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Navigate disruption. Build new growth engines.
Company blog · innosight.com/insightbusinessstartups
Navigate disruption. Build new growth engines. is the company blog at innosight.com, writing about business and startups. Since 2011, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Innosight, a strategy consultancy site, for research on business disruption and corporate longevity, including its creative destruction report and figures on how long S&P 500 companies last.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Navigate disruption. Build new growth engines.
What Hacker News says?
First off, what is your source for that average? This report ( https://www.innosight.com/insight/creative-destruction/ ) has a much higher average, and forecasts a fall to 12 years by 2027. Second, that's average time in the S&P 500 index. As noted and n the report, there are many reasons besides going under that companies drop off the index. That number doesn't really say much about longevity of the company.
Comment linking /insight/creative-destruction/
on “NASA plans to launch a spacecraft to Titan”Submitted Ten Innovation Myths | innosight as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> "The more capital you have, the more capital you are able to accrue. And capital is power. The old saying, the rich get richer, is not just the superficial, flippant comment it might appear, flung around in the pub - it describes a core characteristic of capitalism." This is an interesting idea, but has been shown to be false. One example is that the average company on the S&P 500 lasts for less than 20 years, and…
Comment linking /innovation-resources/strategy-innovation/upload/creative-destruction-whips-through-corporate-america_final2012.pdf
on “The Star Trek Economy”Submitted Three Innovation Lessons from India's Titan Watches as a story · 2 points
HN discussionProfit motives are short-term optimization behavior (or game-theory maneuvering), pure and simple. I don't believe in companies because they think in the short-term. The average life-expectancy for companies in the S&P is 18 years.[1] Over our lifetimes, we will see endless companies live and die, each only seeking profit for the next quarter, year, or decade. Believing that the role of companies (and especially Sil…
Comment linking /insight/creative-destruction-whips-through-corporate-america-an-innosight-executive-briefing-on-corporate-strategy/
on “Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum”Submitted Leaders Delude Themselves About Disruption as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Five Behaviors of Transformational Organizations as a story · 1 points
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