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4 Self-Improvement Myths That May Be Holding You Back

Harvard Business

of all book sales in the United States. We hope that by dispelling these myths, explaining the reality and offering some sound advice instead, we can help move people toward more effective personal development. Myth 2: We get better by benchmarking ourselves against others. HBR staff/Bettmann Collection/Getty Images.

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How B2B Software Vendors Can Help Their Customers Benchmark

Harvard Business

Mainstream software companies are beginning to hold “ data mirrors ” up to their customers, allowing scoring and benchmarking of their customers’ strategies. One of its business units, Fieldglass, provides insights and benchmarks to customers on external workforce management.

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A Guide to Solving Social Problems with Machine Learning

Harvard Business

By now, policymakers are used to hearing claims like this in sales pitches, and they should appropriately raise some skepticism. We hope the rest of this article, which draws on our own experience applying machine learning to policy problems, will help you better evaluate these sales pitches and make you a critical buyer as well.

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