The news that the once ubiquitous Blackberry – the makers of the ‘phone that everyone just had to have – has put itself up for sale, is another stark reminder that success can bring its very real and unwelcome problems. Blackberry, formerly Research In Motion, is the latest in a line up of […]
It will come as a shock to many to learn that the iconic consumer electronics brand, Sharp, could only have a year to live – that’s the news reported in the Financial Times today. Sharp isn’t alone. Other icons are suffering erosion too including including Panasonic. For many of us, […]
The Concept Hearing of the Toyota debacle reminded me of the organizational life-cycle, an often over-looked tool in the management armoury. The reports of Toyota’s problems[1], [2] indicate that organizations do have problems when they grow and evolve. But are these problems predictable? Can research help us? The answer to […]
