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In a Distracted World, Solitude Is a Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business

.” Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn shares this advice with Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars, but in our hyper-distracted work world, it’s advice that we all need to hear. But this same force has also led to work environments that inundate people with a relentless stream of emails, meetings, and distractions. Maura Thomas.

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Teams Who Share Personal Stories Are More Effective

Harvard Business

Consider that when joining a team, people have a strong desire to feel accepted by the other members. In our studies, we asked participants to provide a list of names of people in their professional and personal network. It took about six months to get things back on track, but we all managed to keep our jobs thanks to Laura.

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Even in a Digital World, Globalization Is Not Inevitable

Harvard Business

Thomas Friedman’s famous proposal that, thanks to the internet, the “world is flat” (advanced in a 2005 book bearing that title) articulates this idea in a way that is clear and simple — and wrong. And people flows stimulate both trade and information flows. Parag Khanna’s Connectography ).

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Management Consulted

1849 - Samuel Lowell Price starts business in London. 1854 - William Cooper founds his own practice in London. It helps facilitate error-free transactions and production (before ERP, people actually used odd things like pens, paper and ledgers to keep track of their stuff). Commitment to our communities. Thomas (MN).