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John Wooden: What the Obituaries Missed

Michael Lee Stallard

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greatest basketball players in history who played his entire college career with Wooden, would later write, “Coach Wooden had a profound influence on me as an athlete, but even greater influence on me as a human being. Coach Wooden operated a meritocracy that treated every player fairly. How about you?

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A Beekeeper's Perspective on Risk

Harvard Business Review

The competence of the individuals, for example, is assured by a disciplined career development program. Knowledge management is also essential. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS. Embracing Risk in Career Decisions. Honeybees have a failsafe preventive for that. It's: "Don't get too big." How Could I Miss That?

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Design Your Own Profession

Harvard Business Review

Today the function of finding information can be performed by crowd-sourcers; mappers of local sources; filters and curators of tweets, posts, and liveblogs; algorithm designers, data scientists, and knowledge managers. Large factoring companies assemble networks of designers and producers; they look for "network orchestrators."

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Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team

Harvard Business Review

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. Exceed client expectations. Attract top talent. Measure success.

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Marshall, Not McChrystal, Should Be Role Model for Military Leaders

Michael Lee Stallard

Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1880 and trained at the Virginia Military Institute, Marshall was a career military man who will forever be remembered for his efforts to promote peace and bring about a strong connection between America and Western Europe. The officers present thought Marshall’s behavior would surely end his career.

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The Next Frontier of Judgment - Across Enterprises

Harvard Business Review

His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.

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Substitute Doctors Are Becoming More Common. What Do We Know About Their Quality of Care?

Harvard Business Review

Nine of ten physicians surveyed had worked in permanent practice at some point during their careers, while 8% indicated that they had only worked as locum tenens.