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What Matters Now by Gary Hamel — WisdomDeck honest review
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What Matters Now

by Gary Hamel

Hamel's five issues for the future of management: values, innovation, adaptability, passion and ideology. Essayistic and provocative, in his usual mode.

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  1. Values first.
  2. Adaptability beats efficiency long term.
  3. Bureaucracy is the enemy.

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Hamel's five issues.

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