Culture, changes

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Every person with whom I spoke had theories about the source of his or her difficulties. The great majority of interviewees attributed their bad, often crippling feelings to their immediate experiences as well as to their brain chemistry. Their ideas about the source of depressive illness rarely extended to the ways in which society is organized as a whole or to how broad cultural changes influenced their well-being. Alice was an exception. Could it be, as she suggested, that manic-depressive illness is most likely to arise in a manic society ... 

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In comparison with progress in other industries, this transition is not complete yet. Companies that fully understand the key elements of SCM (see section 22.2) and successfully orchestrate the technical and cultural change required to achieve top SCM performance (see section 22.3) can further improve their ROIC and unlock further value, thus creating the platform for their long-term and sustainable success. 

Identifying cultural changes more, and earlier on. In the integration of Celltech in particular, we fell into the traditional trap of underestimating the differences in a friendly transaction. Whilst there was clear support for the transaction from both management teams, this did not take away the personal ambitions and the fundamental cultural differences between a Belgian and a UK company, a traditional pharmaceutical company and a biotech company, etc. - they were to be expected, but were not always planned for ... 

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