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Management & Leadership

Strategies for leading creative teams and work, including the unique opportunities when considering management and leadership as design

How to

How to: Negotiate

How to

How to: Negotiate

How to
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Negotiate

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How to

How to: Hire outstanding talent

How to

How to: Hire outstanding talent

How to
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Hire outstanding talent

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Specialization

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Specialization

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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

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Robert Heinlein
How to

How to: Set up performance reviews

How to

How to: Set up performance reviews

How to
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Set up effective performance reviews

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Work

Our first DXC whitepaper

Work

Our first DXC whitepaper

Work
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Our first DXC whitepaper

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Field Notes

Config 2024

Field Notes

Config 2024

Field Notes
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Config 204

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Speaking

The Founding Designer Role

Speaking

The Founding Designer Role

Speaking
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The Founding Designer Role

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What is beautiful work?

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What is beautiful work?

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If your work was done according to your intention and at the cliff’s edge of your ability—be proud, for you have done beautiful work.

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Julie Zhou
How to

How to: Fire somebody (if you have to)

How to

How to: Fire somebody (if you have to)

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Fire somebody (if you really have to)

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