The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
William Thorndikeamazon.com
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
"The company might develop the same computer program six times. But, the advantages of local autonomy are so great, we think it’s worth it.” Any of you who have worked in a modern corporation know how unusual this mentality is. Who would allow the same company to develop the same software six times? Why not increase knowledge sharing and syner... See more
Shane Parrish • Culture Eats Strategy: Nucor’s Ken Iverson on Building a Different Kind of Company
What is perhaps most debilitating for Iger, however, is the simple fact that the rules of the game have changed, and the ambitions have diminished. The glory days of growth and conquest that defined his first tenure have given way to a brutal battle for survival, one in which Iger may be forced to deconstruct the very empire he helped build, starti... See more
Dylan Byers • The Iger Bunker
Hence we learned to be skeptical of expectations of increased future sales as a solution to a rising inventory problem. We took the position that actual inventories, purchases, and commitments should be reduced, knowing that we could increase them later if that were warranted by actual sales. The emergency measures I have described established that
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So strongly did I feel about the situation that, when someone proposed making changes in Buick’s management, where Harry Bassett was successfully carrying on Walter Chrysler’s old policy, I wrote to Mr. du Pont: “It is far better that the rest of General Motors be scrapped than any chances taken with Buick’s earning power.”