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8 Tips On Intercultural Communication And International Etiquette To Create Successful Business Relationships In Asia

YoungUpstarts

Over the last four decades, Asia has been the primary engine of global economic growth. And since opening its borders to global trade in 2012, Myanmar, formerly Burma, is creating an extraordinary entrepreneurial environment owing to its “greenfield” advantage: a rare opportunity to build a fit-for-purpose economy to suit the modern world.

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Sasha Lubomirsky Has Held Design Leadership Roles at YouTube, Android, Airbnb and Medium. Damn! Here’s Five Questions With Her.

Hunter Walker

Initially, there was a strong orientation towards usability studies — hilariously, my first official job title at Google was “usability engineer.”. But again, I think some of the big picture stuff feels more exciting in some ways: expanding how leadership and the company fundamentally thinks about the product they’re building is pretty rad.

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The Secret Sauce of a Successful Smart City

Austin Startup

The smart stick is an idea that came from a conversation an engineering student had with her blind uncle about the challenges he faced getting around a city. The Role of City Leadership If citizens are empowered to set the agenda and craft solutions: Question : What is there left for city leaders to do? Answer : A whole hell of a lot.