“From Scale to Sclerosis”

Watching organisations grow and slow down is quite fascinating. This underlines the inevitable conclusion that like human beings, organisations too must grow and die. However, unlike human beings, organisations have the option of re-inventing themselves, getting acquired or acquiring others to increase their competitiveness and consequently their longevity. The skills needed at each phase of the organisation – from start-up through candidate for take over due to lack of profitability- are quite different. Indeed, the mind-set of CEOs need to be different during the different phases in the life of an organisation.

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