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Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization - but only when they fall on fertile ground.

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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Organization
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Sown
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Throughout
Innovation

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The best way to find out whether you're on the right path? Stop looking at the path.
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