From the course: Dream Teams: Working Together without Falling Apart (Blinkist Summary)

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Don’t get stuck in old ways

Don’t get stuck in old ways

From the course: Dream Teams: Working Together without Falling Apart (Blinkist Summary)

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Don’t get stuck in old ways

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- [Narrator] Blink number four. When a team is stuck in its old ways, fresh blood, ideas, and opinions can kickstart it into action. It has become fairly common in business circles to quote the adage, "Don't change a winning team." On the surface, it may make a lot of sense. But teams that have achieved success in the past often get stuck in their ways. That's because whenever a team has been successful before, the tendency is to keep soldiering on in the exact same way. Innovation quickly becomes stagnation. Take the example of a company we'll call G-Corp. In the 1980s, it struck gold. It invented the successful Blister Cushion. Essentially, it was a bandage that released medication into a blister over a given time period. But after this initial success, the company's sales started to decline. Its fresh ideas weren't nearly as good as the Blister Cushion. It failed to attract new customers. They were therefore forced…

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