Drew Schiller

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You Don’t Practice Enough

May 26, 2009

Sports teams spend hours each week practicing unique end-of-game situations and crazy situational plays that may never get utilized. Why? Because if a game comes down to the last play, there isn’t time to practice, there is only time to execute.
The teams that practice these rare situations often have amazing results and win close games, [...]

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Institute loses jobs but saves its brand

January 31, 2009

Like most companies in today’s economy, academic institutions are facing huge budget cuts, which inevitably leads to employee layoffs. I heard a story on NPR this morning about how Bainbridge Graduate Institute in Seattle handled its recent 16% budget cut.
Rather than bring in the board of directors and other higher-ups to cut programs and staff, [...]

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