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Growth makes management easier. In particular, it makes making labor concessions seem easy. It's when growth stops because you're being disrupted that managing becomes really, really hard, and as a result, most disrupted companies simply disappear.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Growth simplifies management and labor negotiations, while disruption challenges a company's survival.
This quote emphasizes the importance of consistent growth for organizations, suggesting that management and labor negotiations are more manageable when a company is thriving. However, when growth stalls due to disruption, the challenges intensify, often leading to the downfall of companies that cannot adapt to changing circumstances.
Themes
GrowthManagementDisruptionCompaniesSurvivalLaborChallenges
In practice
Example use cases
In a corporate meeting discussing strategies, one might say, 'As Christensen pointed out, growth makes management easier during labor negotiations.'
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