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A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. Each engineer has a pet feature they’d like included in Samsung phones. To do that, Samsung’s leaders must sacrifice the egos of their engineers. The strategy I’ve grown to love and count on over a 45-year career is do less, better.

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Heinz, like so many other multinationals gave the stereotypical corporate rationale — they said the plant was unprofitable and part of a global restructuring. Taking a lesson from the signature phrase in the illustrated children’s book, The Little Engine That Could , the Leamington community did not throw in the towel.

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medical-device maker, a planned new heart defibrillator had to be scrapped after five years of expensive effort because the company's quality engineers did not meet federal requirements — due to their inadequate knowledge and skills. For instance, at one U.S. Have you ever started a club? What Internet mailing lists do you subscribe to?

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