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November 04, 2013 It Will Take a Village to Keep Wikipedia From Failing By The Daily Idea Wikipedia is in the mature phase of its development, but there may be some trouble ahead. Its contributor base is shrinking, and the recruitment of new editors has proven difficult at best. These aren't reasons to sound the alarm bells as of yet — in fact, a moderate amount of turnover in an online community can be good thing — but the managers of the crowd-sourced encyclopedia should make a few changes. A good place... More »

Crisis management How Simplicity Principles Could Fix Obamacare by Ron Ashkenas It's dangerous to rush to judgment when it comes to transformational change. Global business The Two Most Interesting Things You'll Read This Week Are About Corporate Taxes by The Shortlist If I were a slave to narrative, I would begin the tale like this: One man sits on a folding chair in a garage outside Washington D.C., scrupulously tackling the problems in the corporate tax code without partisan leanings. Another splits his time between an apartment in the south of France and a mil Entrepreneurship Angel or Devil: Who's Really Investing In Your Start-Up? by Nir Eyal Investors can make entrepreneurs doubt their own abilities. Health Make Physicians Full Partners in Accountable Care Organizations by Robert M. Pearl Physicians will embrace change when they have a voice in determining strategy. Decision making That Hit Song You Love Was a Total Fluke by Tim Sullivan It's virtually impossible to predict which high-quality product will become a blockbuster.

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