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When an organization is known for speed and quality, it’s likely that if times get tough, quality will suffer before speed does. That’s because customers notice speed right away, but it takes a while to come to a conclusion about quality. If a musician or politician is known
"Human being, vegetables or cosmic dust, we all dance to an invisible tune, intoned in the distance by a mysterious player."