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If the culture you have is radically different from an 'experiment and take-risk' culture, then you have a big change you going to have to make - and no little gimmicks are going to do it for you.
John P. Kotter
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John P. Kotter
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 25
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San Diego
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John Paul Kotter
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