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At the end of the quarter, a lone HR person ran around like a Jack Russell, nipping at managers’ heels to get updated numbers before the board meeting.

rabbit. So you can think of the economy as a series of shocks moving to an equilibrium, shock, moving to an equilibrium.

such alumni are often the source of future business for the firm when they recommend to their corporate employers hiring their old firm

business strategies group. “If you are only altruistic, then you might go out of business.” But a lifecycle analysis that includes the long-term costs of all the materials and labor required contributes to a deeper understanding of the best course for both human impact and profit. In Michigan, Ford’s 10.4 acres of “green roofing” did cost up to 25

Long-term job security is being substituted with temporary and casual employment, the use of consultants, outsourcing, and a variety of other techniques which erode commitments to employees.

Economist Robin Hanson is now a tenured professor with a successful career as an economist. It was not always so. Aged thirty-four, with two small children to support, he left his job in a research lab and started a PhD. There was nothing wrong with his life. Although his job was not very senior, ‘I was decently paid and we had children, a stable

tested concepts and guidance for creating a work design that enables you to attract and keep great people, generate extraordinary financial returns, and contribute to a better society.

The next thing you look for is: What are the key zones of expertise, networks, ways of thinking that add the most value into the company that you couldn’t hire for? Because if you can hire it, great, hire it. Add it into the genetics of the company. But there are a bunch of people like, for example, me or Peter Chernin—you can’t hire us into the