Jim Stroup is considering the famous fox and the hedgehog contrast and notes that the hedgehog isn't the unqualified success that some suppose. An excerpt:
Some of the world’s most spectacularly successful entrepreneurs are used to illustrate the irresistible force of a passionately-held idea, inspiring enthusiastic followership among investors, employees, venders, and consumers alike. You can easily recognize in this many of the most cherished elements coveted by modern leadership gurus.
Unfortunately, it is greatly - even dangerously -misleading. There are two serious problems.
First, the moral is based on “studies” of only the successful hedgehogs. The sad truth is that for every one of those, there are countless others who doggedly drive their dreams - and their followers - right into the ground. Single-minded focus of this sort may inspire our admiration and best wishes for its “damn-the-torpedoes” commitment and daring, but absent any input from the fox, it usually becomes increasingly divorced from reality.
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