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June 24, 2016 The Best of July-August 2016 Idea Watch How to Make the Most of Omnichannel Retailing by Xueming Luo If you’re trying to get in-store customers to shop online, you may be fighting a losing battle. Feature Beyond the Holacracy Hype by Ethan Bernstein, John Bunch, Niko Canner, and Michael Lee The overwrought claims — and actual promise — of the next generation of self-managed teams. Feature Why Diversity Programs Fail by Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev They fly in the face of everything we know about how to motivate people to change. Feature How to Pay for Health Care by Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan One argument: “Bundled payments are the only true value-based payment model for health care.” Feature The Case for Capitation by Brent C. James, MD, and Gregory P. Poulsen And another: “The solution…is to change the way businesses, government, and other purchasers pay for health care to population-based payment.” Managing Yourself How to Negotiate with a Liar by Leslie K. John Make it harder for the other person to be deceptive.

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