Linkfest: August 03, 2018

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What I am reading today

KPIs Should Never Be Tied to Compensation (INSEAD Knowledge)
Outliers 66: How Zoho works (FactorDaily)


Why do most countries drive on the wrong side of the road? (Economist Explains)
How to tell a brand manager by the lunch he/she orders (afaqs!: Guest Articles)
The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice System (Smithsonian History)
KPIs Should Never Be Tied to Compensation (Insead)
Sex Makes Naked Mole Rats Live Longer (Discover Magazine)
Future of work and harbingers of change (Forbes India Magazine)
Manageable and Unmanageable Managing by Henry Mintzberg (Drucker Society Europe)
Google could give Baidu a serious run for its money in China (SCMP: China Tech)

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