Although there aren't any explicit business leadership lessons in this article, I loved it for its rich look-back on technology deals that happened and didn't happen. Some of these are so good it's almost worth changing the names, changing some of the details, and packaging them as case studies for business school students to see how they would respond.
I urge you to not say the words "how stupid could they have been?" I'm sure in most cases, there were competent managers trying to make great decisions. Maybe not in the IBM deal, but even there we don't get enough of the details to make an objective assessment.
Enjoy the article and learn the overall lesson. Technology is a game changer. Most times it doesn't go anywhere (ask any venture capitalist), but sometimes...
Grow Strong!
Coach Grev
I urge you to not say the words "how stupid could they have been?" I'm sure in most cases, there were competent managers trying to make great decisions. Maybe not in the IBM deal, but even there we don't get enough of the details to make an objective assessment.
Enjoy the article and learn the overall lesson. Technology is a game changer. Most times it doesn't go anywhere (ask any venture capitalist), but sometimes...
Grow Strong!
Coach Grev
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