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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques. The severances team aimed to increase the number of land parcels processed per day by 50% in one field office in 100 days.

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New York’s Fashion Industry Reveals a New Truth About Economic Clusters

Harvard Business Review

Interviews, case studies and ethnographies tell us proximity matters to certain industries. The Garment District’s agglomeration economies foster the freedom necessary for creativity to thrive, which is part and parcel of how great dresses are made in the first place. Think Silicon Valley, Wall Street or Hollywood.