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The 4 Types of Organizational Politics

May 11, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Jarrett for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please…

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What is PRIZM and why is it uniquely significant?

April 12, 2017

In The Attention Merchants, Tim Wu examines merchants who have been involved in an “epic scramble to get inside our heads” for more than a century. He observes: “As an industry, attention merchants are relatively new. Their lineage can be…

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The strength of “weak signals”

December 18, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Martin Harrysson, Estelle Métayer, and Hugo Sarrazin for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. As they explain, snippets of information, often hidden in social-media streams, offer companies a…

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The Brain’s Crowdsourcing Software

December 7, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Alison Gopnik for the Wall Street Journal. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Image credit: Magoz * * * Over the…

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Managing by Reflection

February 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an interview of Henry Mintzberg by Art Kleiner for strategy+business magazine (March 15, 2010). To read the complete interview, please click here. *     *     * Managing author Henry Mintzberg believes that…

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