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Carl the Robot Bartender Mixes Drinks and Chats With Customers

MishTalk

Writing on the bars website, Mr Schaefer said his company aims to make humanity in humanoid robots closer to reality and show that scenes as in science fiction films are quite possible. Rise of Technocrats, Fraudulent Conveyance, MF Global, the Culture of Greed, Christina Romer, and the US Dollar. December 2008 (85).

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

MishTalk

The integrated circuits are manufactured on rolls of one micron thick plastic film, making them easily scalable and cheap to produce. Rise of Technocrats, Fraudulent Conveyance, MF Global, the Culture of Greed, Christina Romer, and the US Dollar. December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108).

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business

For example, as it grew, Facebook found that its early “move fast and break things” culture had to be funneled into focused technical teams and product groups to make its product development process faster and less erratic, and for it to have a chance of meeting the demands of its new public shareholders following its IPO.

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Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM HBS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Harvard Business

Linda Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, is the faculty chair of Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation, a new program teaching executives how to create an organization equipped for innovative problem solving. Join the Conversation. To learn more about this program visit us here.

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Thirty years of projects

Seth Godin Blog

Lucky for me, the world cooperated and our entire culture shifted from one based on long-term affilitations (you know, ''jobs'') to projects. I''m glad Mark filmed it. 2008—Launched Tribes , a significant shift in my writing focus. Sometimes they take on a life of their own and last, other times, they flare and fade.