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Paul Walter

Will we ever move forward if failure is seen to be richly rewarded?

By Paul Walter | Sun 12th January 2020 - 9:44 am


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I worked in the computer industry for my career.

I count myself lucky that I survived in a job that long.

But you have to be careful in industry.

I should imagine if a business manager spread a budget of £20 million over five times the area it should have been spread, with the result of modest failure rather than modest success, then she/he would be consigned to a dusty office with “special projects” written on the door for the rest of their career.

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