3.4 Dis-Economies of Scale

Principles describing openings that are created by the size of others.

Broken Windows: Microsoft & Dis-Economies of Scale

As a PC user, I found this recent story about Miscrosoft to be a perfect example of why Sun Tzu taught that size is not power. Companies such as Amazon and Apple have taken the lead in eBooks and tablet computing because of Microsoft has lost its unity and focus ([node:https://scienceofstrategy.org/main/content/strategic-principle-day-34-la... link]).

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Obama's First SOTU: The Power of Small Moves

Yesterday's State of the Union address clearly demonstrates one of the most basic, non-intuitive aspects of Sun Tzu's Warrior's Rules: that small moves are more powerful than larger ones ([node:content/strategic-principle-day-55-small-steps-are-more-certain-and-powerful link]). After President Obama spoke for 70 minutes on a wide variety of issue, what most people are talking about today is the two second response by Justice Alioto, shaking his head and mouthing "Not true."

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