Small change: the answers lie in human behaviour

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Oct 04, 2022
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When challenge strikes, it can be tempting to disappear into the numbers, hoping that fresh insights about commercial opportunities or cost savings will emerge.

But answers are more likely to reside in your people: their ability to detect new signals from the market; to engage in challenging conversations about the right course of action; to collaborate fast and well. Data is useful. Human ingenuity is better.

Something to consider: where can we be better behaved?

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