Communication is usually defined as the transmission of information.
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Information security manager, David Grady, is on a mission to help you take back your calendar – so to speak. He means that an epidemic of bad, inefficient, overcrowded meetings is plaguing the world’s businesses — and it’s just making workers miserable. In this helpful TED talk, he shares some solid ideas on how to save…
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Writer & columnist for Forbes, Kare Anderson writes on behavioral research-based ways to become more deeply connected. As a given, we all want to use our talents to create something meaningful with our lives. But knowing where to start is the tricky part – especially if you’re shy. Writer Kare Anderson shares her own story of…
Arguing and debate (I don’t generally feel there is a difference – except, perhaps, that a debate consists of a series of arguments) goes back to the beginning of the ages, probably starting at the very moment mankind was able to communicate. One of the most famous early debaters was Socrates, a philosopher from Ancient…
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At the online University of the People, anyone with a high school diploma can take classes toward a degree in business administration or computer science — without standard tuition fees (though exams cost money). Education entrepreneur, Shai Reshef, aims to democratize higher education. He hopes that higher education is changing “from being a privilege for the few…
A few months ago, I was asked to conduct a Workshop, deliver a Keynote, and Chair a three-day Conference on Manufacturing Process Excellence in Europe, produced by the Process Excellence Network (PEX), a division of IQPC, and held in Munich, Germany. Although that was a lot to ask of me, the line-up of speakers and…
The Economist reports how Joe Kaeser is transforming Siemens’s structure, but changing its culture will be significantly harder. Mr Kaeser is hoping to remake Siemens, to become more than what its current definition spells in a word: electrification. After electrification, he would like to add two more words: automation and digitisation. The engineering giant is to focus…
