Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
By: Rajiv Shah
3.79
Format: 320 pages, ebook
Rajiv J. Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and former administrator of President Barack…
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18. Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
By: Rajiv Shah
3.79
Format: 320 pages, ebook
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