In my experience, this is a more appropriate and productive way of thinking.

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One thing Julie said that will continue to make companies progressive and competitive is thinking about the balance of productive energy a company can get from an employee.

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The very processes and procedures companies have put in place to become efficient and productive have discouraged the very act of thinking itself, the result of which is business as usual (status quo).

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The more productive way to approach the subject, however, is to consider the problem of long-range thinking in short-range matters.

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And so I think they're also thinking, well, hold on, how do we, going forward, make our assets more productive?

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