flexible are crucial to a successful backcountry expedition and the expedition of life. The stakes are very real.

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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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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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Ratings Agencies Are the Darnedest Things

Harvard Business Review

And since conventional wisdom in investing by definition almost always ends up being wrong, the agencies have a long history of not just shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted, but shutting it after an entire herd of horses has bolted, eaten all the grass in three counties, and jumped in your swimming pool.