The results can be catastrophic. Even though there’s a psychological barrier to do so, stealing ideas from competitors is necessary. e.g In the late 80s-90s, Future publishing, a competitor to Dennis Publishing in the UK, started to put a playable electronic game with each magazine. Felix Dennis had no interest in paying huge fees to Sony or Sega to include their games with Dennis’s magazine. And so the team at Dennis did the Ostrich and kept their traditional way of doing things in the video games magazines. Future publishing started to get traction and sell more than Dennis in the … Continue reading The error of failing to emulate a winning idea pervades every industry at all levels.