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Forget the Job Interview, Play a Video Game

Jamie Notter

As the article states at the beginning, this is kind of the message that Brad Pitt’s character was bringing to the Oakland A’s organization in the movie, Moneyball. The traditional criteria that baseball was using for choosing which players to use at the major league level was basically made up and not necessarily effective.

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Moneyball and Management Innovation

Jamie Notter

If you haven’t seen it, the movie is about Billy Beane , General Manager of the Oakland A’s baseball team, who about 10 years ago started evaluating his players and fielding a team in a completely different way (and getting great results, at about one-fourth the payroll of the big market teams).

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Oakland Warehouse Fire: Sprinkler Group Pledges Renewed Legislative Push

Associations Now

In the wake of a tragic fire at an Oakland, California, warehouse-turned-art-facility over the weekend, a trade group focused on fire safety issues is drawing attention to its ongoing fight to make sprinkler systems more common. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected in this tragedy in Oakland.

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Linking Results To Key Performance Indicators Is Like Hooking Up A Big TV

Beth Kanter

On the other hand, if you have a system and are already collecting a data point, than it is easy. The last question is important because if a particular set of metrics requires hours and hours of collection work, it may not be worth it.

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