The overall sequence of concepts that takes an organisation from average to sustained great results.
Jim Collins's framework, from Good to Great, pp. 8 to 23.
Disciplined people
Level 5 Leadership and First Who, Then What.
Disciplined thought
Confront the Brutal Facts and the Hedgehog Concept.
Disciplined action
A Culture of Discipline and Technology Accelerators.
The flywheel
Wraps the whole sequence: buildup turn by turn until breakthrough.
From chapter: Chapter 1 - Good is the Enemy of Great, pp. 8–23
A McKinsey partner told Collins that Built to Last was useless because its companies were always great, which planted the question of whether a good company can become great. The team spent five years comparing eleven companies that made the leap against matched companies that did not. The chapter lays out the method, the surprises the data threw up (outside celebrity CEOs, pay, strategy, technology and mergers did not drive the leap) and previews the framework: disciplined people, disciplined thought, disciplined action, wrapped in the flywheel.
