Keeping conversations inside the room

Steve Yastrow blogs his new article, The Window and the Mirror. This prompts some further thoughts about the difference between change, and just talking about change.
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Steve Yastrow blogs his new article The Window and the Mirror.

Whenever I ask a new or prospective client to describe the issues that confront his or her business they inevitably describe forces from the outside world that stand in the way of success. These forces could include competitive threats, fickle customers, economic conditions, intransigent unions, the weather

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