Maker, Manager and the 2% Challenge
Episode Date: August 27, 2015What if you spent more time making?We tend to spend our work lives dancing between two modes: maker mode and manager mode.The idea first came to me th...
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1058 episodes transcribedWhat if you spent more time making?We tend to spend our work lives dancing between two modes: maker mode and manager mode.The idea first came to me th...
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