We never like to admit to ourselves that we have made a mistake. Organizational structures tend to accentuate this source of failure of information. (Kenneth Boulding)

We never like to admit to ourselves that we have made a mistake. Organizational structures tend to accentuate this source of failure of information.

Kenneth Boulding

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