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“It’s So Easy Now to Start Something”

Entrepreneur Angelica Malin offers sage advice for women contemplating their first start-up.

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This 11 min. read saves you up to 33 hours

For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 13 getAbstract summaries (5 books with a total of 1648 pages, 6 articles and 2 podcasts) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1967 minutes (about 33 hours). Learn more.

The 5 Biggest HR Trends in 2022

What you need to know to digitalize your processes, keep your workforce healthy, motivated and up-to-date.

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NEW: BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 22 getAbstract summaries (10 books with a total of 4013 pages, 9 articles, one video and 2 podcasts) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 4805 minutes (about 81 hours). Learn more.

Focus on Black Leadership

Black History Month is a great opportunity to reflect upon the contributions and legacies of great Black leaders past and current.

NEW ARTICLES

Resolve Conflict with Compassionate Communication

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Resolve Conflict with Compassionate Communication

Conflict is bound to arise in the workplace. Here’s how to nip it in the bud or, better yet, channel it productively.

Winning Workplace 2022: Flexible, Digital, Humane

A New Year, a new opportunity to get it right. As you plan your business’s future, what areas deserve the most attention for ensuring future success?

Well-Being Is About More than “An Apple a Day”

Healthy behavior is not limited to eating wholesome food and regular exercising. It also means managing your time and energy wisely and practicing emotional intelligence.

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MAKING SENSE OF TODAY

getAbstract's Summaries on the Latest Topics

Diana Kander and Andy Fromm

The Curiosity Muscle

What differentiates companies that stay competitive? Curiosity.

Diana Kander

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Martin Fiore

Humanity Reimagined

Humans shape innovation; innovation shapes humanity.

Rivertowns Books

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Donna Weber

Onboarding Matters

Onboard your buyers to close the revolving door of customer churn.

Springboard Press

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Adam Rutherford

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived

The lens of modern genetics offers a compelling history of humankind.

The Experiment Publishing

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Bryan Hancock, Bill Schaninger, Brooke Weddle and Lucia Rahilly

Culture in the Hybrid Workplace

The new normal corporate culture centers on employees and requires managers t0 lead hybrid teams.

McKinsey

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International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

The Global State of Democracy 2021

Democracy faces authoritarian challenges as never before, but its defenders are making progress.

International Institute for Democracy and Elect...

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AGILITY

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Making Sense of Agile

Let’s take a deep dive into an overused buzzword.

COMMUNICATION

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Agile Communication

In the hybrid world of work, it's all about agile networking among your employees - no matter where they are. This doesn't require more digital tools but more clear rules.

SKILLS

How to Prepare for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

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How to Prepare for Jobs That Don’t Exist Yet

What sounds impossible isn’t that difficult.

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INTERVIEWS

In Conversation with Experts and Professionals

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“It’s So Easy Now to Start Something”

Entrepreneur Angelica Malin offers sage advice for women contemplating their first start-up.

“Empathy Is One of the Most Incredible Superpowers.”

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For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 2 getAbstract summaries (one book with a total of 280 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 319 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.

“Empathy Is One of the Most Incredible Superpowers.”

Gary A. Bolles, author of The Next Rules of Work and Chair for the Future of Work at Singularity University, talks about the declining shelf life of skills, ways to compensate for those losses –…

This 5 min. read saves you up to 60 hours

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Interview Highlights 2021

The Journal team shares personal recommendations.

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NEW REVIEWS

Our Independent Book Critiques Are Even Shorter Than Our Summaries

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s now 30-year-old essay on achieving flow and awareness remains timeless and current.

Entrepreneur Desmond Shum courageously pulls back the curtain to reveal a profoundly corrupt and dangerous business culture.

A clear, practical, applicable guide to Scrum’s innate complexities and elegant simplicities.

Jeffrey M. Hiatt offers his well-regarded, step-by-step guide to successful change initiatives fueled by enthusiastic employee participation.

Slate columnist Mark O’Connell describes, debunks and contextualizes transhumanism – the mind-set that humans can merge with machines.

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FAVORITE READS

Our Favorite Thinkers and Leaders Share Their Favorite Reads

TIFFANY JANA

Diversity consultant Tiffany Jana is a fan of James Clear's bestseller Atomic Habits: "It's one of those brilliant books that intersect beautifully across disciplines," Jana says. That includes the author's own area of expertise: "All of James' suggestions for building good habits and breaking bad ones can be leveraged in support of the inclusive behavior I enumerate in Subtle Acts of Exclusion and my other books." Moreover, Jana is convinced that you can apply Clear's idea of habitual skills to anything you find worth pursuing. So we suggest you read our review of Atomic Habits and give it a try!

REVIEW

James Clear

Atomic Habits

Habit expert James Clear details how you can change your habits by exerting the smallest of efforts.

Random House Business

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