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The Power of “Risktakes”
Leadership Digital ArticleYour animated interaction in response to my post The Miracle of Making Mistakes delved deep into the subject, broadened the interpretation of a mistake, and even coined a delightful new term: Risktakes. Thank you Notmd, Dawna, Brett, and all the others, who provided terrific insights over the past four weeks. A mistake is as an […] -
When Machine Learning Goes Off the Rails
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleA guide to managing the risks -
The Danger from Within
Risk management Magazine ArticleThe biggest threat to your cybersecurity may be an employee or a vendor. -
If Your Company Uses AI, It Needs an Institutional Review Board
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStandard approaches ignore scores of possible ethical problems. To better mitigate risk, companies should take a cue from the health care sector. -
Sizing Up Your Cyberrisks
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleEvery year the damage done by cyberbreaches seems to grow bigger. It looks as if hackers just keep getting more effective. But cybersecurity experts Parenty... -
You Can't Secure 100% of Your Data 100% of the Time
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleAccepting that is part of good risk management. -
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks. -
The Safety Calculus After BP
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleMost reactions to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have (rightly) focused on disaster response and the devastating environmental and broader economic... -
Sell Your Product Before It Exists
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe only feedback that really matters is the market's. -
Living in a Radical State of Uncertainty
Risk management Digital ArticleNatural disasters, nuclear meltdowns, financial chaos, terrorist attacks, Gen Y liberal uprisings, counter-revolutionary clampdowns, sudden commodity scarcity, social media disruptions, emergent nation corporate competition, deep-sea-oil-well blow-ups, rising nations, falling nations — by now we know that early 21st century is different from late 20th century. But how? The answer is the sharp and unexpected rise […] -
Leaning Your Way to Disaster
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleWhat do Toyota’s sudden-acceleration woes and the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have in common? Both are examples of a type of organizational breakdown that is destined, absent some fundamental rethinking of what “leadership” means, to become ever more common and damaging: complex systems failures triggered by seeming rational patterns of cost-reduction […] -
Real Problem with Pensions
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleNobel laureate Robert C. Merton explains that companies sometimes misvalue capital investment opportunities because they fail to adjust their cost-of-capital... -
When Crowds Aren’t Wise
Motivating people Magazine ArticleSuppose that an executive wants to make a prediction that bears on his company. Will a particular product sell? How will a particular job applicant perform? When will a new office be ready to open? Under certain conditions, the best way to answer such questions is to ask a large number of people and go […] -
What Organizations Need to Survive a Pandemic
Global Business Digital ArticleA look at how businesses should respond to evolving, unpredictable threats. -
How Pharma Can Fix Its Reputation and Its Business at the Same Time
Competitive strategy Digital ArticleExpand access to medicine, and the rest will follow. -
How to Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEven in times of economic growth, it's challenging to be a good boss. Research shows that people placed in positions of authority often become less mindful... -
How to Optimize Your Company’s Approach to Data Privacy
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleMore isn’t always better. -
Do Your Controls Create Complexity?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleHave you ever noticed that organizations are great at creating controls and policies to prevent incidents that have already happened? Once the proverbial... -
Why the Yale Model of Investing Doesn’t Work for Everybody
Finance and investing Digital ArticleBig investors around the world have soured, FT columnist Gillian Tett reports, on what she calls the “Harvard or Yale investment model.” It’s really the Yale model, since it was Yale and its longtime endowment chief, David Swensen, who led the way. But I guess the Harvard name has more global cachet, so Tett included […]
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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Global Economy (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In April 2020, the world struggled to contain the exponential escalation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dozens of countries had imposed restrictions... -
Global Property and Casualty Insurance Industry
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case gives a broad overview of the global property and casualty insurance industry. Topics covered include insurance economics and risk bearing,... -
Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Set in early-2017, this case examines widespread sales misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank. Wells Fargo's governance and controls are described in... -
Xiabu Xiabu: From Hotpot to Crisis Management
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On September 6, 2018, a couple was enjoying a meal at a hotpot restaurant in Weifang, Shandong Province, China. The restaurant was a branch of the popular... -
General Eisenhower and the D-Day Invasion
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Kidder, Peabody & Co.: Creating Elusive Profits
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On April 17, 1994, Kidder, Peabody & Co. announced a $350 million charge against earnings resulting from the discovery of false trading profits. That... -
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.: The Fake Accounts Scandal
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details After years building a solid customer base by cross-selling its financial service offerings, Wells Fargo was engulfed by a scandal over unauthorized accounts... -
Module II: Moral Reasoning Class Summaries
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Presents class summaries for the The Moral Leader course. -
Airline Industry and the World Trade Center Disaster
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details On the morning of September 11, 2001, four U.S. passenger planes were hijacked during transcontinental domestic flights. Two of them were crashed into... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy, Vol. 2 (Paperback + Ebook)
Strategy & Execution Special Offer34.95View Details Do you have the right strategy to lead your company into the future? Get more of the management ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with "HBR's... -
Microfinance at Credit Suisse: Linking the TOP with the BOP
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details "Microfinance investment opportunities have been well received by Credit Suisse clients seeking socially responsible investments. They provide a ""double... -
Zenefits Board of Directors (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In early 2018, the time seemed right for Zenefits investor and director Lars Dalgaard to reflect on whether Zenefits had the right board of directors... -
V-Cola: Confidential Instructions for Price Down Procurement Consultant, Down Consulting
Communication Case Study5.00View Details This is information for one of the six roles to be used in the V-Cola negotiation exercise. Please see V-Cola General Instructions (912043) and Teaching... -
Porsche: The Cayenne Launch
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Can an online discussion forum supply insight into the evolution of brand meaning? In 2003 Porsche launched a sport utility vehicle, dividing Porsche... -
Vanguard Group, Inc., in 2006 and Target Retirement Funds
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The Vanguard Group is one of the largest asset managers in the U.S., with over $1 trillion in assets, ninety percent of which are mutual fund assets,... -
OnStar: Not Your Father's General Motors
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details After two years of less than stellar performance resulting in sales well below plan, senior management at General Motors (GM) mobile telecommunications... -
Lufthansa: To Hedge or Not to Hedge...
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Sula Vineyards (A): Indian Wine - Ce n'est pas possible!
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on the risks and rewards of early-stage investing in a successful emerging market consumer start-up (i.e. non-tech), from seed funding... -
Sweet Hereafter Summary: Reasoning from Personal Perspective
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details A summary of the major themes discussed in the sixth class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). -
Portfolio Diversification Enigma
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In early January 2013, a product manager with one of the leading insurance companies in Delhi, India, sat in his home office and pondered the strategy...
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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Global Economy (A)
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In April 2020, the world struggled to contain the exponential escalation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dozens of countries had imposed restrictions... -
The Power of “Risktakes”
Leadership Digital ArticleYour animated interaction in response to my post The Miracle of Making Mistakes delved deep into the subject, broadened the interpretation of a mistake, and even coined a delightful new term: Risktakes. Thank you Notmd, Dawna, Brett, and all the others, who provided terrific insights over the past four weeks. A mistake is as an […] -
When Machine Learning Goes Off the Rails
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleA guide to managing the risks -
The Danger from Within
Risk management Magazine ArticleThe biggest threat to your cybersecurity may be an employee or a vendor. -
If Your Company Uses AI, It Needs an Institutional Review Board
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStandard approaches ignore scores of possible ethical problems. To better mitigate risk, companies should take a cue from the health care sector. -
Business model risk and uncertainty factors: Toward building and maintaining profitable and sustainable business models
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleBusiness models and business model innovation-and particularly their opportunities-have been a popular topic recently, but we find the extant literature... -
Global Property and Casualty Insurance Industry
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case gives a broad overview of the global property and casualty insurance industry. Topics covered include insurance economics and risk bearing,... -
Sizing Up Your Cyberrisks
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleEvery year the damage done by cyberbreaches seems to grow bigger. It looks as if hackers just keep getting more effective. But cybersecurity experts Parenty... -
You Can't Secure 100% of Your Data 100% of the Time
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleAccepting that is part of good risk management. -
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks.