Several days ago, Prateek Raj retweeted a capsule HBR article by Piero Formica, “Why Innovators Should Study the Rise and Fall of the Venetian Empire”. Retweeting it myself, I said “This is bad history. Really, really bad”. Quite fairly, I was challenged to elaborate by University of Liverpool’s Andrew Smith. My response took the form … Continue reading Cool Hand Lagoon: On the Misappropriation of Venetian History
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A Second Law of Strategy: All Profits come from Routine Innovation
If you want to convince yourself you can read a foreign language, try reading business articles. Well, let me clarify that: I’m not saying business English is a foreign language, I’m saying that business articles in another language you more or less know will prove surprisingly transparent. I spent a recent flight back to the … Continue reading A Second Law of Strategy: All Profits come from Routine Innovation
Buzz is Noise: A Law of Business Strategy
Thought leadership is not leadership. Expertise in the direction of the moment does not make one a strategist any more than the direction itself constitutes a strategy. We can see this by looking at the waves of fashion in business consulting. A time series of business buzz phrases- if you picked them carefully - might suggest some … Continue reading Buzz is Noise: A Law of Business Strategy
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