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Man­age­ment & mentoring

TagLast edit: 28 Oct 2022 15:11 UTC by Lizka

Further reading

Aird, Michael (2021) Collection of collections of resources relevant to (research) management, mentorship, training, etc., unpublished.

Koehler, Arden & Keiran Harris (2020) Benjamin Todd on what the effective altruism community most needs, 80,000 Hours, November 12.

Todd, Benjamin & Roman Duda (2018) Why operations management is one of the biggest bottlenecks in effective altruism, 80,000 Hours, March.

Whittlestone, Jess (2013) Bringing it all together: high impact research management, 80,000 Hours, February 18.

Wildeford, Peter (2021) Notes on “Managing to Change the World”, Effective Altruism Forum, October 8.

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