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Silicon Republic on Company Culture
Chaos Monkey: We look at Shopify's new 'culture of focus'
Deann Evans, of the EMEA exec team at Shopify gave SiliconRepublic.com an update on how its new meetings policy is going down among staff.
Silicon Republic on Disability
‘People with disabilities are some of the best problem-solvers in our society’
Noel Joyce, head of design at Hax, believes that those living with a disability have a superpower that lets them, in some aspects, see into the future.
Silicon Republic on Problem Solving
What type of problem-solver are you?
Are you a systematic or intuitive problem-solver? Check out this infographic for tips on how to improve your problem-solving skills.
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