How to be Unforgettable: Be more awkward

How to be Unforgettable: Be more awkward

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A Video Game Designer on What Keeps People Coming Back

Bing Gordon spent a decade as chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, the publisher behind many of your favorite video games, like The Sims, Need for Speed, FIFA and Battlefield. His daughter Chloe grew up gaming before doing her homework, and landed her first job at age four ...  Show more

Building a Career for a 100-Year Life

We plan our careers like life is short. Go to school, climb the career ladder, retire. But as we live longer, the model doesn’t hold up. London Business School professor Lynda Gratton joins Jessi to offer a model for the arc of a long career. After selling a million copies of The ...  Show more

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