When you hear that prime numbers are randomly situated through the universe of numbers, you might reasonably assume that they can be found more or less anywhere in that universe. But that’s not entirely true. There are actually places where they can and cannot be. Believe it or not, prime numbers stay in their lanes. They follow the rules.
One of the things we’re all learning to say nowadays is that “we’re putting the customer at the center of our company”. The idea is that where previously we focused on operational excellence we’re now focused on the customer. But it makes two big assumptions: The first is that we get to decide where customers should be, not them. The second is that our centers are the most important and desirable places to be. I’m not so sure.
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