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What is a Great Teammate, and WHY Should You Be One at Your Workplace?

Great Results Team Building

A study conducted by the University of Texas found that diversity in a team can lead to more creative and innovative ideas. Enhanced creativity When you work with people from different backgrounds and perspectives, you can tap into a wider range of ideas and approaches.

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The Movement Of People And Ideas Is Key To Economic Growth

The Horizons Tracker

Hidalgo and Ricardo Hausmann compare the best economies to a bucket of Lego bricks, with the most diverse buckets those that are able to grow and produce the most innovative solutions. Within countries, universities tend to be at the heart of attempts to foster such diversity.

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What Is Business For? Cast Your Vote!

Harvard Business Review

The diversity of ideas was as striking as the diversity of the contributors. Along with our partners at HBR and McKinsey, we're delighted to announce those finalists today (in alphabetical order): Progress Out of Poverty: Business Intelligence for Those in the Business of Helping the Poor. Hack by Kevin McKouen.

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Changing Capitalism, One Organization at a Time

Harvard Business Review

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. So it's not surprising that we received a striking diversity of entries from every kind of organization and from every corner of the world. Story by Greg Koch, Coca-Cola.