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Though this isn’t always the case, I have noticed a frequently repeated script for how an incumbent reacts to a CP challenge. I whimsically refer to it as the Five Stages of Counter-Positioning: Denial Ridicule Fear Anger Capitulation (frequently too late)
The point is that power dynamics are not simple or static. It’s really never that person X is more powerful than you, period. It’s that person X is more powerful under these specific circumstances, with respect to these particular issues, at this point in time. And that is when he or she will be wearing the power lens.
No One Understands You and What to Do About It
Heidi Halvorson
This… is not that much better. A more factual description would be “Snap Inc. is a bundle of messaging and entertainment services primarily delivered through an app.” However, the inaccuracy benefits the company by allowing them to spin a narrative of grand ambitions and experimentation (and justify fat compensation packages).
Snap’s Probably Screwed
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