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How Netflix Redesigned Board Meetings

Harvard Business

You see how the topics that have been discussed, resolved, and reported on in a board meeting actually got processed.” This includes the ability for directors to ask clarifying questions of the subject authors. In the words of one director, “A lot of CEOs like the notion of transparency.

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High Frequency Trading Hits 60-Minutes Scrutiny; Trading or Skimming?

MishTalk

stock market is rigged when high-frequency traders with advanced computers make tens of billions of dollars by jumping in front of investors, according to author Michael Lewis, who spent the past year researching the topic for his new book “Flash Boys.” “The Eric Ryan, a spokesman for the New York Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.’s

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Yes, You Can Make Office Politics Less Toxic

Harvard Business

We can diminish, if not eliminate, petty practices by skillfully practicing guileless openness because the selfishness and manipulation that are the primary principles of politics can’t bear transparency. When we seemed to skirt a sensitive subject, I’d find a tactful way to draw attention to the avoidance.

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Over Thinking / Under Feeling

CaseInterview.com

In those instances, I perceive that there is some subjective factor that is not adequately captured by the quantitative data. Not everyone operates with transparency. It was also given that I didn’t know what I didn’t know about this topic, so I trusted him much more to tell me if I was about to make a bad decision.

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The Pyramid Principle Book Review

Management Consulted

Here are a few things you have to be aware of: People lose interest fast when the subject they’re hearing about isn’t interesting. The Pyramid Principle concept enables people to structure their reasoning into a coherent and transparent argument, helping them analyze their argument and confirm its effectiveness.

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Men Shouldn’t Refuse to Be Alone with Female Colleagues

Harvard Business

Excellent leaders initiate positive developmental and collegial interactions with as many types of people as they can — deliberately, frequently, and transparently. This “benevolent sexism” includes evaluations of women that appear subjectively positive but are quite damaging to gender equity.

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Getting the Most from Consultants: The E-Tender System Sucks

Confessions of a Consultant

But every now and again, a slightly more difficult topic is worth exploring. A couple of scandals in the public sector underscored the need for a transparent approach to awarding contracts and the science of ‘procurement’ was born. Subject: FW: Dr. Geezer’s Clinic (from Larry McGivern). Grab attention. Make the point.

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