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Repair Association Backs Farmers Seeking to Unlock Tractor Software

Associations Now

The report quotes a Nebraska farmer and repair mechanic who uses pirated John Deere software: “I’m not a big business or anything, but let’s say you’ve got a guy here who has a tractor and something goes wrong with it—the nearest dealership is 40 miles away, but you’ve got me or a diesel shop a mile away.

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SCD Group: Do "Best Practices" prevent association innovation?

SCD Group

Thursday, August 9, 2012. 4 comments: Jamie Notter August 10, 2012 10:15 AM There's one problem with the cloning analogy: you can't clone a management practice, because when you export it to a different context, it is no longer really the same practice, nor will it have the same effect. ▼ 2012. c) 2012 SCD Group.

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Future of Work Manifesto

Jamie Notter

Posted May 10, 2012. Maddie is the one who wrote it up, but it was the result of a weekend retreat last fall of twelve people (including me, Maddie and Charlie; Maddie lists them all in her post) in, of all places, Omaha, Nebraska. July 2012 (9). June 2012 (7). May 2012 (7). April 2012 (9). March 2012 (9).

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