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> [“The hardest part of continuous improvement in organizations is changing the behavior of other people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-appelo/the-hardest-part-of-continuous-improvement-in-organizations-is/)

[Jurgen Appelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-appelo/)

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## More by Jurgen Appelo

> [“The hardest part of continuous improvement in organizations is changing the behavior of other people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-appelo/the-hardest-part-of-continuous-improvement-in-organizations-is/)

[Jurgen Appelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-appelo/)

> [“Your career is your own responsibility. Your employer is not your mother.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-appelo/your-career-is-your-own-responsibility-your-employer-is-not-your/)

[Jurgen Appelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-appelo/)

> [“Delegation is not a binary thing. There are shades of grey between a dictatorship and an anarchy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-appelo/delegation-is-not-a-binary-thing-there-are-shades-of-grey-between-a/)

[Jurgen Appelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-appelo/)

> [“But theory rarely works in practice, and predictability has a devious sister named complexity. But”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-appelo/but-theory-rarely-works-in-practice-and-predictability-has-a-devious/)

[Jurgen Appelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-appelo/)

> [“Whenever there’s a problem B, we assume that event A caused it. The financial crisis is caused by bankers; the loss of jobs is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-appelo/whenever-there-s-a-problem-b-we-assume-that-event-a-caused-it-the/)

[Jurgen Appelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-appelo/)

> [“As a change agent it is important to value all discussions, the good ones and the bad ones. Because, when people criticize what you’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurgen-appelo/as-a-change-agent-it-is-important-to-value-all-discussions-the-good/)

[Jurgen Appelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurgen-appelo/)

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