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Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.
Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.
Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern
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- Peter F. Drucker
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- Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Peter Drucker: life dates 1909 to 2005. Wikidata Q84238, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84238 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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