
If yes, then all you need is parity (you dont. If no, ask, do we need the technology at all?. If yes, then become pioneers in the application. Does the technology fit directly with the. The pioneering application of technology usuallyĬame late in the transition and never at the. Technology becomes important only after a companyĭiscover its Hedgehog Concept and after it. Technology as a Momentum Accelerator, not Creator Technology that would increase profit per Wells Fargo pioneered the application of. Satellite communications and computer networks Pitney Bowes pioneered the application of. Philip Morris pioneered the application of. Nucor pioneered the application of mini-mill. Kroger pioneered the application of bar code. Kimberly-Clark pioneered application of. Fannie Mae pioneered the application of. Point-of-sale and inventory-tracking technologies Circuit City pioneered the application of. Technology to increase profit per employee Abbott pioneered the application of computer. Good-to-great companies are pioneers in theĪpplication of their selected technologies. Technology is used as a tool to accelerate. Good-to-great companies think differently about. Great companies adapt and endure through. It figures out how to apply technology to aĬoherent concept that reflects understanding of A company will only become a great company if. Pioneered a computer network system (run) Walgreens then launched its Internet site and.
Internet to its inventory-and-distribution modelĪs well as its convenience concept (walk) Walgreens then found ways it could tie the.In light of new internet technology, Walgreensīegan by experimenting with a Web site (crawl).
Run Fully implement the new technology and.The new technology within the Hedgehog Concept Walk Find unique ways to utilize and implement.Crawl Experiment with the new technology andĭetermine if it fits into the Hedgehog Concept.Companies should respond to new technologies byįirst crawling, then walking, and finally running.