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  • This great quote redefines the meaning of Marketing

    Adopted from the following great quote of Seth Godin..

    “Marketing is about spreading ideas, and spreading ideas is the single most important output of our civilization.”

  • This quote inspires us to take risks for a better future

    Adopted from the following inspiration quote of Seth Godin..

     “If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.”

  • This is the best explanation why bureaucratic cultures arise

    Bureaucratic cultures arise to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline which arise from having the wrong people on the bus in the first place.

    If the wrong people are taken off the bus and right people are put on the bus , there is no need of worrying about bureaucracy.

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great

  • The three components to build a culture of discipline

    The three essential components used by any great organization to build a culture of discipline while at the same time encouraging innovation and creativity are:

    1. Disciplined People
    2. Disciplined Thought
    3. Disciplined Action

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great

  • How do GREAT COMPANIES adhere to HEDGEHOG CONCEPT?

    Inspired from Jim Collins’s book Good To Great, the following insight reveal how great companies adhere to the Hedgehog concept & build a culture of discipline .

    “Build a culture full of people who take disciplined action within the three circles fanatically consistent with the Hedgehog concept..”

    This would mean the following:

    1. Build a culture around the idea of freedom and responsibility within a framework
    2. Fill the culture with self disciplined people who are willing to go to extreme lengths to fulfill their responsibilities

  • What does a plot between “Entrepreneurship Ethic” vs “Culture Discipline” reveal?

    Adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great..

    When “Entrepreneurship Ethic(EE)” vs “Culture Discipline(CD)” is plotted on X-Y curve the following are the inferences that make us realize why a Great Organization is so difficult to form..

    1. Start Up – High EE and low CD
    2. Bureaucratic – Low EE and low CD
    3. Hierarchical – Low EE and high CD
    4. Great Organization – high EE and high CD

    Thus having the right balance of entrepreneurship ethics and culture of discipline is what makes an organization great and hence is so difficult to design.

  • Infinite minded players follow the these three principles religiously

    As mentioned by Jim Collins in his book Good To Great , the following are three key concepts that are part of Hedgehog Concept so religiously followed by infinite minded companies in the modern age infinite game to stay ahead of peers.

    1. What are you DEEPLY PASSIONATE about?
    2. WHAT you CAN be BEST in the WORLD at?
    3. What drives your ECONOMIC ENGINE?

    The intersection point of these three concepts is where these organizations focus on to stay ahead of the competition with full focus.

    Concepts adopted from Jim Collins’s book Good to Great and Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game

  • How can we extend HEDGEHOG CONCEPT to BUSINESS?

    The Hedgehog Concept is based on an ancient Greek parable that states, “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing – to defend itself from the fox.” The insight highlights how to extend the Hedgehog Concept to business.

    Source : https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/hedgehog-concept.htm

    Hedgehogs, simplify the world and focus on a single, overarching vision, which they then achieve.

    Jim Collins in his book Good To Great extends this concept to the world of business.According to him the iconic companies who have survived the test of time have applied the Hedgehog concept whereas their more fancy competitors have been like foxes and have not quite been able to survive the test of time.

    The following three concepts are core to the Hedgehog circle , which are religiously followed by these iconic companies:

    1. What are you DEEPLY PASSIONATE about?
    2. What drives your ECONOMIC ENGINE?
    3. What you CAN BE THE BEST in the WORLD at?

    Practicing the concepts in this circle helps these companies focus on their strengths without being bothered by competition.

  • This quote highlights that overcoming risks is a matter of mindset

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s inspirational quotes:

    “Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective.”

  • This quote shows how true leaders create stars

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s following leadership quote:

    “A leader’s job is not to do the work for others; it’s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.”