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Research: Stale Office Air Is Making You Less Productive

Harvard Business Review

In the first phase of our study, we enrolled 24 “knowledge workers” — managers, architects, and designers — to spend six days, over a two-week period, in a highly controlled work environment at the Syracuse Center of Excellence. schools (1400 ppm). We held everything else constant.

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The First 90 Days in a New CIO Position

Harvard Business Review

In today''s complex and increasingly heterogeneous technology environment, it is also critical to integrate a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) strategy that aligns project lifecycles from concept through development and finally to support and continuous enhancement.

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Corporations Will Never Solve Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

Now that we’ve been caught, we’re trying to make you think we care about the environment.” A recent UK report argued against the efficacy of voluntary measures, but the presence of 400 ppm CO 2 in the atmosphere should be enough to prove the point.

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