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CAN CLUTTER EVER BE GOOD?
Here are some of the items currently festering on Emerald Street’s desk: two empty takeaway coffee cups, a wavering pile of magazines, pens, a book on mushroom identification (you know, for when we…
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HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR FRIENDS THIS WEEK?
We speak to our close friends frequently. We tweet, we email, we text each other. But seeing each other? That often takes a backburner. We work long hours, we want to spend time with our partners, we…
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WHAT WOULD KARREN BRADY DO IN A DEADLOCK?
Last week on The Apprentice, the two teams were asked to develop a product to take to market. While Team Phoenix chose a product, made a decision and zipped off to make it, Team Sterling spent most…
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHOUT TO RULE THE WORLD
In our working lives it seems as though it’s always the charismatic talkers who get on. We reward loud creativity in brainstorms and focus on the types who say things like “I’ll be project…
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DISCIPLINE, MOTIVATION AND DOMINO'S PIZZA
We may not be dancing Giselle, but if Black Swan taught us anything, it’s that being a ballerina is mentally tiring, physically gruelling and one of the most demanding jobs going. Northern…
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HOW DO YOU TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT WORK?
You’re in a bar with your friend, wine in hand when she asks, “How’s work going?” Hopefully you’ll tell her everything is hunky dory and get down to the pressing business of discussing…
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