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Go Faster Alone but Farther Together

Chad Barr

A shared vision and the collective creativity of its employees, proving that the journey farther is one best traveled together. The Cleveland Cavaliers: A Symphony of Team Spirit and Individual Heroics The tale of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA Championship is a saga of unity and belief overcoming decades of anticipation.

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business

I went with the pizza, but my lack of choices was annoying — so much so that, when I got home, I started looking into the data on health and travel for work. According to the Global Business Travel Association and American Express , Americans took more than 500 million domestic business trips in 2016.

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The Future of Management (Part 2/3)

Tom Spencer

According to an experiment run by Berker et al (2016), our level of stress is at its highest when the level of uncertainty (predictability ~50%) is at its highest. 2016) Computations of Uncertainty Mediate Acute Stress Responses in Humans. Interestingly enough, it’s in our DNA. Anything less is bad practice. Embracing Change.

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The Future of Management (Part 2/3)

Tom Spencer

According to an experiment run by Berker et al (2016), our level of stress is at its highest when the level of uncertainty (predictability ~50%) is at its highest. 2016) Computations of Uncertainty Mediate Acute Stress Responses in Humans. Interestingly enough, it’s in our DNA. Anything less is bad practice. Embracing Change.

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What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest

Harvard Business

With over 175 million active users worldwide, Pinterest thrives on providing users with relevant ideas: what to wear, what to cook, how to furnish your home, and where to travel. and almost no companies report engineering data specifically), Pinterest’s goal in 2016 was to hire women engineers at nearly twice this rate.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

The office is incredibly diverse, with some of the best talent from 35+ countries and folks that speak 29 languages. Interesting, the office in New York is very transient and has a hoteling system (so you don’t have an assigned desk) – so if you sign up for Deloitte NYC, be prepared to travel all the time.

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What We Can Learn About the Economics of Discrimination from a Chilling Study of 1930s Germany

Harvard Business

For example, talented people are often excluded from leadership positions if they belong to the group that faces discrimination. Here are just a few examples: The travel ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, which has raised fears among U.S. of German gross national product, a first-order economic loss.

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