“A focus on the competition often anchors companies in the red ocean, and puts the competitors, rather than the customer, at the core of strategy.”
172
1.06K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
The more one seeks to rise into height and light, the more vigorously do ones roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark, the deep — into evil.
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about strategy with this collection
How to create a strong portfolio
How to network and market yourself as a designer
How to manage time and prioritize tasks
Related collections
Similar ideas
Competition narrows your focus on beating the other companies. While this makes you good at that which you are competing on, it doesn't guarantee success.
You risk losing sight of the big picture and of what is important for future growth, if you keep relat...
Competition operates as a zero-sum game, in which one side wins and other loses.
Highly assertive personalities often fall back on competition as a conflict management strategy. The competitive strategy works best in a limited number of conflicts, such as emergency situations.
It may be true that successful companies often pursued a highly focused strategy, but that doesn’t mean highly focused strategies often lead to success.
Some companies have a focused strategy and some change their strategy based on competition, market, and internal factors. Some are success...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates