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consulting firm once told me they estimated that 95 percent of operations and research writing goes unread by everyone but those who produced it.) Do you use productivity software? A Web search of “to do list apps” brings 1.3 billion results. Are any of them helpful, or does the learning curve sap the very resources they're meant to preserve?

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