Knut Haanaes: Two reasons companies fail -- and how to avoid them
Knut Haanaes: Dva razloga propadanja poduzeća -- i kako ih izbjeći
Knut Haanaes believes that the secret to creating lasting, impactful companies is to find a balance between doing what you're good at and looking for new challenges to take on. Full bio
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kojih tvrtke propadaju:
solution to quality growth
rješenje pitanja rasta kvalitete
between two activities:
dviju aktivnosti:
mechanical calculators in the world.
mehaničke digitrone na svijetu.
the electronic calculator came along?
pojavili elektronski digitroni?
from maximum revenue ...
od maksimalnih prihoda...
electronic calculators in Japan
elektronske digitrone u Japanu,
their calculators.
učinkovitost svojih digitrona.
i s istraživanjem.
a European biotech company.
europskom biotehnološkom tvrtkom.
to diagnose, even cure,
dijagnosticirati, čak i liječiti,
creating something new.
"When we only get it right,"
"Kad napravimo to kako treba...",
and exploitation about 15 years ago,
iskorištavanju čuo prije 15-ak godina,
scholar at Stanford University.
na Stanfordskom Sveučilištu.
is its practicality.
coming up with what's new.
došlo do nečega novog.
who have done exploration:
koji su se bavili istraživanjem:
and they deserve to be.
i zaslužuju biti herojima.
the knowledge we have
se znanjima kojima raspolažemo
our trains run on time.
da nam vlakovi stižu na vrijeme;
faster and cheaper.
činimo bržima i jeftinijima.
iskorištavamo,
of the famous pop groups
poznatih pop-grupa
again and again,
jedne te iste pjesme,
or even pathetic.
staromodne ili patetične.
perspective, we explore.
dugoročno, istraživat ćemo.
perspective, we exploit.
more knowledge to exploit on.
znanja možemo iskorištavati.
by nature, less innovative
postaju sve manje inovativne
a big worry to CEOs.
za njihove vodeće direktore.
phrased in different ways.
and reinvent my company?"
i transformiram svoju tvrtku?"
before we become obsolete
prije no što nas vrijeme pregazi
od ovoga, teško je.
istodobno umjetnost je.
are able to effectively explore
and the benefits are huge.
because there are so many traps
but there are many.
the perpetual search trap.
or the persistence
we create something new.
mi idemo dalje i stvaramo novo.
but being frustrated.
ali istodobno i frustracija.
of effective reform of education,
učinkovita reforma obrazovanja,
provodimo razne reforme.
the future in their hands,
budućnost u svojim rukama,
at making what they loved doing,
onome što su voljeli raditi
it's difficult to change.
teško nam se mijenjati.
we cannot fail."
kako ne možemo pogriješiti."
and I think they apply to us.
get ahead of the crisis.
an insurance in the future.
have been content
they will always --
da uvijek i hoće,
whatever it takes."
pobijedit ćemo, pošto-poto."
of the company,
for only about 30 percent.
oko 30% vrijednosti.
on the same company --
tvrtku u 10-godišnjem razdoblju,
to renew account for 70 percent.
obnavljanja čine 70% vrijednosti.
and lead the long term.
i za dugoročno upravljanje.
and exploitation by ourselves.
is being open to be challenged,
izazovima obilježje sjajne tvrtke,
is to constructively challenge.
dobrog korporativnog odbora.
good parenting is about.
i dobrog roditeljstva.
sumnjičavi prema uspjehu.
at the old triumph marches in Rome,
trijumfalnih marševa u Rimu,
whispering in their ear,
imali pratitelja koji bi im šaptao:
and we need to be conscious.
that I think are useful.
mislim, korisna pitanja.
looking at your own company:
that the company is at the risk
vidite rizik da bi tvrtka
da biste izazvali reakciju?
češće trebao činiti?
what you already know,
ono što već znate,
is in the balance.
je ljepota u ravnoteži.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Knut Haanaes - StrategistKnut Haanaes believes that the secret to creating lasting, impactful companies is to find a balance between doing what you're good at and looking for new challenges to take on.
Why you should listen
What strategy traps repeatedly entice well-meaning companies? Sweet words that lure with a sense of promise and growth, but ultimately fail to deliver again and again? How do we balance exploration and exploitation without falling fully into either ditch?
Knut Haanaes is Dean of the Global Leadership Institute at the World Economic Forum and professor of strategy and international management at IMD, formerly senior partner and global leader of BCG's strategy practice. Through his work with clients, Haanaes has accumulated extensive experience in a number of industries on issues of strategy. He holds a Master's Degree in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics, a PhD in Strategy from the Copenhagen Business School and has been a visiting scholar at Scancor, Stanford University.
In 2015, together with Martin Reeves and Janmejaya Sinha from BCG, Haanaes published the book Your Strategy Needs a Strategy. The book has been translated into a number of languages.
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