The challenge in managing big data is prompting the emergence of the extra-rational manager: someone who listens to reason and the spoken word but also uses new observational tools to monitor communication patterns.

The War for Talent never ended. Executives must constantly rethink the way their companies plan to attract, motivate, and retain employees. A McKinsey Quarterly Organization article.

The increasing ability for companies to get transaction-level, detail-level data — clickstream data versus summary data — presents huge opportunity, says Boston College’s Sam Ransbotham.

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