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What Companies Can Learn from Military Teams

Harvard Business Review

Joint Special Operations Task Force in 2003, he recognized that traditional tactics of warfare were failing in Iraq. The book is co-authored by his colleagues Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell.). I may not know you personally, but I know some SEALS, and I know how they operate. soldiers to work cohesively.

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Workers, Take Off Your Headphones

Harvard Business Review

Headphones can operate as a visual "do not disturb, I'm working" signal for employees who, in open-plan offices, need solitude in order to execute their work. Because actionable cultural knowledge is now so diffuse, to remain competitive companies need all employees to bring fresh thinking into the workplace. Is there an upside?