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January 7, 2019 The Story of Sustainability in 2018: "We Have About 12 Years Left" By Andrew Winston From drinking straws to dire scientific warnings.

Emotional intelligence How to Embrace Change Using Emotional Intelligence by Kandi Wiens, Darin Rowell If you're resisting something new, think about why. Leadership & Managing people A Simple Way to Get Your Leadership Team Aligned on Strategy by Scott D. Anthony, Bernard C. Kümmerli Real-time digital polling can reveal what people really think. Leadership Why We're Drawn to Leaders Who Emphasize the Negative by Eileen Y. Chou We think they're more powerful. Creativity How Mindfulness Can Help Engineers Solve Problems by Beth Rieken, Shauna Shapiro, Shannon Gilmartin, Sheri D. Sheppard The skills taught in engineering courses don't always lead to new ideas. Entrepreneurship Why Some High Performers Are Quitting Big Companies to Work for Themselves by Eddie Yoon, Christopher Lochhead Being your own boss has financial and emotional benefits. Analytics Data Science and the Art of Persuasion by Scott Berinato Organizations struggle to communicate the insights in all the information they've amassed. Here's why, and how to fix it. Security & privacy Privacy and Cybersecurity Are Converging. Here's Why That Matters for People and for Companies. by Andrew Burt A look at what's changing and what it means.

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