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Dealing with Conflict | N2Growth Blog

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Unresolved conflict often results in a loss of productivity, stifles creativity, and creates barriers to cooperation. Your article and your advice are very applicable for our churches as much as they are for the business world. I truly appreciate your advice. link] mikemyatt Hi Dale: Thanks for your comment. Our Freedom.

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Four Reasons why Civility in the Workplace is a Must | You're Not.

You're Not the Boss of Me

Civility is key to building relationships and reputations through Social Media Today, workplaces extend beyond our walls and borders through technology. Reply Gwyn Teatro November 8, 2010 at 5:16 pm Hi Derek, I’m thinking that things like civility become common sense to those of us who have it drummed into us at an early age.

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Do Your Customers Actually Want a “Smart” Version of Your Product?

Harvard Business Review

There’s been a gold rush happening in technology these last few years, focused on the Internet of Things, or IoT. And while we’ve found customers for IoT connectivity, the number of our customers who value the new technology has been much lower than industry projections led us to believe.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

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Gun Manufacturers Need to Lead Change, Not Just Follow the Law

Harvard Business Review

Investors also did well: A $100 investment in Ruger in late 2010 was worth $443 in late 2015, while the equivalent investment in the S&P 500 yielded only $163 over that time frame. “Obey the law” is generally good business advice. But for many, guns are also a deadly business. Would this investment increase gun sales?

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Let Your Employees Bring Their Interests to Work

Harvard Business Review

If he had taken his research out of the office, Mark would have found that Jennifer felt very strongly about her local identity and bought her vegetables from a local organic cooperative; at the same time, she was concerned about global issues and invested her savings in Indiegogo , a global crowdfunding platform.