Get out of the office. Roam the frontline. Be observant. Hold your people accountable for creating the new … - Michael J. Silverstein

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All the buddhas of all the ages have been telling you a very simple fact: Be — don´t try to become. Within these two words, be and becoming, your whole life is contained. Being is enlightenment, becoming is ignorance. " Osho

Michael J. Silverstein

Get out of the office. Roam the frontline. Be observant. Hold your people accountable for creating the new narrative, a new story, in which your customers are the most important "characters". Because, you know, they really are.

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