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The Economics of Higher Purpose
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The Economics of Higher Purpose

by Robert E. Quinn, Anjan V. Thakor
August 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
216 pages
5h 18m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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CHAPTER ELEVEN

STEP 5 Stimulate Learning

One day, we were in a studio making a presentation, and one of the sound technicians seemed to hang on our every word. After the session, he approached us. He told us that at one time he was a supervisor of a team of technicians in the company, but he had given it up and retired. That day, he was working as an independent contractor. He reflected on the time as a supervisor and said, “I made a lot of mistakes. After all these years, I still remember some of the things I did, and I ask myself, why did I do that?”

He looked away and reflected, then turned back. With some feeling he said, “You know, very few of those issues had anything to do with producing things. They had to do with relationships. I did ...

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ISBN: 9781523086429