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Disagreements on the TED stage: Speaker debates over the yearsDisagreements on the TED stage: Speaker debates over the years

Posted By Kate Torgovnick

TED2013 kicks off in just 11 days. And, in the very first session, Robert J. Gordon and Erik Brynjolfsson will ascend the stage for a debate on the future of work. While Gordon will focus on how our current ecosystem of innovation is too focused on personal gadgetry, and thus isn’t setting us up to solve the […]

Business

5 rules for productive conflict5 rules for productive conflict

Posted By Kate Torgovnick

Rob Manning did everything in his power to screw up the Curiosity rover’s landing on Mars last night. Manning not only cut radio signals to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s control room, but also simulated a hole being poked in the rover’s fuel system and solar flares flying toward the spacecraft. Why would he do this? […]