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April 12, 2017 A Face-to-Face Request Is 34 Times More Successful than an Email By Vanessa K. Bohns What's most convenient isn't always what's most effective.

Research & development The Stage Where Most Innovation Projects Fail by Scott Kirsner The handoff from R&D can be fatal. Managing yourself When You're Leaving Your Job Because of Your Kids by Daisy Wademan Dowling 7 strategies for making the transition as smooth as possible. Gender Female Supreme Court Justices Are Interrupted More by Male Justices and Advocates by Tonja Jacobi, Dylan Schweers Women have adapted by being less polite themselves. Economics & Society Hard Questions on Our Transition to Driverless Cars by Ashish Khanna, Simon Barrett How will it change your business model? Ethics If Your Boss Has a Lot of Integrity, You May Be More Likely to Compromise Yours by Patricia Faison Hewlin, Tracy L. Dumas, Meredith F. Burnett Another reason why team conformity is dangerous.

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