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James Collins
Athlete
Born:
Nov 5
,
1973
Answer
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Every
Life
People
You
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Be like Curious George, start with a question and look under the yellow hat to find what's there.
James Collins
Hat
Find
Like
Look
George
Question
Yellow
Curious
Start
The way you want to respond is to ask a question: Is this technology directly relevant to our hedgehog concept? If the answer is YES, then we want to become pioneers, not in the technology, but in the application of that technology specifically linked to our hedgehog concept.
James Collins
You
Technology
Become
Our
Way
Respond
Relevant
Directly
Concept
Answer
Question
Yes
Linked
Pioneers
Want
Hedgehog
Ask
Then
Specifically
Application
A magazine is simply a device to induce people to read advertising.
James Collins
People
Magazine
Simply
Device
Induce
Advertising
Read
If you can help other people understand those truths - and in my mind, the only way I know to do that is with large scale, multi-year research projects, where you start with a question and then very rigorously and comprehensively answer that question.
James Collins
You
People
Mind
Research
Other
Way
Projects
Those
Scale
Only
Know
Understand
Answer
Question
Very
Truths
Where
Then
Help
Large
Large-Scale
Start
The answer I have is, you know, there a lot of things you can try to build to last. And what we try to do in our work is to come up with ideas that will last. Ideas that will stand the test of time.
James Collins
Work
Time
You
Try
Will
Build
Our
Come
Ideas
Know
Answer
Test
Lot
Up
Stand
Things
Last
The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.
James Collins
People
Writing
First
Fact
Instead
Know
Most
Although
Began
In Fact
Process
Which
Sequel
Prequel
The point of that is, if you look at Walgreen's history, they've always been pioneers in the application of technology. They're the only drugstore chain that I know to have their own satellite.
James Collins
History
You
Technology
Own
Only
Point
Drugstore
Know
Look
Always
Been
Pioneers
Chain
Satellite
Application
There's no reason for Gillette to be world class on the web, but there's every reason for Gillette to be world class in producing billions of high powered razor blades at low cost.
James Collins
Class
World
Every
World-Class
High
Web
Cost
No Reason
Powered
Razor
Low
Low-Cost
Producing
Reason
Billions
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