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The Difference Between Success and Failure Is Nothing

Noah Fleming

Noah Fleming

July 30, 2019


A couple of weeks ago, I was at an annual event I haven't missed for eight years.

It's a gathering of other folks like me - industry experts, consultants, and change agents who work with some of the largest companies in the world.

Of all the fascinating discussions we had, the one that keeps sticking with me was focused on the question:

"What's the difference between the projects that are wildly successful, vs. the ones that are disappointments?"

Each of us had different areas of expertise, and between us, we'd worked with thousands of very large companies.

But one of the most surprising things was that we were able to find a few key commonalities between the successful projects and the unsuccessful ones.

See this week's video for more on the topic:

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