Adapt or Die - Why Your Business Won't Survive

I remember a certain case study from back in business school. The narrative revolved around one of the most successful slide rule companies Pickett & Eckel, Inc and how they were blindsided by a technological change. At their peak, they were one of the best producers of slide rules, an ancient technology for making calculation that you may have heard of. Anyone who job involved mathematics or engineering used a slide rule to improve accuracy and to increase the speed of calculations. In the 1960's, slide rules were the gold standard in computing...

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