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  Sergio Legrant

  

  You Simply Won't Believe How Much Time You Waste in Meetings at Work, According to MIT

  Inc Magazine - Geoffrey James

  Reducing time spent in useless meetings should be your time management priority. Almost every company has too many meetings, and it's getting worse. According an article in MIT's Sloan Management Review, the average executive spends 23 hours a week in meetings, up a whopping 10 full hours (!) since …

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  Sergio Legrant

  

  Whatever happened to Six Sigma?

  Quartz - Oliver Staley

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• Artificial intelligence is going to be the norm in HR https://dzone.com/articles/top-5-reasons-to-use-artificial-intelligence-in-hu

  

  Rui Tavares

  Aug 5, 2019
• Leadership styles have to change according to the size and type of team.

  

  Rui Tavares

  

  As Your Team Gets Bigger, Your Leadership Style Has to Adapt

  Harvard Business Review - Julie Zhuo

  When Julie Zhuo, Facebook’s vice president of design, first began managing a team, it consisted of just a handful of people. And then it doubled. Every few years, it doubled again. At each of these points, Zhuo felt like she had an entirely different job. While the core principles of management …

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  Rui Tavares

  

  

  A 3D-printed heart with blood vessels has been made using human tissue

  MIT Technology Review - Charlotte Jee

  The rabbit-sized heart was made from a patient’s own cells and tissues, using techniques that could help to increase the rate of successful heart …

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  Rui Tavares

  

  

  AI developed a whole new sport

  Engadget - Jon Fingas

  Many existing sports have their roots in hundreds (if not thousands) of years of human tradition. But what if you asked computers to create a sport? You now know how that can turn out. The design agency AKQA has introduced Speedgate, reportedly the first sport envisioned by an AI. The event has …