The Wide Lens: What Successful Innovators See That Others Miss

How can great companies do everything right—identify real customer needs, deliver excellent innovations, beat their competitors to market—and still fail?

The truth is that many companies fail because they focus too intensely on their own innovations, while neglecting the ecosystems on which their success depends. In our increasingly interdependent world, winning requires more than just delivering on your own promises. It means ensuring that a host of partners—some visible, some hidden—delive...