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| | EUEN SEMPLE AUGUST 29, 2011 Every journey. When I talk with friends about their jobs as managers in organisations of all sorts they often express frustration at the various things that cause them pressure at work. am forever thinking of ways that social tools might help them relieve some of that pressure. Each time this happens I come back to the same thing. | CLARK QUINN AUGUST 29, 2011 Checklist Manifesto On the advice of Judy Brown , I picked up The Checklist Manifesto , and I have to say it’s a must-read. This is a short, well-written, and mind-changing book. Frankly, it ranks up there with Don Norman ‘s Design of Everyday Things , and that’s saying a lot. Atul Gawande is a medical doctor who’s also an eloquent writer. | | | | | | | | |
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HAROLD JARCHE | MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011  From jobs to meaningful work
Spoiler Alert]. Movie synopsis on Wikipedia. Two factors appear to be at the root of the demise of this shipping company. Work is getting outsourced, as is obvious from the rusting shipyards, as well as automated, requiring fewer blue-collar workers. Most of the movie centres on how a few manager/executives deal with losing their jobs. MORE >>
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