Author IDs enemy of greatness.(Jim Collins)(identifies)

ColoradoBiz | December 1, 2006| | Copyright

Jim Collins has spent his professional life taking apart companies and organizations to figure out what makes them work, and the best-selling author believes he knows what stands in the way of greatness.

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"Good is the enemy of great," Collins told a crowd at the Colorado Convention Center during the Urban Land Institute's Fall Meeting in October. The four-day event attracted more than 6,000 professionals in real-estate development from around the world.

"It's one of the reasons why we have so few things that ever become truly ...

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