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Automating a Broken Process? Ask Which Kind
Most processes that look broken are doing exactly what they are rewarded to do.
The problem you think you have is usually not the problem you have.
I find the real problem before you spend money on the wrong fix.
I am Rashad Bayram, an economist and a software founder. I write about business and technology. Every fact comes with a source you can open. My own experience appears only when it is real, and opinion is labeled as opinion.
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