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What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team Oregon Introduces New Scenic Bikeway Apply Now for the Mary Fran Myers Scholarship $3.3 Million and Counting: The Cost of the Malheur Occupation Historic Preservation Funding Sources A Look at the Wealth and Income Gap, By ZIP Code Disaster Learning Webinars Free Webinar: Co-writing an RFP Region 6 Forest Collaboratives Workshop Environmental Education (EE) Grants Now Available! Public Engagement Resource
1. What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team Like most 25-year-olds, Julia Rozovsky wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life. She had worked at a consulting firm, but it wasn’t a good match. Then she became a researcher for two professors at Harvard, which was interesting but lonely. Maybe a big corporation would be a better fit. Or perhaps a fast-growing start-up. All she knew for certain was that she wanted to find a job that was more social. ‘‘I wanted to be part of a community, part of something people were building together,’’ she told me. She thought about various opportunities — Internet companies, a Ph.D. program — but nothing seemed exactly right. So in 2009, she chose the path that allowed her to put off making a decision: She applied to business schools and was accepted by the Yale School of Management.
Quote of the Week: "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." ~Laozi
Oregon Fast Fact: Up until the 1970s it was illegal to show movies or attend car races on Sundays in Eugene, Oregon.
When Rozovsky arrived on campus, she was assigned to a study group carefully engineered by the school to foster tight bonds. Study groups have become a rite of passage at M.B.A. programs, a way for students to practice working in teams and a reflection of the increasing demand for employees who can adroitly navigate group dynamics. A worker today might start the morning by collaborating with a team of engineers, then send emails to colleagues marketing a new brand, then jump on a conference call planning an entirely different product line, while also juggling team meetings with accounting and the party-planning committee. To prepare students for that complex world, business schools around the country have revised their curriculums to emphasize team-focused learning. To access the full story, click here. 2. Oregon Introduces New Scenic Bikeway PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 24, 2016 -/PRNewswire/ -- Oregon's newest Scenic Bikeway showcases the vivid color palette of the Painted Hills. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission formally approved designation of the Painted Hills Scenic Bikeway in its Feb. 24 meeting in Portland, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) and Travel Oregon announced.
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