• The One Skill That Affects Them All
    This 3 min. read saves you up to 10 hours
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    The One Skill That Affects Them All

    On self-awareness.

  • “It Helps People Communicate, It Helps Reduce Conflict, and It Helps to Drive Innovation.”
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
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    “It Helps People Communicate, It Helps Reduce Conflict, and It Helps to Drive Innovation.”

    Simon Brown, author of The Curious Advantage and chief learning officer at Novartis, explains the superpower that lies dormant in all employees, but is organizationally discovered only in a few: Curiosity.

  • “Agility Is Based on Human Skills.”
    This 4 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
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    “Agility Is Based on Human Skills.”

    Global workforce management leader Barbara Jamelli-Sefchik talks about the importance of giving people the time and headspace to build resilience and agility.

  • Life Is Hazardous to Your Health
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 19 hours
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    Life Is Hazardous to Your Health

    How do I rate risks and chances correctly when it comes to decision-making (even when I am a statistics dummy)?

  • “Structure Begets Flexibility.”
    Cal Newport / Penny Gray Photography
    This 15 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
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    “Structure Begets Flexibility.”

    We're drowning in emails, text messages, and more and more new collaboration tools. Cal Newport advises organizations to pull the emergency brake now.

  • Empower Them or Lose Them
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 14 hours
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    Empower Them or Lose Them

    Why employee autonomy and a strong corporate culture are essential for your organization’s success.

  • “Go Watch Your People!”
    Donald H. Taylor
    This 10 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
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    “Go Watch Your People!”

    Donald H. Taylor on the results of the latest Learning and Development Global Sentiment Survey, and what matters now if you want to properly upskill and reskill in your organization.

  • The Revival of Keynesianism?
    This minute read saves you up to 146 hours
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    The Revival of Keynesianism?

    Is the state coming back strong and big with COVID-19? A reading list.

  • #gettogether: How to Manage a Crisis Moment (or Season)
    This 2 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
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    #gettogether: How to Manage a Crisis Moment (or Season)

    Author Matt Tenney joins the show to share lessons from his own crises – his journey from prison, to a monastery to the business world – to teach us that no matter how overwhelming the…

  • #gettogether: How to Manage a Difficult Meeting/Confrontation
    This minute read saves you up to 5 hours
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    #gettogether: How to Manage a Difficult Meeting/Confrontation

    In this episode, we welcome getAbstract’s International Book Award 2020 recipient Veronika Hucke to lay out practical tools for using challenging conversations as opportunities for growth.