“The ability to learn faster than competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage.”

—  Arie de Geus

Arie P. de Geus, " Planning as learning https://hbr.org/1988/03/planning-as-learning/ar/1." Harvard Business Review, March/April 1988: 70-74.

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