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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow

He earned his PhD in resource management, underlining his expertise. Preparing Dinner (Resource & Quantity Buffer). This is different from saving money for investment purposes, which is about growing your financial resources over time. Keeping a Spare Tire (Risk & Resource Buffer). Having Insurance (Risk Buffer).

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Socially Responsible Business Can Only Succeed If It Becomes a Movement

Harvard Business

We must use these technologies to unleash human potential — undoubtedly the most underused resource on the planet — and bring greater purpose, meaning, and values to work. Smart machines can help us find answers more quickly, but cannot frame the questions to address. All these sparks of activity are generating heat and light.

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

In January 2017 we partnered with Colleen Showalter from the local Boys and Girls Club (BGC) in Portland, Oregon, and asked if they would help us recruit new talent, ages 18 and above, from underrepresented groups. We mentored and supported them over six months, as they completed their courses.

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