Max McKeown
Max McKeown
Max McKeownis an English writer, consultant, and researcher specialising in innovation strategy, leadership and culture. He has written six influential books and conducts research with Warwick Business School. He is a fellow of the RSA. He served on the Advisory Board for the Rollins Center for eBusiness. He earned his Masters in Business Administration and PhD from the Warwick Business School under the supervision of Professor David Wilson and Professor Sotirios Paroutis, who was in turn supervised by Andrew Pettigrew...
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believe future
Entrepreneurs don't believe the future is predictable - but they do believe that they can create the future themselves.
amazon bookstore continues early grow keeps online puts rivals thrived trying
Amazon thrived because it implemented the online bookstore idea better than any of its early rivals did, not because it was the only company to have the idea or the first company to have the idea. It continues to grow only because it keeps trying to improve on the details of the idea and the way it puts it into practise.
although
Entrepreneurs are like cats, because they are independent and do their own thing. Although organisations say they like cats, what they really want is sheep that they can herd.
approaches further innovator point room
At the point that an idea approaches perfection, fashion and expectations surge ahead, leaving the innovator with considerable room to find further improvements.
solo sports strategy
Strategy is not really a solo sport - even If you're the CEO.
business high hire likely people skill skilled
Who's more likely to succeed - someone with high skill and no ambition, or no skill and high ambition? If you're an entrepreneur, you can hire as many skilled people for your business as you want.
should-have together breakfast
Strategy and culture should have breakfast together.
thought-provoking provoking following
Following the rules of your industry will only get you so far.
successful adaptation
All failure is failure to adapt, all success is successful adaptation.
team order tasks
The task of the strategist and leadership team is to reduce uncertainty in the areas that they can directly influence in order to pursue attractively difficult objectives.
progress inevitable change-is-inevitable
Change is inevitable, progress is not.
plunge spectators
Dont be a life spectator.. take the plunge.
clever self victory
With a clever strategy, each action is self-reinforcing. Each action creates more options that are mutually beneficial. Each victory is not just for today but for tomorrow.
curves growth trying
Ideally, you will develop strategic response to your place in the corporate lifecycle to identify new paths of strategic renewal. You will look for new growth curves that can be started early enough to replace declining products and you will try to identify whole new curves that will take the organisation to new levels of growth as a whole.