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February 10, 2017 How Spotify Balances Employee Autonomy and Accountability By Michael Mankins, Eric Garton The whole company is organized around it.

Managing yourself Escape Your Comfort Zone Andy Molinsky, professor of organizational behavior at Brandeis International Business School, discusses practical techniques for getting outside of your comfort zone, and how that can develop new capabilities and experiences that can help your career. His new book is "Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence." Innovation How Systems Engineering Can Help Fix Health Care by Peter Pronovost, Alan Ravitz, Conrad Grant An example from Johns Hopkins Medicine. Difficult conversations In a Difficult Conversation, Listen More Than You Talk by Emma Seppala, Jennifer Stevenson You don't need the last word. Marketing Having More Options Can Make Us Evaluate Risk Differently by Uzma Khan, Daniella Kupor Implications for marketers and policy makers.

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