{"id":4532,"date":"2010-06-15T09:14:12","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T03:18:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-06-15T09:18:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-15T03:18:15","slug":"there_can_be_no_expertise_in_i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/there_can_be_no_expertise_in_i\/","title":{"rendered":"There can be no expertise in innovation&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8230;unless there is also expertise in demolishing the ensconced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is nothing wrong with perfection. To be maximally fit for a niche, to serve optimally, to seek the peak of perfection&#8211;these will always remain the goals of any firm, or individual. So why let go of perfection at the top?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"nr-emphasis-less\">The problem with the top is not too much perfection, but too little perspective.<\/span> Great success in one product or service tends to block a longer, larger view of the opportunities available in the economy as a whole, and of the rapidly shifting terrain ahead. Legendary, long-lived companies are intensely outward-looking. They can spot a global peak and distinguish it from the many false peaks. They understand that <span class=\"nr-highlight\">an inward focus, especially a narrow focus on being &#8220;world&#8217;s best&#8221; in some matter, can work against long-term adaptation by blinding the organization from seeking new heights<\/span>. Better for the long haul is an outward perspective that is always seeking alternative mountains to climb.<\/p>\n<p>This outward vista is all the more critical in the new economy because <span class=\"nr-emphasis\">perfection is no longer a solo act<\/span>. Success is a highly interdependent enterprise, encompassing a network of vendors, customers, and even competitors. A firm needs to explore widely, outside of the current favored position, and at times contrarily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;unless there is also expertise in demolishing the ensconced. There is nothing wrong with perfection. To be maximally fit for a niche, to serve optimally, to seek the peak of perfection&#8211;these will always remain the goals of any firm, or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/there_can_be_no_expertise_in_i\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"1","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[202],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}