I say, 'Get me some poets as managers. ' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the … - Daniel H. Pink

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Daniel H. Pink

I say, 'Get me some poets as managers. ' Poets are our original systems thinkers. They contemplate the world in which we live and feel obligated to interpret, and give expression to it in a way that makes the reader understand how that world runs. Poets, those unheralded systems thinkers, are our true digital thinkers. It is from their midst that I believe we will draw tomorrow's new business leaders. " --Sidney Harman, CEO Multimillionaire of a stereo components company

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