Learn How to be More Productive at MCAA18

December 8, 2017

Charles Duhigg MCAA18Productivity is often measured by the speed at which we tackle our to-do lists. Real productivity, however, comes from thinking differently—managing how we identify goals, construct teams, direct our focus and make decisions.

In this session, Charles Duhigg looks at what separates the merely busy from the genuinely productive by exploring eight critical concepts. With case studies from a U.S. Marine Corps boot camp, the making of Disney’s Frozen, and how Google sought to build the perfect team, he explains how people and companies become smarter, faster and better.

Sponsored by Baltimore Aircoil.

Duhigg BooksCharles Duhigg is the bestselling author of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, which explores the science of habit formation, and Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business. He is a Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times for his series of articles focused on Apple, “The iEconomy.”

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