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An Interview with Peak Performance Expert David Silverman

HR Digest

Former Navy SEAL, David Silverman discusses the role of establishing a shared sense of purpose in non-executive teams. In this remarkable interview with THE HR DIGEST, David Silverman discusses the role of establishing a shared sense of purpose and shared consciousness in non-executive teams, and gives his views on what makes a great leader.

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Fasten your seatbelts: 2018 may be a bumpy ride (a NON-prediction prediction post)

Surviving Leadership

I mean, I watch a lot of Black Mirror and all, so clearly I’m aware that our technology is leading us to a dystopian landscape that will suck away our very souls, but leadership and HR trends? If you want to know what this looks like, Sarah Silverman is your role model. I typically avoid writing predictive blog posts.

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Yes, College Essays Are Ruining Our Economy

Harvard Business Review

The technological solution they propose is to use algorithms to sort your missives by importance based on what they can infer about who and what you think is important. Silverman tells us to write shorter." Silverman is awesome!" In theory, that sounds great. You might worry that I would have gotten a lot of "Prof.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

The shift in patenting policy was not to protect innovations, but rather to license them and/or to use them as chips to gain access to other firms’ technology. The shift in patenting policy was not to protect innovations, but rather to license them and/or to use them as chips to gain access to other firms’ technology.

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Workers, Take Off Your Headphones

Harvard Business Review

Technology, for a free-lancer like me, creates a powerful and not entirely mad illusion that we work in a peopled environment of rich diversity and experience. There's a new lonely crowd in the workplace. My informal survey of a dozen people I know under the age of 35, working in a range of desk jobs, all in the U.S.