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Why Businesses Lack a SEAL Team 6

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Contrary to Stan McChrystal’s SEAL-hiring spree, there aren’t many businesses run like the famed special-forces team that killed Osama bin Laden last month. This piece from the Harvard Business Review explains why. “Most organizations can’t grow the professionalism of elite special forces units because they are constantly shifting strategies and responding to customer-driven demands,” says a senior military officer who is recommending the piece to his pals.