Friday Fun: What Motivates You?
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a look. This is a great example of how to inspire your people to be more innovative by helping them work in their “sweet spot.”
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Friday Fun: What Motivates You?
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a look. This is a great example of how to inspire your people to be more innovative by helping them work in their “sweet spot.”
Enjoy!
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Imagine a car that can drive itself – as in no human intervention – on busy city streets! Google is making this happen. The story is below this video, which I found to be very well done. I am less nervous after watching it: Google is testing its self-driving cars on the streets of its…
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