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Mar 2020
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Brave New Work 17. What We Can Learn Abo...

Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin
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Facing a pandemic, many of the world's institutions are finally giving remote work, agility, responsiveness, and basic human decency some deep consideration. Meanwhile, it's becoming clear that organizations who have already been prioritizing adaptivity and humanity at work are surprisingly well prepared to face this challenge. In this episode of Brave New W ... Show More
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