There is loss in efficiency--it now takes 34 worker-hours to make a dining room table, up from 25--but Green thinks that price is worth paying.

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Is your make-up more appropriate for a club than the board room?

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They also set up a chat room so that people could make observations about them and talk to them online.

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The only way we're actually going to be able to do that is if we set aside the talking points, get in a room, roll up our sleeves, and try to make progress.

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Or will refusing to take part in what might be viewed as a reality TV spot make Paul appear like the only grown-up in the room?

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