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Jan 2021
27m 16s

Goodbye Bureaucracy, Hello Common Sense

Harvard Business Review
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Martin Lindstrom, founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, says that many companies are still held back by doing things the way they've always done them, or failing to break down bureaucracy. For Lindstrom, it's not just about getting away from bureaucratic norms for the sake of innovation, but because so many things workers do each and every day don't act ... Show More
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