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August 20, 2014 Teams Can't Innovate If They're Too Comfortable By Nilofer Merchant Lessons from a different kind of conference.

Should Employers Ban Email After Work Hours? by James Harter Only if they're clueless about engagement. Is Apple Losing its Creative Mojo? by Karan Girotra No, but it's maybe getting a bit smarter about creativity. The Cardinal Sins of Innovation Policy by Dan Breznitz Why should a city, a region, or even a country want to have an innovation policy? How Virtual Humans Can Build Better Leaders by Randall W. Hill, Jr. Avatars are teaching social skills in simulations.

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