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A lot of what is wrong with corporate America has to do with a culture filled with antibodies trained to expel anything different. HR departments often want cookie cutter employees, which inevitably results in cookie cutter solutions.

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Nolan Bushnell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: February 5
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