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What You Need Is A Fundamental Humility - The Belief That You Can Learn From Anyone.

We Are All Trained To Be Data Driven People, But No Hard Data Exist About The Future. Therefore, The Only Way To Look Into The Future With Any Degree Of Accuracy Is To Use Theory, Statements Of What Causes What And Why. If Executives Have The Right Theories In Their Heads, They Can Very Quickly Interpret Market Developments. They Can Identify What Matters And Why, And Act Accordingly. So We Suggest Decision-makers Should Start By Gaining A Deep Understanding Of The Relevant Collection Of Theories, And Then Be Alert For Signals That Indicate Certain Types Of Developments.

Quite Often Startups Were First Out Of The Gate With A Sustaining Technology. But Somehow The Leaders Got The Technology And Stayed Atop Their Industries. Sometimes They Acquired The Startup; Sometimes They Just Developed The Technology As A Follower And Used Their Muscle And Mass To Win. But They Always Won.

I Was Lucky Enough To Build On The Work Of A Number Of People Who Had Already Run Laps Around This Theory-building Track. The Original Classification Scheme, Years Ago, Distinguished Radical From Incremental Change. The Theory Said That Established Firms Managed Incremental Change Well, But Would Be Expected To Founder When Their Industry Encountered A Radical Change.

Almost Always Great New Ideas Don't Emerge From Within A Single Person Or Function, But At The Intersection Of Functions Or People That Have Never Met Before.