Best The Prolonged Engagement Podcasts (2024)

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More Just and Sustainable Infrastructure 46:54

1+ y ago46:54

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How could funds and opportunities created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal help rebuild and strengthen existing infrastructure for a more sustainable and just future? How will the impacts of the pandemic change how we plan and utilize downtowns? Guests Jeff Levine and Chris Rhie (MCP '14, SM '14) join hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and …

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A Once in a Generation Investment 43:30

1+ y ago43:30

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Guests Gabriella Carolini and Darryle Ulama (MCP '21) join hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) to discuss the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. The Infrastructure Deal is designed to deliver clean water to all American families, extend and update broadband networks, repair and modernize roads and bridges to adapt to the climate…

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The Future of Work and Corporate Social Responsibility 39:32

1+ y ago39:32

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Great resignation, working remotely, essential work and essential workers - the landscape of employment, labor, economics, and finance shifted dramatically during the COVID 19 pandemic. Seen through that lens, what might we infer about trajectory of the future of work?Guests Jason Jackson (PhD '13) and Carolyn Weng Yang (MCP '20) join hosts Tiffany…

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Leveraging Community Development for More Equitable Cities 46:21

1+ y ago46:21

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Guest Holly Harriel (MCP '03) and Dasjon Jordan (MCP '19) join hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) to explore how community and economic development in the pursuit of more just and equitable cities has been transformed by disruptions associated with the COVID 19 pandemic. Season two of the Planning Ideas that Matter (PITM) po…

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Advancing Environmental Justice in Post-Pandemic Interventions 44:17

1+ y ago44:17

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DUSP's Justin Steil and Sam Jung (MCP '17) join hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) to explore the interconnectivity of environmental justice and spatial inequality. Steil is an associate professor at DUSP whose research analyzes how power and inequality are created and contested through control over access to particular plac…

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A More Equitable Real Estate Industry? 35:37

1+ y ago35:37

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How has the global COVID-19 pandemic changed the real estate industry and shifted our behavior in relation to real estate? Hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) explore this question with DUSP's Andrea Marie Chegut and MIT alum Kayode Agbalajobi (SM '20).Chegut was the Director and Co-Founder of the MIT Real Estate Innovation L…

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Urban Design for Community Engagement 55:46

1+ y ago55:46

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In the third episode of the second season of Planning Ideas that Matter (PITM), hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) are joined by Fábio Duarte and DUSP alumna Taskina Tareen (MCP '18) to discuss how design can be leveraged to enhance urban planning goals such as enhancing community engagement, introducing more playfulness int…

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Urban Mobility, Planning and Adaptation 36:26

1+ y ago36:26

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Episode Two of Season Two features guests Andres Sevtsuk and Lindiwe Rennert. Sevtsuk (SM '06, PhD '10) is the Head of the City Design and Development Group (CDD) and the Charles and Ann Spaulding Career Development Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning at DUSP. His research focuses on public qualities of cities, and on making urban env…

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Governance During a Prolonged Era of Disruption 46:54

1+ y ago46:54

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How has the global COVID-19 pandemic shaped the field of urban planning? In the second season of Planning Ideas that Matter (PITM), hosts Tiffany Ferguson (MCP '18) and Samra Lakew (MCP '20) explore this question with members of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) faculty as well as MIT alumnae/i. In the first episode of Season 2, T…

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Beyond COP26 and Participatory water governance in South Africa 53:09

2y ago53:09

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Despite legislative and policy commitments to the right to water, cooperative governance and public participation, there is limited participation more importantly with the marginalized rural communities to respond to their needs. We present doctoral research embedded within a 5-year MRC programme, developing local knowledge on health priorities in …

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‘Amplifying Community Voice’ to address lack of safe water, a community nominated priority 22:39

2y ago22:39

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Water scarcity has become an increasing threat to humans with a serious effect on food production globally. The situation is expected to exacerbate under projected future climate change. South Africa was identified as one of the most vulnerable countries predicted to experience climate change. COP26 highlighted the need for effective sustainable en…

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Episode 38: Challenging Assumptions 6:39

5y ago6:39

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Pattern recognition, recency and familiarity biases can impact our perceptions and responses. If you're hiring a librarian and the applicant doesn't look like your preconceived notion of what a librarian looks like, does that impact your assessment of them? If your high school bully was named Toby, does that affect your impressions of other Tobys y…

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Episode 37: Change and Overcoming Passive Aggressive Avoidance 3:40

5+ y ago3:40

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The odds are very high that any people you’re leading, and from whom you’re trying to get buy-in for change, have had leaders like you try it with them before. On average, it’s likely that those previous efforts and results have not been great. Overt and obvious opposition is easy to spot and you're compelled to actively deal with it but how do you…

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Episode 11 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Carlo Ratti 18:46

6y ago18:46

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Episode 11 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Carlo Ratti by dusp@MITBy dusp@MIT

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Episode 10 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Gabriella Carolini 17:21

6y ago17:21

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Episode 10 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Gabriella Carolini by dusp@MITBy dusp@MIT

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Episode 9 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Justin Steil 16:57

6y ago16:57

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Episode 9 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Justin Steil by dusp@MITBy dusp@MIT

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Episode 8 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Ceasar McDowell 16:28

6y ago16:28

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Episode 8 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Ceasar McDowell by dusp@MITBy dusp@MIT

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Episode 7 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Bish Sanyal 14:57

6y ago14:57

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Episode 7 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Bish Sanyal by dusp@MITBy dusp@MIT

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Episode 6 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Albert Saiz 15:02

6y ago15:02

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The sixth episode of Planning Ideas that Matter, featuring guest Albert Saiz, Director of the Urban Economics Lab and a faculty member at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Saiz explores the relationship between real estate developers and urban planners - and what the introduction of urban science, big data, and robotization will mean fo…

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Episode 5 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Jason Jackson 14:16

6y ago14:16

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The fifth episode of Planning Ideas that Matter, starts where we left off in our previous episode to discuss how disruptive technologies will impact labor markets and why that is a part of the lexicon of urban planners. Planning Ideas that Matter is a podcast built upon faculty debates held in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Mas…

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Episode 4 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science : Amy Glasmeier 15:10

6y ago15:10

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The fourth episode of Planning Ideas that Matter, a podcast built upon faculty debates held in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Fall 2017 debates fall under the broad heading - Urban Science: Regression to Technocracy or Pathway to Progressive Planning?Episodes four through six focus on …

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Ep. 3 Universal Studios Hollywood 59:13

6+ y ago59:13

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Rounding out our L.A. trip was a VIP tour at Universal Studios Hollywood. The VIP tour is by far the BEST way to do Universal Hollywood. If you have been to Universal Orlando, you won’t be surprised by any of the rides however the studio tour is well worth the trip. We were able to see sets from Superstore, Back to the Future, War of the Worlds, Th…

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Ep. 2 Disney’s California Adventure 51:29

6+ y ago51:29

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Continuing from last week, we pick up on day two of our L.A. trip: Disney’s California Adventure. Since Hollywood Studios is one of our favorite parks in Orlando, we were dying to get into California Adventure. Even if we were only able to get on Radiator Springs Racers and Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout this trip would have been a succes…

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Ep. 1 Disneyland 47:32

6+ y ago47:32

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We took a trip to LA to check out the other side of our Orlando theme parks. First on our list was Disneyland! After years of hearing how it wasn’t as good as at home we just had to see for ourselves. Anybody that says that is lying to you. Period. Disneyland is much smaller but with that comes an entirely different feel and experience. Come hear a…

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Intro 0:28

6+ y ago0:28

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Hey Guys, Just testing the podcast feed for our new show ParkHoppersBy ParkHoppers

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Episode 3 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science: David Hsu 14:30

6+ y ago14:30

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The third episode of Planning Ideas that Matter, a podcast built upon faculty debates held in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Fall 2017 debates fall under the broad heading - Urban Science: Regression to Technocracy or Pathway to Progressive Planning?In the first three episodes we will …

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Episode 2 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science: Janelle Knox-Hayes 13:30

7y ago13:30

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The second episode of Planning Ideas that Matter, a podcast built upon faculty debates held in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Fall 2017 debates fall under the broad heading - Urban Science: Regression to Technocracy or Pathway to Progressive Planning?In the first three episodes we will…

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Episode 1 - Planning Ideas that Matter: Urban Science: Lawrence Susskind 13:47

7y ago13:47

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The first episode of Planning Ideas that Matter, a podcast built upon faculty debates held in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Fall 2017 debates fall under the broad heading - Urban Science: Regression to Technocracy or Pathway to Progressive Planning?In the first three episodes we will …

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Episode 36: Bad Use Of Feet, Forks, And Fingers 16:37

7y ago16:37

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Our longevity, health, quality of life and personal productivity are due 30% to luck and 70% to our choices and behaviours. What are 10 choices we can make, any one of which would actually diminish our odds of decline or disaster? How wrong are we when it comes to estimating where our problems will occur?…

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Episode 35: Prolonging Personal Productivity 15:05

7y ago15:05

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What are the habits of those who do live longer and remain happy and meaningfully productive for longer? What are the signs to watch out for that maybe now is the time to start taking control rather than continue to rely on your body's and mind's good luck? What clues are there that the fad you're reading about is snake-oil quackery?…

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Episode 34: Addressing Poor Sleep 16:56

7y ago16:56

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“Sleep is a waste of time.” – Thomas Edison (Inventor of the lightbulb, possibly the single item most responsible for messing up our Circadian Rhythms.) Nah. Though researchers don’t know the exact mechanism, it seems that chronic lack of sleep causes inflammation, elevates blood pressure and heart rate, and affects glucose levels, leading to a muc…

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Episode 33: Impact Of Poor Sleep 6:16

7y ago6:16

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Poor sleep can increase your risk of a stroke by 400%. Ineffective sleep makes you less productive immediately, not at 3pm the next day. If you pour red bull into your laptop, it doesn't work as well. The same goes for your body and brain.

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Episode 32: Structured Behavioural Event Interviewing 19:22

7y ago19:22

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Much time, effort and expense is wasted on hiring the wrong people. Job interviews are critically important, yet the vast majority of people conducting job interviews have received zero training at job interviewing. Here is a walk-through a simple but consistently effective approach to conducting job interviews, either solo or as part of a panel. F…

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Episode 31: Connection To Your Future Self 8:47

9y ago8:47

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People with strong connections to their future selves make better decisions. In the absence of time travel technology like the Terminator movies, how can we generate such connections?

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Episode 30: The Influence Of Workspaces 15:35

9y ago15:35

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A half dozen or so studies on how physical space influences behaviour, decisions and relationships.

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Episode 29: The Way Things Are Done Around Here 13:19

9y ago13:19

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When we start a job, how accepting are we of the way things are done around here? Where's the challenge or validation of things that may have lost their point or been surpassed?

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Episode 28: Reciprocity 7:17

9y ago7:17

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A quick snapshop of a couple of studies on how our behaviuour can be nudged by others through small positive actions.

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Episode 27: Sleep 18:53

9y ago18:53

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A few tips and techniques on getting the right amount of sleep consistently and optimising its quality, plus a breakdown on some consequences longterm for not doing so :-(

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Episode 26: Debriefing 9:57

9y ago9:57

9:57

I talk about debriefing in a training context then a workplace context, plus recommend an HBR article by Doug Sundheim.

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Episode 25: The Dangers Of Cash Incentives 8:44

9y ago8:44

8:44

Some thinking around the inter-relationships and conflicts between social norms and marketing norms when it comes to influencing the behaviour of others. Click here for my book 'The Brain-Based Boss' and more interesting psych studies.

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Episode 24: Ego 4:09

9y ago4:09

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Short n sweet - a quick story about a quirky psych study showing how we perceive that others take far more notice of us than they actually do. Click here for more on my book 'The Brain-Based Boss' and more interesting psych studies.

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Episode 23: Fatigue 15:44

9y ago15:44

15:44

What is a 'shift worker'? Is a tired employee 'fit for work'? Click here for my book 'Live Work Love' and more on fatigue.

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Episode 22: First Impressions 11:00

9y ago11:00

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You never get a second chance to make a first impression. What tricks do our lazy brains pull on us and others? How can we prevent or lessen these, or, how can we leverage these to our advantage?

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Episode 21: The Future Of Work Part 2 16:31

9y ago16:31

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Continuing on from the last episode, we look at the criteria by which we assess our past jobs and provide a tool with which we can steer towards future jobs. Recommending this book by Chris Johnson: http://www.kerridgepartners.com/resources-books/taking-charge-the-book

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Episode 20: The Future Of Work 20:03

9+ y ago20:03

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My responses and reactions to a speaker I MC'd at a conference last week who spoke about career planning. What jobs are coming and going? Too many of us too often think about our careers and ask, "What next?" A smarter road is to ask, "Where to?" I recommend Chris Johnson's book available at: http://www.kerridgepartners.com/resources-books/taking-c…

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Episode 19: Inattentional Blindness Part 2 15:39

9+ y ago15:39

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Following up last week's episode about how our brains fill in the gaps and make up memories, this episode gives a great case study, suggests some solutions and there's a neat optical illusion activity to prove our actual blind spots.

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Episode 18: Inattentional Blindness 16:39

9+ y ago16:39

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We often miss things. We often remember things that never were. We are very reluctant to believe that we miss things or remember things that never were. Memories are less like CCTV footage and more like all of us being directors of reboots / reimaginings of our lives.

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Episode 17: Challenge Assumptions 7:42

9+ y ago7:42

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In this episode, I look at several pieces of research around the illusion of familiarity and how evolution and experience has shaped us into preferring the safety of the familiar and distrusting the novel. This impacts on people in the workplace - the aversion to change in many and the errors people make in perceiving patterns in randomness. A high…

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Episode 16: Deliberate Practice 9:41

9+ y ago9:41

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Gladwell drew a lot of attention to the notion of expertise requiring 10,000 hours. In this podcast, I talk about the original researcher, the very narrow application of the theory, and the set of practical steps anyone can apply for themselves and those they lead (as long as you're really keen and passionate about what performance you're trying to…

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Episode 15: Feedback, Positivity Ratios & Functional Fixedness 17:01

9+ y ago17:01

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We might imagine that a tremendously positive workplace envrionment is a productive place to work. Research shows that a totally positive workplace isn't as productive as you might think. There's a place for negativity in proportion. How can we, individually and in teams, see things and behaviours as they actually are and critique them?…

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