Hedgehog Concepts

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4) Taking a cue from Collins' Hedgehog Concept, lead your companies around what you and your team members are passionate about, what is most profitable, and what you can be the best in the world at. Everything else? Stop doing it! ...

"Waiting for Superman"-- The Hedgehog Concept At Work in the ...

The Hedgehog Concept http://www.jimcollins.com/media_topics/hedgehog-concept.html. One of Hendrik van Loon's favorite memes in his classic children's history book (written for adults as well), The Story of Mankind is that there are no ...

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

Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of ...

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

And that workplaces that are organized around a Hedgehog Concept described by Jim Collins similarly provides a narrower, but useful expression of these empathic concerns, among like-minded people who bring passion to their work and a ...

Leadership Formation and Level 5 Leadership!

The hedgehog concept is an intriguing title for one of the steps in moving from Good to Great. Collins draws upon a parable created by Isaiah Berlin who contrasted the hedgehog and the fox. The hedgehog had a simple strategy and tactic ...