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Collins: Pioneering innovators rarely win; scaling the right innovations matters
“There's very little evidence that the pioneering innovators win. And what we found instead is that it's not being innovative that matters. It's the ability to scale the right innovations.”
Jim Collins Oct 1, 2019 ▶ 1:41:33 #67 Jim Collins: Keeping the Flywheel in Motion
Assertion Supported
Collins: Data shows 10X winners were not luckier than comparison companies
“And then, look at all that data, and what you find, what we found, is that If anything, the comparisons were luckier, but it wasn't strong enough to make that case, so we'll call it a wash. Essentially, if you wanted to argue that the ones who beat their compa…”
Jim Collins Oct 1, 2019 ▶ 1:27:14 #67 Jim Collins: Keeping the Flywheel in Motion
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Collins: Jobs wanted Apple's greatness proven by not needing him
“He wanted Apple to be a great and lasting company that its ultimate proof would be that it didn't need him.”
Jim Collins Oct 1, 2019 ▶ 11:22 #67 Jim Collins: Keeping the Flywheel in Motion
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Collins: Most iconic company builders never faced a crushing wilderness experience
“And if I go look at that list, and I could go make the list longer than this too, but most of them did not have the crushing wilderness experience. Most of them did not.”
Jim Collins Oct 1, 2019 ▶ 16:29 #67 Jim Collins: Keeping the Flywheel in Motion
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Collins: Validating small tests before big bets correlates with outperformance
“If you calibrate with empirical validation by firing bullets first, and then you get calibration, then you convert to the cannonball, that's what correlates with the best performers over time.”
Jim Collins Oct 1, 2019 ▶ 1:43:22 #67 Jim Collins: Keeping the Flywheel in Motion
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