Comments on: there is no horizontal option http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Broadband and Me http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/#comment-3659 Broadband and Me Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:18:45 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1175#comment-3659 <strong>there is no horizontal option</strong> 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... 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…

]]> By: Rockster http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/#comment-3658 Rockster Fri, 14 Jan 2005 08:16:11 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1175#comment-3658 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... <a href="http://johnkay.com/strategy/317" rel="nofollow">http://johnkay.com/strategy/317</a> to get a more eloquent statement of what I'm trying to say. 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.

]]> By: mamagiggle http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/#comment-3657 mamagiggle Fri, 14 Jan 2005 02:15:55 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1175#comment-3657 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! 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!

]]> By: Darryl http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/#comment-3656 Darryl Fri, 14 Jan 2005 02:04:49 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1175#comment-3656 You can be stable and consistant but still grow. You can be stable and consistant but still grow.

]]> By: Anand http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/#comment-3655 Anand Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:43:14 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1175#comment-3655 wat happened to stability and consistency? no longer a necessity? wat happened to stability and consistency? no longer a necessity?

]]> By: phillip torrone http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/#comment-3654 phillip torrone Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:06:29 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1175#comment-3654 growth = mass x acceleration... cheers, pt growth = mass x acceleration…
cheers,
pt

]]> By: mamagiggle http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/#comment-3653 mamagiggle Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:19:36 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1175#comment-3653 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! 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!

]]> By: hugh macleod http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/#comment-3652 hugh macleod Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:00:21 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1175#comment-3652 Every company has their own definition... Every company has their own definition…

]]> By: JC Latournerie http://gapingvoid.com/2005/01/13/there-is-no-horizontal-option/#comment-3651 JC Latournerie Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:54:06 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1175#comment-3651 OK. What's growth ? Growth = more or Growth = better / smarter ?? OK. What’s growth ?
Growth = more or Growth = better / smarter ??

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