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A workplace for entrepreneurial mindsets to thrive should be your goal

Workplace Insight

It was January 2004. If you work with teammates or report to a manager, do you ask their permission for every step you take in a project? In my experience, a proposed new idea or project is, at the outset, little more than a bundle of hypotheses that will either prove to be correct or rejected through experiments. Surely not.

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The Role of Reason and Refinement in Productivity

Productivityist

Studies have shown that aligning work tasks with one’s internal clock can enhance cognitive function and productivity ( Foster & Kreitzman, 2004 ). Why #3: To enhance team collaboration and project success. Research in chronobiology, the science of natural physiological rhythms, supports this approach.

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The Magic of Intrapreneurship Within Organizations

Success

Company goals are no longer just about meeting revenue targets. Years ago, Google implemented the 20% rule for its employees, an idea that workers should spend at least 20% of their time exploring new ideas and projects that could potentially reap massive benefits.

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Legendary Entrepreneur Naveen Jain Wants Nothing More Than to Change the Way Humanity Lives

Success

His goal is to digitize the human body by measuring the trillions of flora living in each person’s digestive tract, then analyzing that data using AI, then delivering completely customized solutions to whatever might be ailing that person. One of the goals of Moon Express is to eventually colonize the moon.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

But he made diversity in the workplace a strategic initiative , laid down goals and linked those goals to manager pay. In a landmark project chronicled by David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

Success

In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. The goal is to get in touch with whatever is making our current situation feel too constricting or just plain wrong. Everything from the title on my business card to the location of the building fed my notion of success.

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Annual List Building Plan – Explained In 3 Simple Steps

Office Organization Success

So when I first started purposefully list building (back in 2004), I would try all of these different list building strategies … and none of them really worked! As I’m sure you already know, there are a ton of different list building strategies, and equally as many differing opinions on which one(s) work best.

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