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Oct 2021
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#273 Purpose and thinking styles with In...

James Royal-Lawson & Per Axbom
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“All humans are fully human, with many ways of being in the world”. Rather than study the process or solution, we should be studying humans. Indi Young, author of mental models and practical empathy, joins us to talk “purpose”. 
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