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Can social and e-commerce transform the future of the open web?

TechCrunch

The strategy here is simple: Continue opening up larger swaths of the internet to open-source innovation outside of the walled-garden platforms developed by Amazon and Facebook. In 2011, the company expanded to build themes for online stores. Even at the board level, we honestly asked if we should even be doing this.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

He then started Social West , a Calgary-based digital marketing conference that, before long, expanded to three cities. Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. Past innovation hubs have relied on physical proximity in order to build networks of human and social capital.

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10 Ways to be a Better Team Player :: Women on Business

Women on Business

You find yourself in a situation where you are the strongest player assigned to the team. How can you maintain the integrity of the team and affect the outcome for the positive? How can you maintain the integrity of the team and affect the outcome for the positive? Value the team more than the outcome. Now what to do?

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The articles should have been written on the topic of poor leadership. Let me be as clear as I can - the phrase &# toxic work environment&# is code for bad leadership, becasue a toxic culture simply cannot co-exist in the presence of great leadership. From my perspective there is no such thing as a toxic asset.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice.

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The Fallacy of No | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In fact, there are some very bright people who believe you cannot become a good leader without developing a mastery for using the word no as evidenced by the following quote from Tony Blair: “The art of leadership is saying no , not saying yes.” The perception that strong leaders say no and weak leaders say yes is simply flawed thinking.

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A Guilty Conscience = A Great Hire??? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

By Maribeth Kuzmeski Are you looking to add new individuals to your team in 2011? Because they feel bad letting others down, they feel an obligation to do their part, and guilt if they fall short. What are some other qualities you have found in individuals that make them indispensible to your team? Believe it?