I always found quite lazy the view on how Kodak failed despite inventing itself digital photography and even accurately predicting the rise of this market. I'm not going to try and convince you their 1990s management team were visionaries, either. But there is a fine line in the middle, and most importantly, a hard truth we should face about innovation and strategy in real life.
๐ข In defense of Kodak...

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