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6 Advantages of a Remote Team

Lead Change Blog

In 2015 alone, as much as 23 percent of staff reported doing some of their work from outside the office, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Broken down, that’s a daily cost of $10 just on transportation alone. Conducting further research will bring you to similar statistics. Reduced Stress. Final Thoughts.

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America’s Transportation Infrastructure Needs Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Sensors, smartphones, tablets, wireless networks, and Big Data are starting to transform transportation and infrastructure. After extensive consultation with pilots and other experts, the FAA has proposed a rule change that might allow operational use of tablets. Photo by Andrew Nguyen. But not fast enough. infrastructure problems.

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Be More Productive Now: Mindful Strategies for Increasing Performance

Strategy Driven

He is the founder of The Potential Project – a leading global provider of corporate based mindfulness solutions operating in 20 countries. Rasmus is author of the book “One Second Ahead – Enhancing Performance at work with Mindfulness”, published by Palgrave MacMillan, October 2015. Her clients include Yahoo! All rights reserved.

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How Arizona Is Leading the Autonomous Vehicle Revolution - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY

Harvard Business Review

Self-driving vehicles, once a science fiction technology, are rapidly becoming a reality that promises to transform our lives – making it safer and more efficient to move people and goods, while reinventing our thinking about transportation. Arizona startup Local Motors developed “Ollie,” the self-driving bus here.

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Using Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge to Gain Insight into Data Collection

Deming Institute

In ads IBM touched on the use of data in transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, crime, love, education, farming, pollution, weather, energy, and many other areas! The theory of knowledge helps us recognize that someone decides what data to collect and what operational definitions to use.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business Review

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player. A year later, Uber admitted defeat in another region, selling its operation in Russia to Yandex.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

The constantly fluctuating number of barrels of crude available from nimble shale operations is a primary driver, but so are the long-term impact of increased fuel efficiency and the fits and starts of the global transition away from fossil fuels on world demand. .—while The soaring U.S.