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10 Remarkable People on Having a Career That Matters

Harvard Business Review

But she’s moved on to other projects, and today’s hottest designers credit her influence. Craig Venter made waves in 1998 when he and his for-profit company challenged the public Human Genome Project to a DNA-sequencing race. (It Fired from that firm in 2002, he now runs a nonprofit and two biotech companies.

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How the Best Restaurants in the World Balance Innovation and Consistency

Harvard Business Review

And instead of concentrating on cost reduction, shelf life, or replicability, they would focus on the creative process and the customer’s experience. Like at El Bulli, the chefs working in these labs divide their time between the restaurant operation and R&D projects aimed at improving the customer experience.