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Foreign Born in the US Workforce

Small Business Labs

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   Again, this is little changed from 2008 but up from 49% in 2004.  Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research.   Foreign born workers comprise about 15.5%

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After the dance is over

Loosely Speaking

In fact, it appears that the genesis of many new projects and collaborations has already begun. Format The format allowed for both education and unlimited opportunities for networking. Next up : marriage of great minds and birth of dynamic new projects and partnerships. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004.

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Reasons why work slowdowns can be good

Loosely Speaking

My work has slowed too, and I have been experimenting with how to disconnect myself from my computer on those days when projects are unlikely to come in, and figuring out just how far away from the office it’s ok to venture. You could always spend more time networking on Social Media sites. In other words, a downer!) Loose Ends.

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

Success

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. Census Bureau population projections , the population of “non-Hispanic White” individuals will fall from 61.3%

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The Magic of Intrapreneurship Within Organizations

Success

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. They won’t pitch projects or ideas just because they sound cool or interesting; they will pitch ideas because they show profit potential.”.

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