The question he’d begun with, twenty years ago, was: Why was success so difficult to sustain? How was it that big, rich companies, admired and emulated by everyone, could one year be at the peak of their power and, just a few years later, be struggling in the middle of the pack or just plain gone?
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Some people thought it was a matter of bad leadership—stupid managers grown too cautious or complacent to change. But Christensen was a generous man; he didn’t like to call people stupid...
Ah geez. Okay, I admit, I am an asshole. Let's get it over with.
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Some people thought it was a matter of bad leadership—stupid managers grown too cautious or complacent to change. But Christensen was a generous man; he didn’t like to call people stupid...
Ah geez. Okay, I admit, I am an asshole. Let's get it over with.