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Companies die because their managers focus on the economic activity of producing goods and services, and they forget that their organizations' true nature is that of a community of humans.

— Arie de Geus

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The ability to learn faster than competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.

Once a company has adapted to a new environment, it is no longer the organization it used to be; it has evolved. That is the essence of learning.

To me it was so natural that companies should seek their own survival. I had seen nothing else in my life. Companies struggle to keep going and to grow, for as long as possible.

A company's success no longer depends primarily on its ability to raise investment capital. Success depends on the ability of its people to learn together and produce new ideas

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