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Obama: The Great Answerer

CO2

But we want our leaders to lead by asking inspiring and enlightening questions, and delegating—not by supplying answers. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Obama: The Great Answerer

CO2

But we want our leaders to lead by asking inspiring and enlightening questions, and delegating—not by supplying answers. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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What Knowledge Workers Stand to Gain from Automation

Harvard Business Review

Yet, more than 50 years after Peter Drucker devised the term knowledge worker, it is quite disappointing to peer inside the operations of any large organization and see how little of their time knowledge workers actually spend on higher-order thinking tasks. The Future of Operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

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Breaking the Command-and-Control Reflex

Harvard Business Review

But he believes that too many of his managers still operate in a " command-and-control reflex." When subordinates aren't sure what the boss really wants to accomplish, they don't feel safe, and true delegation is impossible. It was the fulfillment of what Peter Drucker called the Age of the Knowledge Worker.