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- The Double Envelopment at CannaeLet your centre buckle so your wings can swallow them.
- Nelson's Perpendicular Attack at TrafalgarBreak the rules of engagement to make the engagement on your terms.
- Netflix Cannibalising the DVD BusinessCannibalize yourself before someone else does.
- Intel Walks Away From MemoryIf we got fired, what would the new guy do? Then do it.
- Fleming's Contaminated Petri DishPay attention to the experiment that failed in the wrong direction.
- The Wright Brothers vs LangleySmall and iterative beats big and funded.
- ChernobylA safety test that switched off the safety.
- The Lodgepole PineSome seeds only open in the fire.
- De Bono's Six Thinking HatsWear one mode of thinking at a time, in turn, deliberately.
- The Fosbury FlopSolve the new problem the new surface gave you, and ignore the old technique.
- The Trojan HorseWin by getting them to carry you through the gate.
- Amundsen vs ScottHumble preparation beats heroic improvisation.
- Cortés Burns the ShipsDestroy your own retreat to end the debate.
- Sun Tzu: Win Without FightingSupreme excellence is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
- Tiny Speck's Internal Tool Becoming SlackSell the scaffolding, not the building.
- Honda's Super CubThe product you didn't mean to sell becomes the company.
- Photo 51The breakthrough belonged to whoever published first.
- The Challenger O-RingsThe engineers said no, overruled by the launch you couldn't delay.
- A Starling MurmurationA thousand turns, no one giving orders.
- The Mycelial NetworkThe visible mushroom is a fraction of the organism beneath.
- The Pre-MortemImagine the project has already failed. Now write the obituary.
- Moneyball: Oakland's Statistical EdgeBuy what the market under-prices, not what the market wants.
- Lincoln's Team of RivalsKeep your opponents inside the tent.
- Apollo 13Solve it with only what's already in the box.
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