Motivation Is The Catalyzing Ingredient For Every

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.

One Of The Factors That Make Great Companies So Great Is That They Have Processes That Allow Them To Solve Difficult Problems Again And Again. These Processes Have Developed Over Time As Teams Have Successfully Wrestled With A Certain Type Of Challenge. Eventually, People Begin To Say, "this Is Just How We Do Something Around Here." The Problem Develops When That Team Then Has To Solve A Very Different Set Of Challenges. The Processes That Are Such Strengths Can Be Crushing Liabilities.

This Is One Of The Innovator’s Dilemmas: Blindly Following The Maxim That Good Managers Should Keep Close To Their Customers Can Sometimes Be A Fatal Mistake.

It Is When The Product Is Not Good Enough That Proprietary Integration Gives You A Competitive Edge. You Cannot Outsource And Be Competitively Successful In This Situation. But At The Other End, Where Standard Components Assembled In Standard Ways Can Yield Acceptable Performance, You Must Outsource.

In Our Lives And In Our Careers, Whether We Are Aware Of It Or Not, We Are Constantly Navigating A Path By Deciding Between Our Deliberate Strategies And The Unanticipated Alternatives That Emerge.