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When Will this Low-Innovation Internet Era End?

Harvard Business Review

Then there's another view, which I heard from author Neal Stephenson in an MIT lecture hall last week. A hundred years from now, he said, we might look back on the late 20th and early 21st century and say, "It was an actively creative society. Stephenson was clearly trying to be provocative.

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Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction

Harvard Business Review

Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age inspired Jeff Bezos to create the Kindle ; Sergey Brin mines Stephenson’s even more famous Snow Crash for insights into virtual reality. The protagonists wrestle with the impacts of tech consolidation, data breaches, and the theory and practice of corporate social responsibility.

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To Stay Relevant, Your Company and Employees Must Keep Learning

Harvard Business Review

As AT&T CEO and Chair Randall Stephenson, recently told the New York Times, “There is a need to retool yourself, and you should not expect to stop… People who do not spend five to 10 hours a week in online learning will obsolete themselves with the technology.” Again, AT&T is a great example.

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Talking to Yourself (Out Loud) Can Help You Learn

Harvard Business Review

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says technology workers need to learn online for at least five hours per week to fend off obsolescence. .’” Self-explaining should go into the learning tool kit of workers today, as the economy places new demands on making connections and adopting new insights and skills.

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How to Conduct an Effective Job Interview

Harvard Business Review

Chris Smith and Chris Stephenson. “Technical expertise can be taught on the job, but you can’t teach passion, drive, and creativity,” says Mimi, who is based in Silicon Valley. . “No one can predict the future, but you want someone who is thinking about it every day,” Sullivan explains. Further Reading.

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