Let's start with the basics of Nth degree strategy analysis concerning the Internet, and pick some areas where you want to have an advantage. Since almost everyone knows something about the Walt Disney Company and its theme parks, let's assume that the theme parks division of Disney is doing this exercise.
A good place to start is to consider what your enterprise is already doing well. The...
Estimates of the Internet's future size and impact vary widely. Let's simply multiply the Internet's influence is today by a large factor in order to describe circumstances that could not happen for many years (and may not happen at all).
Let's assume that 5 billion people at some point have easy, free access to the Internet. We'll also assume that every single computer on the planet can...
What's all the fuss about the Internet? Many people see the Internet replacing almost everything else. Others see the Internet as a distribution channel that supplements everything else in a small way. Others see the Internet as simply a free way to communicate. For our strategy purposes, however, we need to know if the Internet is an irresistible force or not.
Let's begin by considering the...
An irresistible force that creates stumbles for many is viewing one's life solely through the perspective of one's current chronological age. Ask yourself: Do you want to have wonderful experiences, or only age-stereotyped ones?
The psychology of human experience for most of us is heavily influenced by one's age. What you thought important as a teenager will differ greatly from the...
"There's something thrilling about the internet."
-- Brian Eno (rock musician)
This article shows some ways of using ideal best practice thinking for analyzing how your organization should relate to the Internet. You will find this article primarily helpful as an exercise in applying some elements of ideal best practice identification.
A Map Is Useful in a Maze
Irresistible force...
One of your greatest contributions to yourself and your family is to serve as a role model of how to locate, anticipate, and adapt to irresistible forces. You'll help yourself by becoming better in this area. You'll also help yourself by providing a valuable example to others you care about. This role will provide pride and joy in their progress, as well as the ability to enjoy practical...
"The life which is unexamined is not worth living."
--Plato
Irresistible forces affect your personal life as well as the lives of your family's members and, indeed, the lives of everyone with whom you come in contact. As examples to spur your thinking, consider the following things that are especially apt to be influenced by irresistible forces:
-Sources of frustration and anger
-Time...
Choosing a career is one of the key ways that you select which irresistible forces you will be subject to, and what resources you will have available as you do. Like analyzing the circumstances to choose which irresistible forces can provide the most benefit to your organization, you should use similar analytical thinking in choosing a profession.
You can thrive if you have work that has...
Irresistible forces are strong trends, influences, and factors outside your control that have a large influence on your effectiveness. Examples include demographics (such as low birth rates in developed countries), new technology, changes in government policies, weather, and shifts in customer tastes.
Most people just try to ignore those forces. A smarter approach is to anticipate the...
Your initial use of the irresistible force management process will probably find you looking in all the usual places, which will limit your ability to anticipate new irresistible forces and changes in existing ones. By looking in more unusual places, your insights into exponential success will grow much more rapidly. You learn less by only reexamining the ground you covered in your first uses...
