Unfettered by job assignments, participants can set an objective--say, to reduce production errors or streamline order entry--or come up with novel product ideas.

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Simply create an account, set a weekly objective for number of workout days and an associated goal for calories, distance or duration.

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In an example of a network that failed, a multinational consulting firm set up an internal social network with the vague objective of getting its consultants to work together more effectively.

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The objective is to set an idea in motion, letting it stretch, ripen, morph, or otherwise develop in collision and combination with other ideas.

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It is a very competitive and popular field, and our tournament gives universities a way of getting at an objective credential that is based on a fairly diverse set of judging.

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