Hedgehog Concepts

Finding your life purpose

If you could drive toward the intersection of those three circles and translate that intersection into a simple, crystalline concept that guided your life choices, you'd have a Hedgehog Concept for yourself. ... Bring those three circles together and focus on the intersection. Try to simplify it all into one core concept, a mantra that you can resort to when you come to a fork in the road. Then you'll quickly be able to weigh Path A against Path B and proceed along the ...

"Think Globally, Act Locally"-- Behind the Bumpersticker Politics ...

In addition with a different ethos, there would less need for Big Government looking over everybody's shoulder, and more focus on Smart Government, employing the Hedgehog Concept within government, to truly represent "The Public ...

Buy Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others ...

Collins advocates the Hedgehog Concept – a combination of discovering what you can be best in the world at (Optimal Thinking), what you are passionate about, and what drives your economic engine. Collins states that sustained ...

Culture: Define and evolve your secret sauce

To identify ways to improve the current state, or to develop a future desired state, focus on the traits and the interactions, and how as a system they support your success/hedgehog concept. By utilizing gap analysis (from where you are ...

Tips for Prescribing a Future of Your Choice

Collins and his team coined the term "hedgehog concept" to reflect a single-minded determination and focus that, similar to that of the hedgehog animal, attempts to do only one thing really well, such as curl up and roll. ...