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The culture factor series: IV. Working around the world

Work settings in adverts are often portrayed as large open spaces, which makes it very difficult to identify any specific country...
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Join the meeting revolution – hit ‘Tentative’

When you receive your next meeting invitation on Outlook, try something different.
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JEFFERSON: A little less conversation, a little more action

There is no value in values. Well, that’s not quite true. What I mean is that there is no value in writing down your corporate values.
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Why we should all be afraid of “hard work”

As a planner I am confronted daily by quite a lot of nonsense (I’m guilty of using quite a lot myself, obv).
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Icons of design, design of icons

2015 was a big year for the emoji. Facebook launched a new series with ethnically diverse skin tones.
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Letter from Germany: the era of Projektgeschäft (project work)

Things used to be so much easier than they are today. That’s not just true of life generally...
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adidas responds to homophobes on Instagram

On Valentine’s Day, Adidas posted a photo of a same-sex female couple’s legs and feet sporting a pair of matching shoes on its Instagram.
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If you don’t know me by now...

‘Do you have the senior discount coupons, honey?’ bellowed the sweet old man as he settled down into the gondala. He was American, of course. And so was his equally adorable (and decrepit) ‘honey’ of a wife.
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JEFFERSON: It's a new dawn, it's a new day

2016? It's about hiring a different type of person. It's about people who can not just outperform the grey, anodyne...
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Full stack strat, cultural pendula and fachidiots

I wrote a piece for The Guardian about the fragmentation of strategy problem I explored in my book.
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