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Building a large-scale business in developing countries is a formidable job. Many of the world's leading companies have succeeded by starting with a bold vision and using Repeatable Models® to achieve it.
In this podcast interview with Harvard Business Review, Chris Zook, co-author of Repeatability describes the authors' three-year research project to understand why some companies sustain profitable growth in the face of growing complexity, and the three design principles that define these outperforming companies.
Chris Zook discusses how profitable growth comes from simple, great repeatable models.
Nimble companies work with their front-line employees to create repeatable routines that foster continuous learning, improvement and adaptation.
Successful Repeatable Models®—which rely on clear concepts, differentiation and feedback systems—are the quiet rocket fuel for regional companies that are becoming strong global competitors.
The extinction of once-great companies is less often caused by technological or market evolution, and more often by self-inflicted wounds and slow cycles of decision and adaptation.
Repeatable models are directly relevant to Africa.
How much of your board or executives' time is devoted to discussing how to fight the future rather than embracing it?
How nonnegotiables fuel growth.
Why, as businesspeople, do we have so much difficulty understanding what makes a product or service really stand out?
The most successful leaders in the future will be those who can cut their distance to the front line through three key traits.
Viewing your company as running on "engine 1 and engine 2" can help you decide how much to invest in the current core business versus new markets and adjacent businesses.
Is it time to raise the pursuit of simplification to a higher level of importance?
A successful strategy must be translated into front-line activities. Simply put, it's about capturing the transformational power of routines.
Consumer products executives are confronting a bitter truth: conventional recipes traditionally used for profitable growth no longer are enough.
Chris Zook, Bain partner & author of Profit from the Core: a Return to Growth in Turbulent Times, offers insights on strengthening your core business.
Successful CEOs are self-disciplined, self-protective and even selfish.
Nine out of 10 companies find the secret to renewal is already within their walls.
How to know when your core business must change—and what to do next.
Seeking growth? Expand your core businesses into related markets. Then repeat.
Strategy is our core business. Learn how we can help your company.
The key is not to panic about big issues.
An argument for simplicity from the bestselling authors of Profit from the Core
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