Good To Great Flywheel Views
One of my favorite principles that Jim outlines in this book is the principle of the Flywheel. When companies make the leap from good to great, analysts and newspapers go crazy and wonder what big thing that they did to make their company great. The reality is that it took a lot of work and buildup over time.
All of the good to great companies had level 5 leadership, and had done things right. They had the right people on board, and had confronted the brutal facts. They had found the one thing that they could be the best at, that they were passionate about, and that drove their economic engine. In other words they had embraced the hedgehog concept. They had a culture of discipline, and used technology to accelerate their business, although technology wasna’t their driving force. All of these elements together were the constant pushes that they made the flywheel turn.
Jimmy, Your Flywheel animation is exactly what I ’ve been looking for! Ik’ve been scanning the internet to at least find a useable graphic to use to describe the flywheel concept but yours is perfect! I was wondering if I would be able to get a copy of it to use. Our organization is in the middle of a fundamental change to our direction and many of our leadership team have taken the principles of Good to Great and are attempting to now apply them in our new world. Please advise if and how I could use your animiation. Thanks! Jen
This illustration of one of the key elements of companies that went from being good to great by Jim Collins is one of my favorite pictures of what it takes for an organization to be successful. Persistence is often overlooked and underestimated in today#’s world of instant gratification. Our current culture is enamored by the stories of what appears to be overnight successes. When you take a look at the story behind these successes you often see that many years of persistence account for the successful building of a great organization.
Good To Great Flywheel Images
