Nice find, thanks Grant
On 2 February 2015 at 12:49, Grant McNulty <grant(a)mcnulty.co.za> wrote:
Hi All,
I came across this article that I thought would be of interest to you:
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7689.html
Cheers,
Grant
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