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The places you'll go: how to keep learning in leadership

Laura Thomson demonstrates how to keep up with technology trends as a leader.

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April 01, 2022

You write slide decks instead of code. Your life is run by your calendar, which could stand defragging. The last time you got into deep flow was the day before you went into leadership. Keeping up is hard, let alone keeping current.

In this talk I’ll cover a different approach to keeping up to date with technology and industry trends, how to embrace being a generalist, and how to find the time and energy to keep learning.

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