January 13, 2005

there is no horizontal option

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A busi­ness is either gro­wing, or it’s dying.
The con­ver­sa­tion is either geting smar­ter, or get­ting dum­ber.
There is no Hori­zon­tal Option.
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9 Responses to “there is no horizontal option”

  1. JC Latournerie says:
    January 13, 2005 at 1:54 PM

    OK. What’s growth ?
    Growth = more or Growth = bet­ter / smarter ??

  2. hugh macleod says:
    January 13, 2005 at 2:00 PM

    Every com­pany has their own definition…

  3. mamagiggle says:
    January 13, 2005 at 3:19 PM

    hori­zon­tal growth might = sprea­ding the word, but it’s still growth, some­ti­mes dying is part of gro­wing too. Old ideas slough off, things go dor­mant, new ideas are injec­ted. Some­ti­mes sim­pler is bet­ter than smar­ter, or that may be part of your defi­ni­tion already.
    Peace out!

  4. phillip torrone says:
    January 13, 2005 at 5:06 PM

    growth = mass x acce­le­ra­tion…
    cheers,
    pt

  5. Anand says:
    January 13, 2005 at 6:43 PM

    wat hap­pe­ned to sta­bi­lity and con­sis­tency? no lon­ger a necessity?

  6. Darryl says:
    January 13, 2005 at 7:04 PM

    You can be sta­ble and con­sis­tant but still grow.

  7. mamagiggle says:
    January 13, 2005 at 7:15 PM

    yeah, sta­bi­lity and con­sis­tancy = boring!
    Well maybe not but some­ti­mes.
    One must be open to new ideas lest one stag­nate. But the drive to grow must remain ener­gi­zed the­rein lies the con­sis­tancy, the sta­bi­lity comes from having a goal in mind, right?
    I like this thread because it has uni­ver­sal impli­ca­tions.
    Far out!

  8. Rockster says:
    January 14, 2005 at 1:16 AM

    Too easy Hugh.
    Too, what I call, “cock­tail party deep.“
    And… too linear.
    Can a con­ver­sa­tion get dum­ber in order to get smar­ter? (Let’s try [insert stu­pid ass idea here]!)
    Can a busi­ness die in order to grow? Or be dying and gro­wing at the same time?
    These are *not* incon­se­quen­tial ques­tions, and sim­plis­tic atti­tu­des like: if you’re not gro­win’ you’re dyin’ can lead to HORRIBLE busi­ness deci­sions.
    Check this article on Obli­quity by John Kay… http://johnkay.com/strategy/317 to get a more elo­quent sta­te­ment of what I’m trying to say.

  9. Broadband and Me says:
    January 14, 2005 at 9:18 AM

    there is no hori­zon­tal option

    there is no hori­zon­tal option Hugh at Gaping­void being his usually pithy self: A busi­ness is either gro­wing, or it’s dying. The con­ver­sa­tion is either geting smar­ter, or get­ting dum­ber. There is no Hori­zon­tal Option. [UPDATE:] Just added this post…