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Getting more good results - while avoiding the "Best Practice" trap

by Tony Quinlan on Apr 17, 2014 6:54:14 PM

The greatest obstacle to better practice, to better results and to better impacts is the temptation to replicated what has worked elsewhere. It's a huge temptation - reinforced by academic programmes, self-help books and conference presentations that focus on "Here's what worked somew …

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