- Are you astonished when Harvard Business School’s Michael Porter says that today’s talk of change in business is “exaggerated—industries don’t change structure that fast” (June 2, 2001) ?
- Do you find Tom Peters’ advice in “Thriving on Chaos” to be amusing—but pretty useless when it comes to developing a practical business plan? (Ever try taking chaos to the bank?)
- Do you find it strange that Gary Hamel never mentions his 180-degree off-course predictions of the late 1980s? For example, that Komatsu was sure to wipe Caterpillar off the map? Caterpillar is now almost twice the size of rival Komatsu.
- Do you worry when Clayton Christensen’s appealing distinction between “disruptive” and “non-disruptive” technologies doesn’t seem to hold water for some of the world’s most successful companies—like Microsoft?
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