Posts Tagged ‘competitive strategy’

How Amazon Might Just Have Saved Barnes & Noble

TweetFor all you out there looking to “completely change the game,” take heed. Sometimes it’s easier to win the game you’re in. I have a hunch that has yet to be borne out completely in the real world of results, but hear me out anyway. I think that the explosion of e-readers has changed the book […]


Killing Watson: Defeating Alien Intelligence by Questioning the Givens and Changing the Game

TweetMy eyes started darting when I realized what Watson was doing—preying on our cognitive blind spot and vacuuming the highest-value clues off the board before we had a chance to gain our sea legs. But my response surprised me—by my second match, I was doing the same thing. What do you do when confronted by […]


Why Porsche Should Have Said Yes.

TweetThink of a game of chicken. You remember the movie, Rebel Without A Cause, with James Dean? Two “youts” in stolen cars, driving headlong towards each other on a deserted road. The first one to swerve out of the way is the “chicken.” Seems to be an odd choice of game theory played out in […]


Red Bull Racing and Creating Cultures of Speed

TweetIn 2010, new Formula 1 governing body rules eliminated refueling in pit stops, which ironically returned the race to a test of speed not just for the drivers and machines but for the pit crews who change four tires in under 3.5 seconds. I spoke to Ole Schack, the #2 mechanic on Red Bull Racing’s […]


The 3 Hidden Gems in the Pepsi Challenge: More Notes from My Conversation with Sergio Zyman

TweetMy interview with Sergio Zyman on the Pepsi Challenge is included in my upcoming book, Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry, to be published on March 31, 2011 by Portfolio. Join my advanced notice mailing list here.   “The brilliance of the strategy was that they were filming these people […]