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Critical Business School, Jan 2025

Post-efficiency World

Nitzan Hermon
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Critical Business School is resuming its original (monthly cohorts, meeting weekly) format in 2025.

The first topic is a post-efficiency world. It is clear that efficiency is not enough and will distract people from the goal of being themselves when they do thoughtful work with people they care about.

If you think this is all there is, I want to tell you that it is not, and I invite you to CBS in January.

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