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10 Creative Ways to Uncover Unconventional Leaders in Your Company

Lead from Within

Forward-thinking companies are now recognizing the immense value that unconventional thinkers and innovators can bring to the table. Conduct ‘Future Leaders’ Retreats: Organize retreats focused on developing leadership skills. I’ve seen this approach unlock significant innovation within my client organizations.

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Researchers More Likely To Downplay Than Exaggerate Findings

The Horizons Tracker

They also wanted to discover whether claims made in the news differ depending on the reputability of the publication, and also between peer-reviewed journals and their less rigorous peers. It’s easy to get frustrated with uncertainty,” they conclude.

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The Under-Representation Of Women As First Authors

The Horizons Tracker

The representation of female authors on syllabi was lower than representation of females as authors in the peer-reviewed literature or in the workforce. ” To aid faculty in identifying readings by underrepresented groups more easily, the authors recommend the development of reading collections that faculty can draw from.

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Does AI And Automation Do More Harm Than Good?

The Horizons Tracker

It usually involves things like growing meat in a lab, discovering new drugs, and finding innovative ways of producing fertilizers. Evaluation of scientific work is frequently based on outcomes such as grants and peer-reviewed publications. They also heavily use machine learning in the analysis of large-scale experiments.

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Rushing Back From Covid-19 Could Be Hugely Dangerous

The Horizons Tracker

The team were striving to understand the best way to keep people, and the economy, safe until a vaccine is developed, which the team assumed was 76 weeks. Data was sourced from a wide range of peer-reviewed sources, to give them a full picture of the pandemic. Until a vaccine.

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What Is The Future Of Ageing Populations?

The Horizons Tracker

The report revolves around 22 peer-reviewed evidence reviews and expert meetings that aimed to debate everything from health and care to housing. A new report from the UK’s Government Office for Science adds its considerable expertise to the debate. “As the population ages, so will the UK workforce.

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Review of From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

The Practical Leader

He began his career as a highly acclaimed classical French hornist, then earned a PhD in public policy, which led to becoming an analyst for the Rand Corporation, moving on to full professorship at Syracuse University (where he published 60 peer-reviewed articles and several books), and president of a Washington, DC-based think tank for 10 years.

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