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Jan 2025
30m 37s

To Fix Broken Work Systems, You Need to ...

Harvard Business Review
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If you've ever tried to change things at work, you know the headwinds you face. Teams and processes are often trapped in longstanding, ineffective patterns that are hard to budge. Dan Heath, senior fellow at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, explains proven techniques to reset. Those include making the problem visible, jolting incremental progress ... Show More
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