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The Value of Professional Conferences. Also Why Has There Been So Little Innovation?

Curious Cat

When I used to think about this 20, 15 and 10 years ago the opportunities to innovate using new technology and thinking differently about the value conferences provide lead to tons of idea on how they could be much better. I think some conferences have taken a few sensible steps to look beyond the barrier of the 3 days of the conference.

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Personality Tests Can Help Balance a Team

Harvard Business Review

Darwinian theories of organizational behavior support Freud’s view, highlighting the fundamental tension between “getting ahead” and “getting along” in the workplace. Leading teams Collaboration Technology' We are the most social species on earth — but also inherently selfish.

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Be a Better Global Collaborator

Harvard Business Review

They've read a book or taken a class," says Andy Molinsky, a professor of organizational behavior at the Brandeis University International Business School and author of " Switching Cultural Codes." When our usual tactics fail and we are forced to seek out new ones, it can be uncomfortable. But that doesn't mean they are ready.