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Bronco Busting; Disruptive Strategy
What’s happening here? There was a great deal of commentary by the sports pundits in the immediate aftermath of Super Bowl XLVIII. The dust has since settled and we can now think more clearly about how the score of Seattle Seahawks 43, Denver Broncos 8, came to be. How could this have happened? Going into the game, the Broncos had set a bunch of National Football League offensive records, including a remarkable average of nearly 38 points per game. And meanwhile, the Seahawks established themselves as the clearly dominant defensive-oriented team in the NFL. So the game was framed by … Continue reading
Distributed Strategy; the Personal Dikes of Hamburg
HAMBURG is a special city. Having recovered from a real pounding during WWII, it’s become the 2nd largest port in Europe. The prosperity coming with that is everywhere evident, not least along the waterways: the many canals, and the large Elbe River, itself, with its energetic commerce. Many of the canals are lined with beautiful homes and trendy old brick warehouse conversions. The Elbe is its own trip. On the West bank resides the container ship port with all the ship traffic, giant cranes simultaneously unloading and reloading ships, and robotic vehicles transporting the containers to and from awaiting trains and trucks. … Continue reading
Strategy Types: Critical Operations
LET’S take a quick look at some compelling strategy situations … 1. SURVIVAL By a near miracle, or perhaps an actual miracle, you’ve just survived a night time airplane crash somewhere in the Amazon. The Amazon is a big place and you don’t know where you are. It’s also a formidable place, night or day. You probably wouldn’t last more than several days in this environment before perishing, so you have to quickly make your way to safety. You sense that your chances of finding a village are poor and that perhaps you should try to arrange, instead, for someone else to … Continue reading
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The Winds of Patagonia; Cooperative Strategy
Down the E. Coast of Patagonia My friend Marcelo organized a car trip through Patagonia. As a young guy he had worked on a Patagonian estancia and knew the territory well. The plan was to start in Buenos Aires, drive down the east side of Argentina through the Pampas, along the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia, cross the Strait of Magellan, spend Christmas week with friends in Ushuaia on the island of Tierra Del Fuego, then re-cross the Strait, head west, drive back north along the Andes Cordillera, and then east again to Buenos Aires. 6000 miles. We would be stopping … Continue reading
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