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The Common Mistakes Futurists Make

Small Business Labs

This term was coined in the late 1990's and in the 2002-2005 time frame it was a very hot trend. But changing the way houses are built requires an enormous amount of change by a whole lot of people - from builders to suppliers to government agencies to house buyers. Overestimating the near term impact of new technologies.

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Bioteams Part 4: The Team Organization Zone

BioTeams

T his article was originally published in 2005 by Ken Thompson and Robin Good. The more sophisticated the nervous system is the more external triggers it can respond to, the more internal states it can sustain and the wider its vocabulary of communications with its external environment. Introduction. The Communications System.

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Bioteams Part 2: The Team Connectivity Zone

BioTeams

T his article was originally published in 2005 by Ken Thompson and Robin Good. Thirdly, with the other two points addressed, we should fully embrace external team members from customer and supplier organisations as full team members and offer them full transparency. Introduction. Good teams need both strong and weak ties.