Comment: Beware the bean counters

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The age of the target mentality has forced corporates to place a precise value on every asset. Outsourcers prosper while innovation takes a back seat, says James Woudhuysen

If it gets measured, it gets managed is one of the enduring myths of our time. It doesn't matter that Joseph Stalin had targets for everything during his five-year plans, yet succeeded in making mi...

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