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February 7, 2019 Ideas for Helping Remote Colleagues Bond By Kuty Shalev From book clubs to Fortnite.

Technology How to Choose Your First AI Project by Andrew Ng Pick a quick win to build internal support. Economics & Society Fears About Huawei, and Facebook Earnings (What We Learned) Youngme, Felix, and Mihir debate U.S. fears about Huawei and implications for U.S.-China relations. They also offer their interpretation of Facebook's latest earnings results, before sharing their After Hours picks for the week. Economics To Reduce Emergency Room Wait Times, Tie Them to Payments by Nicos Savva, Tolga Tezcan The average wait time in the U.S. is around an hour and a half. Globalization The State of Globalization in 2019, and What It Means for Strategists by Pankaj Ghemawat, Steven A. Altman Executives should consider four key ideas.

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