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Introduction: Can Fatal Strategic Flaws Only Be Recognized in Hindsight? | p. 1 |
Failure Patterns | |
Illusions of Synergy: Succumbing to the Eighth Deadly Syn(ergy) | p. 15 |
Faulty Financial Engineering: Taking a Shortcut Through the Numbers | p. 37 |
Deflated Rollups: Buying a String of Rock Bands to Form an Orchestra | p. 60 |
Staying the (Misguided) Course: Threat? What Threat? | p. 86 |
Misjudged Adjacencies: The Grass Isn't Always Greener | p. 116 |
Fumbling Technology: Riding the Wrong Technology | p. 141 |
Consolidation Blues: Doubling Down on a Bad Hand | p. 169 |
Coda | p. 190 |
Avoiding the Same Mistakes | |
Why Bad Strategies Happen to Good People: Awareness Is Not Enough | p. 197 |
Why Bad Strategies Happen to Good Companies: Awareness Is Still Not Enough | p. 216 |
The Devil's Advocate: Unleashing the Power of Conflict and Deliberation | p. 231 |
The Safety Net: An Independent Devil's Advocate Review | p. 258 |
Epilogue: Two Revolutions | p. 273 |
Acknowledgments | p. 275 |
Research Notes | p. 277 |
Notes | p. 292 |
Recommended Reading | p. 299 |
Index | p. 303 |
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