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January 16, 2019 Are Your High Expectations Hurting Your Team? By Ron Carucci It's hard for people to stay motivated when nothing is ever good enough.

Innovation How Big Companies Should Scout New Technologies by Scott Kirsner Don't leave it to the high priests of R&D. Retirement How Retirement Changes Your Identity Teresa Amabile, professor at Harvard Business School, is approaching her own retirement by researching how ending your work career affects your sense of self. She says important psychological shifts take place leading up to, and during, retirement. That holds especially true for workers who identify strongly with their job and organization. Amabile and her fellow researchers have identified two main processes that retirees go through: life restructuring and identity bridging.

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