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Occam’s Razor; the right tool at the start of a deal and the wrong one at the end!

The latest from my friend and colleague David Boyd in our series on unconscious bias. Occam’s Razor seems to be quoted often in transformation programmes…I suspect with less than complete knowledge. This micro chapter will tell you what you need to know!  https://acquisitionsunchallenged.substack.com/p/occams-razor-the-right-tool-at-the?r=7687dd&utm_medium=ios

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Transformation – the new business as usual!

For several years, I’ve been drawing the same picture…the one which illustrates that the percentage of a company’s activities related to business as usual versus that related to what I call ‘special projects’ has been changing over the past ten years, in favour of the latter.  By special projects I mean: mergers and acquisitions joint ventures new product launches new territories expansion significant change in strategy and subsequent implementation requirement […]

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