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Art of Managing: Beware the Pursuit of False Precision in Planning

by Art Petty | Mar 24, 2013 | Art of Managing, Decision-Making

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” -Dwight Eisenhower Chance are, you’ve seen this movie before. It’s the one where you or your team are on the hook for distilling the chaos and complexity of the market...

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