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Global Team Leaders Must Deliberately Create "Moments"

Harvard Business Review

Global teams face the challenge of having to operate with limited face-to-face contact and across vast distances, time zones, language backgrounds, and contexts, as well as cultural differences. Direct knowledge involves norms, rules, and context about the personal characteristics, relationships, and behaviors of other collaborators.

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Olympic Host Cities Need Transparency, Not Knowledge Transfer

Harvard Business Review

From the moment I stepped off the bus at the rowing venue, I felt reassured that the London Olympic Games were operating like a well-oiled machine. Certainly, knowledge transfer has been a priority of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).