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Step One: RECOGNIZE whether a power play is happening to you. Go back to the section of this book “How Can I Recognize A Power Play?”
How indeed does an airplane stop? In fact, we currently manage it by a kludge that is one of the least satisfactory parts of our flying technology: The airplane descends to the ground at flying speed, and only slows down after it has rolled along a lengthy runway. If it were not for this necessity, any airplane would be a perfectly usable flying car.
Where Is My Flying Car?
J. Storrs Hall
However, there’s a danger here. The greater the change, the more chance for serious unintended consequences. Founders and CEOs must appreciate the first-, second-, and third-order possibilities of the transformation they’re driving. They have to assume responsibility for the impact of their innovations. Otherwise, good intentions can lead to worse—or different—problems, which can spell disaster for the company.
Intended Consequences
Hemant Taneja and Kevin Maney
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