What Google Learned From Its Quest To Build The Perfect Team • Discoverology

What Google Learned From Its Quest To Build The Perfect Team

Business, Long Reads, Tech

Our data-saturated age enables us to examine our work habits and office quirks with a scrutiny that our cubicle-bound forebears could only dream of. New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter.

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