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Rothschild’s lesson in how not to tweet a business dispute

Jonathan Ford, Financial Times, March 28, 2014 It is not uncommon for business relationships to dissolve in acrimony. Most do so discreetly. Very few end up in a public slanging-match on Twitter with each side openly berating the other. But this week Nat...

Best of Multimedia: When Disaster Strikes, We Tune In

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Charity Delich, Strategy+Business, March 28, 2014 Our attraction to tales of disaster is nothing new. In Harvard Business Review Editor Andrew O’Connell’s podcast, he explains why we find them so gripping and asks whether we’d have the grit to...

GM Seen Needing $3 Billion Fund to Address Ignition-Flaw Deaths

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Jeff Green, Bloomberg Businessweek, March 28, 2014 General Motors Co. will probably create a fund of as much as $3 billion to pay claims associated with an ignition-switch flaw the automaker said is linked to the deaths of 12 people, a Barclays analyst wrote this...

The Hard Truth About Procrastination

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Maria Molfino, Levo League, March 27, 2014 There are deep psychological reasons behind procrastination. It’s not about willpower and laziness. It’s about fear and resistance. This article’s author shares what she’s learned about the truth...

The Case for Team Diversity Gets Even Better

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David Feitler, HBR Blog Network, March 27, 2014 This article’s author looks to studies, such as those conducted by Lee Fleming of Stanford and Ben Jones at Kellogg, in order to confirm that when teams are diverse, meaningful innovation is more likely to...