• #gettogether: How to Manage Virtual Teams
    This minute read saves you up to 7 hours
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    #gettogether: How to Manage Virtual Teams

    Engineering Lead at Apple and former VP of Product Engineering at Slack, Michael Lopp, offers the tools and wisdom that leaders can cultivate in order to lead in a virtual space.

  • Become a Chef
    "Monsieur Botcuse, can you hold my beer, s'il vous plaît?!"
    Become a Chef

    If your menu tastes like screws, it must have been the robo-cook.

  • “An Opportunity for Our Staff to Share Their Skills”
    This 13 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
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    “An Opportunity for Our Staff to Share Their Skills”

    St. Andrew’s Hospice emphasizes its learning culture through Learning At Work Week. Lisa Tillison, Learning and Development Lead at the charity, explains why.

  • Learning at Work Week Impact Awards
    Learning at Work Week Impact Awards

    For this year’s Learning at Work Week, getAbstract honors the efforts of two companies to implement a highly efficient learning culture. Here are the winners.

  • Curb Your Biases
    This 4 min. read saves you up to 141 hours
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    Curb Your Biases

    How to avoid errors in judgment and thinking.

  • How to Lead from Where You Are
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 148 hours
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    How to Lead from Where You Are

    You don’t need a title to prepare for leadership.

  • Culture Crash
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 47 hours
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    Culture Crash

    In a globalized world, we get to know each other across borders and cultural limits. Often, however, we get in our own way and thus limit our options.

  • How to Motivate the People You Lead
    This 10 min. read saves you up to 112 hours
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    How to Motivate the People You Lead

    Misconceptions about motivation abound. Let’s take them on.

  • Saving the World Through Business
    This 7 min. read saves you up to 36 hours
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    Saving the World Through Business

    Patagonia’s founder Yvon Chouinard led his company down the road less traveled and became a model for businesses to do well while doing good. 

  • The Future of Decision Making?
    This 10 min. read saves you up to 35 hours
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    The Future of Decision Making?

    AI and the Limits of Common Sense