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Strategic planning is not strategic thinking. Indeed, strategic planning often spoils strategic thinking, causing managers to confuse real vision with the manipulation of numbers.
Henry Mintzberg
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Henry Mintzberg
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: September 2
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