Good to Great
4 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 1, 2019 by Jim Collins · said 22 times in 4 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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2022 3 mentions in 1 episode
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2019 16 mentions in 1 episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
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Oct 1, 2019 positive
Collins: Built to Last companies showed greater endurance due to non-monetary purpose
“If you zoom way out and you ask which set of companies had greater endurance, now Built to Last was about Built to Last, but the Built to Last companies did. And I have to ask myself why. Because we're looking through different lenses, so you're still just try…”
Oct 1, 2019
Collins: Great organizations begin with brutal facts, not a vision
“One of the key things we learned in Good to Great was this notion of you don't start with a vision. You start with confronting the brutal facts. And this ability, this very stoic ability to just simply say, let's begin with the very best accounting of the brut…”
Oct 1, 2019 negative
Collins: Reacting to failure without understanding triggers an organizational doom loop
“What happens as a company reacts without understanding. Oh my gosh, we had disappointing results. And often what happens is they panic. They look for a new direction, or a new program, or a new leader, or a new acquisition, or a new technology, or something. A…”
Oct 1, 2019 positive
Collins: Level 5 leadership blends personal humility with indomitable will
“One of the key insights from good to great was that the power of the level five over the level four, and the essence of the level five was this strange blend of kind of personal humility and indomitable will with ambition channeled into a cause that's bigger t…”