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	Diversity Elixir

zbeechclip

1-9-2008 8:15 AM

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Reframing the question toward: How can we be more productive together? is an excellent driver for a different kind of conversation around working with diverse teams. Now the question is, what is the toolset needed to tap that creativity and not get stuck in cross-personal communication breakdown?

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