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Continuing to function under the illusion that we can understand and foresee exactly what will be relevant to whom is hubris. It might feel safe, but it is the opposite.

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…our priority should be reaching the best possible decision that [can] be made in a time frame that allow[s] it to be relevant.

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Sometimes it pays to ignore the lack of a perfect and relevant background, while at other times it pays to ignore the presence of the perfect and relevant background.

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When the flow potential of a domain is exhausted, the risk is that members of the field will become bored and retreat into a rigid orthodoxy in an attempt to protect the relevance of their contribution.

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Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.

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…management will increasingly be the discipline and the practice through and in which the ‘humanities’ will again acquire recognition, impact, and relevance.

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Knowledge is nonhierarchical. Either it is relevant in a given situation or it is not.

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…the data have to be fresh, consistent, and relevant if they’re going to have much of an impact.

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