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Have you ever been in a relationship where you spend all your time and energy trying to figure out why on earth this person you care about so much

thinks so darn differently from you. I have. I love to get things done and I can be really focused on details on the process

while my partner is into big lofty ideas.

They want to talk about what they envision five years from now,

what retirement looks like, their future man cave.

And I'm like, let's just focus on this week.

And oh, by the way, can we look into why the sink is draining so slowly?

Sure, sometimes this contrast leads to conflict.

But I think this dynamic often leads to a really fruitful, rewarding kind of partnership in life and in business too.

I'm a dupeckinola. This is Ted Business. Our speaker today Beth Viner is a cultural

strategist and business consultant. She's here to tell us that this combination of doers and dreamers can be the key to

catalyzing change and sparking new ideas. Beth argues that in order to move into

the future it's important to work with people who approach

problems and build solutions differently from us.

Then after the talk, I'll discuss tips for how the two can tango, but first a quick break.

Some of the best relationships in the world are made up of individuals who are the yin to the others yang.

You're either the person who stacks the dishwasher with creative reckless abandon,

or you're the one who correctly thinks of it as a very competitive game of Tetris.

And rather than what might be a series of expletives

as you restack the plates, it's the Tetris hacker coming to some appreciation

for the half hazard,

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