{"id":28977,"date":"2012-05-02T15:26:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T19:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=28977"},"modified":"2012-05-03T09:09:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T13:09:28","slug":"the-innovators-dilemna-strikes-again-another-solid-example-of-the-need-to-reinvent-ones-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/05\/02\/the-innovators-dilemna-strikes-again-another-solid-example-of-the-need-to-reinvent-ones-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Innovator’s Dilemna” strikes again; another solid example of the need to reinvent one’s organization."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sayonara Sony: How industrial, MBA-style leadership killed a once great company<\/strong><\/a> — from forbes.com by\u00a0Adam Hartung<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

Who can forget what a great company Sony<\/a> was, and the enormous impact it had on our lives?\u00a0 With its heritage, it is hard to believe that Sony hasn\u2019t made a profit in 4 consecutive years<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, just recently announced it will double its expected loss<\/em><\/strong> for this year to $6.4 billion<\/em><\/strong>, has only 15% of its capital left as equity (debt\/equity ration of 5.67x) and is only worth 1\/4 of its value 10 years ago<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n

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From DSC:<\/span><\/strong>
\nBlockbuster, Kodak, and now Sony — and I’m sure there are countless others who have moved in and out of prosperous times — but those three come instantly to my mind as more recent examples of The Innovator’s Dilemna<\/strong><\/em><\/a> — which strikes again!<\/span><\/p>\n

It reminds me of a Steve Jobs’ quote (and I’ll use the item found at Yastrow.com<\/a><\/em>)
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One of Jobs’ business rules was to never be afraid of cannibalizing yourself.<\/em> “If you don’t cannibalize yourself, someone else will,” <\/em><\/strong>he said. So even though an iPhone might cannibalize the sales of an iPod, or an iPad might cannibalize the sales of a laptop, that did not deter him.<\/em><\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n

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Addendum<\/span><\/em><\/strong> (with emphasis from DSC):<\/span><\/em>
\nAnother thought comes from Guy Kawasaki’s talk at TEDxHarkerSchool entitled, “The 12 Lessons I Learned from Steve Jobs”<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n