One rather well-made advertisement lists him with Tony Blair, George W Bush and Gordon Brown as members of the "failures club".

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The Newsnight investigation was brought to the attention of the-then US President George W Bush and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown also promised to take action.

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They join other thought leaders, including Alan W. Brown, John Seely Brown, Rod Collins, Bill George, Ranjay Gulati, John Hagel, Gary Hamel, Umair Haque, Vlatka Hlupic, Roger Martin, Lisa Earle McLeod, Vineet Nayar, Franz Roeoesli, Fred Reichheld and Jeff Sutherland.

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"We're planning for the worst, " Brown said in her office with a view of the Rampart Range, a portrait of President George W. Bush on the shelf behind her.

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