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WET Design and the Improv Approach to Listening
By ADAM BRYANT
Mark Fuller, head of a company that makes large fountain installations, brings improv classes to his company to train people to actively listen to one another.
Mark Fuller, head of a company that makes large fountain installations, brings improv classes to his company to train people to actively listen to one another.
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