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BUILD A BRIDGE

Connect Through Nonwork Interests and Experiences

You are an accountant, nursery school teacher, or thoracic surgeon. It’s easy to be defined by “your job.” Working in specialized, often siloed situations, the benefit of the other things we do is frequently missed, yet your experience, skills, and interests (often pursued outside of work) can be a repository of relational glue. Are you the insurance executive with a degree in geology? How can you share your intellectual capital with colleagues? Would you prefer to hold an offsite in the mountains or near a volcano so that nature is experienced rather than seen in two-dimensional ...

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