If it is not broken, do not chase technology

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Returning to the client’s twenty-one-year-old spreadsheet, Dr. Dave respects an organization that kept a useful system running instead of upgrading for fashion. He also explains the cost of that choice: once a connected printer fails, modern replacements may no longer understand the old assumptions that made the whole workflow dependable.

2:09 · Consulting Philosophy

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Proposed recording date: 2007-01-13. The exact broadcast date may differ.

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