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This profile of Ari Horie moves me a great deal. I like her assessment of the power of collaboration and this quote: "Horie doesn't want women to feel limited by the culture they were born into or the place where they live, she says. She believes that their opportunities should be endless." I also like the idea of an "accelerator" program for entrepreneurs and/or learners/leaders.

Emanuella Grinberg reports on Better By Design including offices, hospitals, etc. The office better by design is open spaces that boost creativity and collaboration. The workplaces of the future - and, in many cases, the present - will have fewer high-walled cubicles and private offices. "The good news? Innovative companies with commensurate budgets are creating offices that bring employees together in colorful communal workstations and collaboration areas, making "The Office" look like a monochrome vestige of a bygone era. And, designers are working with companies to maintain private spaces within open offices where employees can drill down on a report or take an important phone call beyond earshot of colleagues. It's part of the "alone but together" philosophy taking hold in office design, which attempts to balance employee collaboration with privacy in an era when personal space is shrinking,"

Good companion piece to the Genius is Dead NYTimes article

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Julia Carpenter is a recent college graduate and in her first job. She describes how Lean In helped her, but how her generation does have other issues it doesn't address.Interesting piece on generational divide and view of job hunting while at the same time some issues remain the same.

by Kelly Wallace Finding work life balance needs to be reframed as a person, not working Mom, issue, especially since we are all connected 24/7. Companies are becoming less flexible, not more, especially after Yahoo banned working from home. Men want flexibility as well, and statistics show more men than women telecommute, which defies the popular conception of working moms being the highest percentage of telecommunters. Until the conversation includes everyone, not just focuses on women, there will be no change in perception of the issue in the c-suite.

Quick and easy to read New Year's resolution for women workers.

interesting article on young Swedish director who died at age 36 after finishing his low-budget documentary on Sixto Rodriguez on an iphone film app and who won an Oscar in 2014. Talking about inspiring in so many ways!!!! The Looking for Sugarman story led to our becoming fans of Rodriguez and renaming Metro Jethro "Sugarman"!

Attempt to interest girls in tech careers by Silicon Valley. Interesting in that this is a business decision, not just an altruistic one. Women are not a big factor in the app design field, and it is felt they would design different apps than are currently being produced.

Good career choice for the future