Portal fantasies – fantasy stories that involve hopping from one high-concept magical universe to another, usually through a specific mechanism that allows the characters to travel between worlds – have been popular throughout the history of the genre. Portal fantasies arguably predate the novel form itself; legends about travels between the Nine Realms in Viking
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Pandemic-wrought change hasn’t been easy for organizations, but it has opened up an opportunity for leaders to see whether they have healthy or unhealthy work cultures. What factors lead to unhealthy work cultures, and how can leaders turn them around? Read on for some helpful strategies. Change has been swirling around us for the past
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People—at all levels of an organization—are experiencing the loss of children, loved ones, community members, identities and homes. In many cases, and particularly after the past two years of the pandemic, this loss is both personal and collective, a shared trauma that is deeply felt by and throughout communities and across generations. Understanding the science
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Cinemark, which saw box office momentum buoy second quarter financials, said August and September will be tougher as new release volume dips. CEO Sean Gamble told Wall Street on a post-earnings call that the nation’s third largest exhibitor is optimistic on the business, but that the pace of an ongoing recovery depends on consumer sentiment
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I like to consider myself a curious person. I always want to know how things work, who did this thing, and why that happened. What I’m not always great about is the follow-/ through. Sometimes I look at a prose nonfiction book about a topic and think maybe I should just read the Wikipedia article
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A child who likes to count meets a new classmate who likes to draw. What could they possibly have in common? In this sparely told and illustrated episode, Leo, depicted with Asian features, walks to school counting: one flower, two trees, three squirrels, five steps, eight new classmates, 13 raindrops on the window, and so
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Think big. Find and reward talent. Earn credibility. Those are the three hardest-earned lessons I’ve learned after more than two decades of work as a chief operating officer and top leader of several different organizations in various industries. The COO job comes with a lot of pressure and stress. We must earn the trust of
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A New Zealand-based platform where fans track, review and share lists of movies old and new is an increasingly influential marketing tool for specialty film with budgets tight and audiences harder to reach. Letterboxd, founded as a passion project by Auckland tech entrepreneurs Matthew Buchanan and Karl von Randow just over a decade ago, recently
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