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Big egos and a lack of foresight kill lots of companies -- both small and large. However, IT leaders can learn from these misguided decisions and keep from suffering the same fate. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives discusses some of the most common bad decisions that can hurt good companies. Subscribe to Tech Sanity Check RSS
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Thanks for understanding that we need to prevent the nasties.