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By the way killing products and thus accepting failure is usually necessary for innovation.
by polote 8y ago
By the way killing products and thus accepting failure is usually necessary for innovation.
- narrator 8y agoI just finished Peter Druker's classic "The Effective Executive" and he really strongly emphasizes the need to throw out the old: "The first rule for the concentration of executive efforts is to slough off the past that has ceased to be productive. Effective executives periodically review their work programs—and those of their associates—and ask: 'If we did not already do this, would we go into it now?' And unless the answer is an unconditional 'Yes,' they drop the activity or curtail it sharply." Drucker, Peter F.. The Effective Executive (Harperbusiness Essentials) (p. 115).
- josteink 8y agoSo how many instant messaging solutions does Google need to kill to land at one which works, and how much innovation have that gotten them compared to the competition (which surprise, surprise is not repeatedly killing their own IM-platform).