“one of the only business books I've ever liked is called Switch.”
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Switch
By Chip Heath and Dan Heath
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“Dan and Chip wrote it in their book switch you know which is scale your bright spots”
“first one that comes to mind is switch and it's really about how to affect organizational change”
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