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I never give orders. I sell my ideas to my associates if I can. I accept their judgment if they convince me, as they frequently do, that I am wrong. I prefer to appeal to the intelligence of a man rather than attempt to exercise authority over him.

— Alfred P. Sloan Alfred P. Sloan in: Industrial Digest and Commidities and Finance (1925)

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