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Why I think Thinking Weeks...

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Why I think Thinking Weeks...

Submitted by What I Write Is What I See (not verified) on July 26, 2005 - 9:34am.

Why I think Thinking Weeks are stupid

About.com has an article up about how Bill Gates of Microsoft collects the papers from his employees, reads and thinks on them and answers to their respectful authors (or the whole company, I guess, if the idea is particularly good) during his Thinking…

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