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Management is a far more homely business than its would be scientists suggest, more closely allied to cookery than any other human activity. Like cooking, it rests on a degree of organisation and on adequate resources. But just as no two chefs run their kitchens the same way, so no two managements are the same.

— Robert Heller The Naked Manager (1972)

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All businesses operate below their true potential. That is unavoidable, given the fallibility of human beings.

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