Leadership
Leadership
Apr 29, 2025

Disrupt to Succeed – Forbes

"From the day we start kindergarten we fear the teacher's call to our
parents saying, "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I'm sorry to tell you that
Mary has been disruptive in class." We are taught, trained and
indoctrinated to go along and get along, to not disrupt. In fact we're
constantly told to seek harmony. But in business that can destroy your
entire value."

That's the first paragraph from my Forbes.com column, posted today, "To Succeed You Must Seriously Disrupt."  Companies that don't Disrupt remain Locked-in to Success Formulas with declining value until all hope is lost – just look at Sun Microsystems. Although Chairman Scott McNealy was famous for his Disruptive corporate behavior – he was unwilling to tolerate disruptions from his own organization to the company business model.  In 10 years Sun went from $200B market cap to out of business.

Now Toyota is struggling because it wouldn't Disrupt.  Meanwhile Honda is doing much better than most, because it is willing to Disrupt.  Listen to the 40 second video on Disruptions, and read the article so you can see the need for Disruption and adopt in your business!

Adam Hartung

Adam Hartung

CEO / Managing Partner - Spark Partners

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