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Innovation Team Director finds right mix of theory and application to inspire creativity

Harvard Professional Development

Innovation and Educational Research, Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Program: Creative Thinking: Innovation Solutions to Complex Challenges (on campus). What motivated you to take Creative Thinking at Harvard PDP? What are creative ways to think about our science, processes, and ways of working together?

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Participant Success at Harvard Professional Development Programs

Harvard Professional Development

Programs: Design Thinking: Creating Better Customer Experiences (in person) ; Advanced Business Strategy: Gaining a Competitive Edge (online) ; Creative Thinking: Innovative Solutions to Complex Challenges (online). Innovation and Educational Research, Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mary Wells.

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Appreciating Differences: Leveraging Innovation in Cross-cultural Work Environments

International Coach Academy

the goal of a meeting is to come up with solutions to boost product exposure instead of arguing what “supportive” means), attentively listen, acquire information and learn, express yourself in a way that other people can fully understand your intentions, and co-create values from existing differences. What’s the Role of a Coach on This Topic?

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: How Badly Do You Need Time Off?

On The Job

For Latasha Avery, a pharmaceutical marketing employee, she plans to not only take a vacation to Hawaii this year, but do something she has never done before – leave her Blackberry at home. It’s been insanely busy for the last year, and I’m basically a team of one at work,” she says.

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How to express your true self at work | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

And pharmaceuticals have been such a disappointment to me.” In fact, I am enthralled with mixing pharmaceuticals off-label. i think the needle-point thing is a creative solution. So I said, just to make casual conversation, “What do you guys think would go well with Xanax, because I don’t think this is working.

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