"It was part of a larger strategy to streamline production, " says Fabian Thorsager Scheffler of Grundfos.

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The result, according to Thorsager Scheffler, was that leaders felt far better prepared for the various phases of change, and were able to reflect better on the wider consequences of their decisions before they took them.

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