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How to have great meetings, according to 200 scientific studies

Americans average six hours per week in meetings. And managers especially spend considerably more time in them. But attendees rate as many as half of the meetings they attend as “poor,” and organizations in the US waste an estimated $213 billion on ineffective meetings annually. What are the keys to effective meetings More

Want To Stifle Your Team’s Creativity? Do These Things

The slate of companies going public this year— Pinterest, Slack Technologies, and Uber, to name a few—should silence anyone who doubts the power of a bold idea. After all, one seemingly crazy brainstorm can up end an entire industry, keeping innovation top of mind for every executive. Fortunately, you don’t need to be More

Solving 21st-Century Problems Requires Skills That Few Are Trained In, Scientists Find

Tackling modern problems requires individuals who have the unique social and cognitive skills that allow for collaborative problem solving, say authors of a new report in Psychological Science in the Public Interest. More

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Psychological Science Can Make Your Meetings Better

Meetings are the bane of office life for many professionals but they don’t have to be, a team of scientists finds. More

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