When it comes to office culture, there may be no gap bigger than that between business executives and tech professionals. We look at why the two sides have such a hard time understanding each other, and what can be done to overcome the culture clash between "suits" and "geeks."
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Tech Tuesday: Suits vs. Geeks
Listen Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007 at 12:06 p.m. in Science, Tech Tuesday, TechnologyGuests
Bill Pfleging
Computer Consultant and self-proclaimed "Geek"; also co-author of "The Geek Gap: Why Business and Technology Professionals Don't Understand Each Other and Why They Need Each Other to Survive" (Prometheus)
Minda Zetlin
Business writer and self-proclaimed "Suit"; also co-author of "The Geek Gap: Why Business and Technology Professionals Don't Understand Each Other and Why They Need Each Other to Survive" (Prometheus)
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