outsider

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Lou Gerstner was the first outsider to take the helm at IBM, the storied firm that once looked so dominant in computer mainframes that the Justice Department spent foolish years trying to break it up.

From The Wall Street Journal

Navratil later told analysts he’d pitched himself as an insider who could see the company like an outsider, having spent 16 years in Latin America running Nestlé operations.

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While Phineas is charismatic, generous and has “a serene capacity for affection,” Gene is a self-conscious outsider who has to work hard to get good grades.

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“We were looking for outsiders, misfits, something unique. Anything other than the traditional idea of what beauty is? Bring it on.”

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As an outsider to Australia, I speak with humility but urgency too.

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