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Why the strongest leaders ask for help | Lorna Davis

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Meetings Are Not Just Mindless Calendiphalas

At Denon, we had a problem with hero culture. We kept on launching new products that failed and everyone in the company knew they were going to fail but didn't feel free to tell us. So we created these full day market places where everybody was dressed up in costume. And sellers had to man their stalls and sell their ideas as persuasively as possible. People who were convinced bought them with fake checkbooks. This whole process makes it look like I think I'm a hero. But clearly stopping rhino poaching is a goal way too big for me so I'm immediately in interdependence land. My dream is that one day someone will stand on the stage and tell you how

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