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Management cannot solve problems. Nor can it stir creativity of any sort. It can only manage what it is given. If asked to do more, it will deform whatever is put into its hands.

John Ralston Saul

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John Ralston Saul
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 19
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Investment Banker
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Ottawa (Ontario)
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