Hedgehog Concepts

What do Kate Moss, Richard Branson and Blackadder have in common ...

The way that she handles her image and sticks to her strengths reminded me of the fabulous book 'The Hedgehog and the Fox' by Isaiah Berlin. It was famously turned into the Hedgehog Concept by Jim Collins in Good to Great and was the ...

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don't

In order to be great (as individual or company) you have to have a hedgehog concept. What is that? Here's a quote from the book Are you a hedgehog or a fox? In a famous essay " The Hedgehog and the Fox," Isaiah Berlin divided the world ...

Driven To Distraction

Now there are six main concepts in the book, but I only want to talk about one of them here. All of the “great” companies had in common what Collins refers to “A Hedgehog Concept” That is one idea that you pursue that has three ...

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My favorite, and perhaps the most famous concept from Jim Collins' Good To Great is the Hedgehog Concept: Are you a hedgehog or a fox? In his famous essay.

Become THE Hedgehog… | Liam Atkins

Become THE Hedgehog… My Dad recently told me how I was a fox, and needed to become more of a hedgehog!? After the initial “huh?” I did my usual thing and Googled it. It turns out the concept of the hedgehog and the fox, is actually an ...