Dimitri Novikoff
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“People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.”
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“Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do.”
― Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
― Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration

“I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.”
― The Madman
― The Madman

“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents

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