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The Freelance Economy Still Runs on Word of Mouth

Harvard Business Review

But we’re not quite there yet, according to a new survey conducted for MBO Partners, which provides back-office services to independent workers — which it dubs “solopreneurs.” million estimate, derived from an online poll of 2,017 people, is up from 17.7 What follows are edited excerpts of our conversation.

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Planning Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy of Agile

Harvard Business Review

The capacity and willingness of managers to plan developed throughout the century. Management by Objectives (MBO) became the height of corporate fashion in the late 1950s. Later, MBO evolved into strategic planning. Corporations developed large corporate units dedicated to it. The world appeared predictable.

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