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Why have a Tech Team in Kathmandu?

ITONICS

That was the starting point for my first trip to Kathmandu in 2011. Today, we have a team of nearly 60 individuals in the capital of Nepal, and we are constantly growing. How did this happen and why is Nepal a great place not only for culture, food, nature and the highest mountains on earth but for software development as-well?

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Stop Wasting Money on Team Building

Harvard Business Review

Most corporate team building is a waste of time and money. I say this based on my 25+ years of research and practice in the field of team effectiveness. Many companies, when they decide to invest in team building, decide to do offsite events like bowling nights or ropes courses.

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A Story from Google Shows You Don’t Need Power to Drive Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Brian Fitzpatrick joined Google as a senior software engineer in 2005, shortly after the company’s IPO. Brian specialized in open-source software development and he quickly became a champion within the company for various initiatives focused on end users. One such project addressed a user’s control of his personal data.

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Liberating Patients from Mechanical Ventilation Sooner

Harvard Business Review

At the Mayo Clinic, we implemented sedation-weaning and ventilator-weaning protocols and a color-coded communications scheme in the ICU in an effort to more quickly identify mechanically ventilated patients who were able to be awakened and breathe on their own. The protocol was implemented between November 2011 and May 2012.