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What does it mean?
Human beings are the most essential and valuable assets in the world.
In plain terms
People are the world's most important and needed resource.
What can you take from it?
Prioritize people as the most valuable resource.

Where it applies

  • workforce planning
  • policy making
  • resource allocation

Putting it to work

  • invest in people
  • protect human capital

Questions to consider

  • Are people assets or ends?
  • How do you value human worth?

Another view

It reduces individuals to assets which may ignore their inherent dignity.

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