• A Year in Interviews: Part II
    This 7 min. read saves you up to 40 hours
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    A Year in Interviews: Part II

    getAbstract was honored to speak to a number of renowned authors and thought leaders this year. Here are some of the insights we gleaned from a year in author interviews.

  • Our Favorite Books of 2020
    The good old days, when we could still lie in each other's arms: The getAbstract team at the kickoff in Bavaria (Germany) in January 2020. if you turn 180 degrees, you'll see Neuschwanstein Castle.
    This 6 min. read saves you up to 41 hours
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    Our Favorite Books of 2020

    Even a messed-up year can produce fantastic new releases. Here, getAbstract team members share their summary favorites.

  • Most Useful Summaries 2020
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    Most Useful Summaries 2020

    What has been the most useful summary this year, and why?

  • How to Downshift Properly
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 25 hours
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    How to Downshift Properly

    To ensure you succeed in relaxing, take the following tips to heart.

  • “Your Level of Social Connection Affects Your Longevity”
    Michael Lee Stallard
    This 19 min. read saves you up to 5 hours
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    “Your Level of Social Connection Affects Your Longevity”

    Business author Michael Lee Stallard on how to maintain connections in our private and professional lives – and why the pandemic could improve our working relationships enormously in the long term.

  • Grief – An Often Negated Feeling
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 28 hours
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    Grief – An Often Negated Feeling

    How to mourn properly, and how to deal with mourners properly.

  • The Top Skill Remote Workers Need
    This 4 min. read saves you up to 24 hours
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    The Top Skill Remote Workers Need

    In a remote work environment, one skill becomes particularly important: Writing.

  • Leading with the Heart
    This minute read saves you up to 43 hours
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    Leading with the Heart

    Dan Pontefract & Michael Bungay Stanier on changes leaders need to make to guide their teams into better, more meaningful ways of working.

  • “Make Sure You Have 35 Years of Experience. And Not One Experience Repeated 35 Times.”
    Ken Allen, CEO of DHL
    This 16 min. read saves you up to 4 hours
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    “Make Sure You Have 35 Years of Experience. And Not One Experience Repeated 35 Times.”

    Ken Allen, CEO at DHL, explains what executives will need tomorrow to be able to "deliver".

  • All About AI – Part 3: Robots, Robots, Robots
    This 3 min. read saves you up to 11 hours
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    All About AI – Part 3: Robots, Robots, Robots

    Sometimes you need a machine to perform actions in the physical world. And that’s what we call a robot. Robots need to be able to sense the world and to act upon it.