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Managing Distraction in the Digital Era

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Amy Blankson: In 2013, the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that the average attention span of a human has dropped to a mere eight seconds , one second behind that of a goldfish. Why does this matter?

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Being a corporate entrepreneur has a profound effect on both your reputation for innovation and your prospects for leadership opportunities. What better way to signal that you have leadership capabilities? Moreover, it’s hard. “I says Adobe CEO Shantanyu Narayen (#7 on our list). and we like to stick to our knitting.