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Has Employee Training Gotten Dull? Use Gamification to Enhance It

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Employee training can often feel dull and tedious, especially if you are working remotely and doing it in a vacuum. British computer programmer Nick Pelling is credited with coining the term in 2002. British computer programmer Nick Pelling is credited with coining the term in 2002. billion in 2020.

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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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Despite any obstacles students face, since its creation in 2002, the school has enjoyed impressive outcomes, boasting a college readiness score 27% higher than the city’s in 2019. She’s got the organization, planning and confidence of a 40-year-old chief operating officer.”

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Making the Transition From Military Service to Building Businesses

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When it was time to go to college, Dziwulski accepted the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship at the University of Maryland. She credits her military training for her grit, which has helped her be a successful business owner. Her Navy training helped her persevere through challenging times. “If

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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. Peers can teach one another in a safe environment by our trained guides, and so it’s kind of really picking up this space that exists between meditation and therapy, or along with them. They’ve been studied.

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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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By Dyson’s side since they met at art school was Deirdre, an illustrator and graphic designer by training (she now custom-designs carpets ). Dyson was confident the money would come from selling the company’s own well-engineered products—from the iconic vacuums and bladeless fans to the newer Corrale™ straightener and Hot+Cool purifier.

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Submersible Pilot Merel Dalebout Is Reaching New Depths in Antarctica

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in 2002, specializing in rare beaked whales. I’ve been lucky that I have found the family support to change careers a number of times and to feel strong enough, confident and free enough, to [pursue] my passions,” she says. Fascinated by planet Earth Growing up in Australia, Dalebout was never far from the water.

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Ann Hiatt on What It Takes to Be an Executive Assistant

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In 2002, Ann Hiatt was fresh out of college, starting her first post-university job supporting Jeff Bezos’ at Amazon in Seattle. Amazon was made up of less than 1000 employees in 2002, compared with today’s 1.3 This position, one she would hold for the next three years, would change the trajectory of her whole life.

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