There is no single design which fits all circumstances. In fact, the re-inventors we will be reading about in the future are already honing their skills at innovative business designs today. The authors then examine several smaller firms such as Madden Communications, Cardboard Box, Inc., and Clozaril Patient Management System. Appendix 1 provides a template that can be used to profile a company's business design and those of its competitors. Appendix 2 explains how a business design ultimately determines a company's market value.
Great managers are skilled at strategic pattern recognition.
Every industry is reshaped by patterns of strategic change that can drastically shift profit and power across the landscape. In chess, the player with the best skill at pattern recognition has a critical advantage. The metaphor is apt. Throughout the balance of Part I, the authors explain with compelling eloquence how pattern thinking can be applied to business strategy, why pattern recognition is becoming more important, the correlations between pattern thinking and leadership, and why understanding value proportionality and value migration may well determine the difference between success and failure. Throughout Profit Patterns, the co-authors pose and then answer key questions.