VIDEO: E-book boss on "unconscious bias"

Michael Tamblyn, chief executive of Kobo, offers the business advice he wishes he had been given when he started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets. Continue reading at 'BBC World'

[ BBC World | 2015-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]

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VIDEO: E-book boss on "unconscious bias"

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