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The proposal, in Chap. 2, that organisations should see an agile workforce as contributing directly to the bottom line, rather than merely indirectly through better talent attraction and retention, should not be taken to imply a belief that the latter benefits are insignificant.
Traditional lines between work and life are blending faster than ever before. Talented people choose to join, stay with and grow at companies that recognise their need to blend work and life.
Phil Smith, Cisco UK & Ireland
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Cannon, F. (2017). Talent. In: The Agility Mindset. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45519-8_5
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