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Has Employee Training Gotten Dull? Use Gamification to Enhance It

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British computer programmer Nick Pelling is credited with coining the term in 2002. It also often includes gaming elements to otherwise traditional employee training courses to enhance the learning experience. The competitive and storytelling nature of these tools makes learning new skills more fun and interactive.

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Making the Transition From Military Service to Building Businesses

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Learn more about their journeys to success. Army in 2002 as an ordnance officer, reaching the rank of captain. Learn from those who’ve come before you,” she says. When Carlson began flight school she soon learned, “You couldn’t have fear; you had to trust in your instructors and yourself,” she says. Census Bureau.

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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The crowd cheered wildly as a giant red heart covered in glitter and gold moved confidently across The Masked Singer stage. And the powerful questions she learned to ask, as well as the tools she developed because of them, would provide a framework for the advocacy and education she would do outside her music. They’ve been studied.

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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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I learned I would have to introduce the technology myself.” He politely answered questions about his startup years and tough business decisions (in 2002, he moved production of his machines from Malmesbury, a small town in England, to Malaysia; more on this later). They couldn’t see the potential. “It

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Is it Possible to be an Outgoing/Extraverted Introvert?

Stephanie LH Calahan

Over the years of attending networking functions and conferences I've learned that a good number of the people there consider themselves introverts.   Shyness is usually related to confidence. However, when I started my business back in 2002, I quickly learned that. necessarily the same thing. 

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Ann Hiatt on What It Takes to Be an Executive Assistant

Go Burrows

In 2002, Ann Hiatt was fresh out of college, starting her first post-university job supporting Jeff Bezos’ at Amazon in Seattle. After three years working with Jeff, on projects ranging from hiring helicopters, to writing TED talks, to helping with massive product launches, she took the lessons she’d learned at Amazon to a Ph.D.

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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

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Speculation of another impending recession battered the confidence of small-business owners, as indicated by monthly surveys conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business. A fire in the restaurant’s kitchen in April 2002 forced the owners to scramble to become operational again before the summer rush.