Like A Child Star Whose Fame Fades

This Extraordinary Arrogance That Change Must Start At The Top Is A Way Of Guaranteeing That Change Will Not Happen In Most Companies.

There's A Simple, But Oft-neglected Lesson Here: To Sustain Success, You Have To Be Willing To Abandon Things That Are No Longer Successful.

Fact Is, Inventing An Innovative Business Model Is Often Mostly A Matter Of Serendipity.

**new Business Concepts Are Always, Always The Product Of Lucky Foresight.** That's Right - The Essential Insight Doesn't Come Out Of Any Dirigiste Planning Process; It Comes Form Some Cocktail Of Happenstance, Desire, Curiosity, Ambition And Need. But At The End Of The Day, There Has To Be A Degree Of Foresight -- A Sense Of Where New Riches Lie. So Radical Innovation Is Always One Part Fortuity And One Part Clearheaded Vision. [first-line Bold By Author] [2002] P.23

There Are As Many Foolhardy Ways To Grow As There Are To Downsize.