Guy Fawkes Failed in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 - Here's What's Failing today

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Sometimes fate gets in the way of disaster – other times it fans the flames. In the case of poor "Guido" Fawkes – who knows? Killing off a Protestant King to make way for a Catholic monarch may have seemed a good idea at the time, but as things turned out, it was Guy, not King James, who perished. Shared Services success and failure carries less risk of life (thank goodness) but it does highlight the precarious nature of relationships and decision making. And with all the...
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