Priya, an engineer in California, was on a deadline. Under pressure, she emailed a younger friend working on the same project to ask for some data that the project needed to get done on time. She and ...

You’ve seen it happen. A project that had potential suddenly runs out of steam. No one raises new ideas. People stick to what’s been done before. The team is smart, capable, even enthusiastic—but the ...

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