However, if we are to unleash this huge, untapped resource of human potential, akin to a giant Genie in a bottle, the single most powerful and far-reaching tool is to improve the performance of leaders.

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Patricia Dunn, HP's chairwoman, forgot the cardinal rule of institutional management--nothing can be done to put a genie back in the bottle.

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