Disrupt to Succeed - Forbes

"From the day we start kindergarten we fear the teacher's call to our parents saying, "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I'm sorry to tell you that Mary has been disruptive in class." We are taught, trained and indoctrinated to go along and get along, to not disrupt. In fact we're constantly told to seek harmony. But in business that can destroy your entire value."

That's the first paragraph from my Forbes.com column, posted today, "To Succeed You Must Seriously Disrupt."  Companies that don't Disrupt remain Locked-in to Success Formulas with declining value until all hope is lost - just look at Sun Microsystems. Although Chairman Scott McNealy was famous for his Disruptive corporate behavior - he was unwilling to tolerate disruptions from his own organization to the company business model.  In 10 years Sun went from $200B market cap to out of business. 

Now Toyota is struggling because it wouldn't Disrupt.  Meanwhile Honda is doing much better than most, because it is willing to Disrupt.  Listen to the 40 second video on Disruptions, and read the article so you can see the need for Disruption and adopt in your business!

Comments

[r4i sdhc]

I have watched your video on Disruptions and I have also read that article of Forbes which you have given.Its a good read about success and for me this is something different point of view about success.Its easy to understand with those companies.