It’s not all physics
This is why I have doubts about mechanical theories such as disruptive innovation. Too often, they’re presented as a type of physical law: You drop a glass of wine, it always falls to the ground with an acceleration of 32.17405 ft/s2. This truth is indisputable…but it ignores the drunken clumsiness of the oaf who knocked the glass over, and discounts the quick reflexes and imaginative solutions you only get when there’s a human nearby.
Jean-Louis Gassée. A nice summary of why human agency matters, and also why companies fail.
First Winning Wars, Only To Lose Them Later – Monday Note
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