As Eric Openshaw suggested in Talent-Enabled Ecosystems, firms that host communities support and reward people who collaborate inside and outside the walls of the firm can tap more talent without increasing head count.

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The vehicle, which belongs to Polish firm Skat, became stuck between two walls in Sanctuary Lane in Brompton Regis at about 19:00 GMT on Thursday.

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That means someone installing the smart wiring in the walls of buildings, the network firm providing the platform connecting the smart devices, the gadget-makers that provide an Apple-like user experience for every fixture, and the next-generation utility offering new forms or methods of energy delivery.

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Where many companies line their walls with pictures of their products, in the firm's San Diego headquarters the corridors are covered with plaques of its patents.

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The bungalows are spacious (nearly 600 square feet) but spare, with extra-firm mattresses and daybeds, stark white fabrics, and unadorned wood and woven-pandanus walls.

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Seattle's Tom Kundig, of the firm Olson Kundig, draws on the mining and logging history of the Pacific Northwest to create homes with huge walls of rusted steel, exposed wood and steel beams and industrial sized doors.

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Investing in Thinking Day has become a way to not only drive new ideas and productivity throughout the firm, it has also become a way for my team members to push their own personal limits beyond the four walls of the office as well.

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