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50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful

Mills Scofield

To many, a modern meat plant might seem somewhat “shocking”, but to us this “automotive assembly plant operating in reverse” is common place and, in fact, we are not easily “shocked” by much of anything (for evidence of this you are welcome to view the video on our website).

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New York City's Culture Will Shape the Next Tech Sector

Harvard Business Review

There are many reasons why Silicon Valley might have been a top contender: for years, it''s been the premier technology hub of the world. While no one can dispute Silicon Valley embodies the quintessential technology culture, there''s another piece of the culture equation that matters just as much for a company like ours: diversity.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business Review

To get the skills and change agents it needed, Volvo looked outside the automotive industry. He was creative and, in some cases, counterintuitive. He hired salespeople and marketers from Google, who transformed Volvo’s use of technology and social media in those disciplines.

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

Coaching Tip

We have entered the age of empowered individuals, who use potent new technologies and harness social media to organize themselves. Newly armed activists can become the source of creativity, innovation and new ideas to take your company or governmental representatives forward. One-quarter of the truck freight between the U.S.

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