Quebrar as regras do jogo

Um pouco de filosofia com estratégia em "Understanding and breaking the rules of business: Toward a systematic four-step process" de Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, Nils Bickhoff e Thomas Bieger publicado em Business Horizons (2006) 49, 369-377.
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Se queremos dar saltos, autênticos deltas de Dirac, na produtividade, temos de apostar na diferenciação, no posicionamento competitivo, na renovação estratégica. Ou seja, há que quebrar as regras do jogo existente e forjar novas regras antes dos outros.
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"Breaking rules creates opportunities, but also increases the risks."
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"Rules and laws are, in other words, only of a temporary nature. It follows, then, that we should see it almost as a sporting challenge to consider whether supposed rules and laws might not, in fact, be broken. The obvious consequence would be the creation of a new scientific status quo, against which still others would, in turn, test their mental agility."
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"Management activity, too, always derives from certain attitudes and mindsets that we often hold in common with the people with whom we work. To borrow a term from the realms of psychology, these attitudes are bcognitive mapsQ that give us direction, that we depend on to find our way in a complex world of infinitely varied information."
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"We live within paradigms, and it takes tremendous energy to break out of those paradigms and
redraw cognitive maps."
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""Rules" also have much in common with the economic doctrine of equilibrium, which teaches us to always bear in mind the possibility that competitive advantages can be eroded. Competitive advantages are nothing other than deviations from a state of perfect competition, and are the cause of dominant market positions that are associated with higher profits.
These higher profits, however, attract fresh competition such that initial advantages are quickly evened out."
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"The trouble with strategies and business models is that, in fast-moving markets, they have to be changed very frequently"
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"From the strategic process perspective, the crucial factor is to select and bundle the strategic
initiatives that emerge throughout the enterprise.
It is important to know the rules of the business; however, it is equally important to try out departures from these rules in order to set oneself apart from rivals and secure competitive advantages. As mentioned previously, such advantages can often only be exploited for a short period of time, as competitors inevitably catch up."
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"Rules are not normally broken "out of the blue." Indeed, finding the right rule-breaking strategy is a complex activity that will always be fraught with a measure of uncertainty. Precisely because the success (or failure) of a strategy may only become apparent in the long run, most risk-averse decision-makers try to avoid breaking the ground rules that prevail in their industry, preferring instead to toe the line."