Research has shown that the capacity to uncover new opportunities can come from two types of approaches – focused investigation and… relaxed, open-ended and random scanning of the environment! Therefore next time you attend a large gathering of people – be it a meeting, a conference… change the criteria you typically use to define with
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“A 6h15 du matin, Adamsberg sentit une main le secouer. – Il a ouvert les yeux ! Viens voir. Vite. Zerk ne savait toujours pas comment appeler Adamsberg. “Père” ? Beaucoup trop solennel. “Papa” ? On ne prend pas cette habitude à son âge. “Jean-Baptiste” ? Amical et déplacé. En attendant, il ne l’appelait pas,
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8, 10 or 12 months – the exact time when a baby truly starts discovering verticality and craves for walking varies quite a bit. Yet at a certain point, they all find the signal: raising their heads, waving their hands, grumbling… the call is clear and it means only one thing: if you’re an adult,
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“… Au cours des prospections destinées à découvrir des mines de livres, le Conde, comme tous ses collègues de la ville, avait adopté trois techniques complémentaires et d’une certaine façon antagoniques : la plus traditionnelle, rendre visite à quelqu’un ayant sollicité sa présence, connaissant sa réputation bien assise d’acheteur honnête ; la plus humiliante et
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“Although not a religious woman, she had a mystical faith in the old Yiddish proverb that for every pot there is a cover, that in every problem the good Lord presented her there was a matching problem which provided the solution to both. There had been plenty of men when she was younger who had
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