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Australia's 10 most creative minds

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The Bulletin with Newsweek has, for a second year, identified ten people as the most creative Australians. The choices include a comedy troupe called Working Dog, a banker, an immunologist, an archaeologist, a television presenter, an investor, a mammalogist, a scientist, a feminist scholar, and a writer. These people share the ability to connect existing facts in new ways.

Australia, Personalities, Creative ability, Gifted persons, Creativity

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The novel approach

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Writer and business consultant Stephen Bright wrote novels about corporate restructuring and used them to help his clients through the process of corporate change. Narratives about real-life incidents and reality-based characters can be more instructive to clients than business reports. The novels must be used with other strategies to prepare employees for change.

Corporations, Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Bright, Stephen

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Born to be wired

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Today's children have more power at their fingertips than any previous generation. Their grasp of computers and Internet usage gives them the potential to destroy the corporate and social structures which are taken for granted by their parents.

Social aspects, Cover Story, High technology, Children, Demographic aspects

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