In Episode 20, we featured a discussion with Jim Collins about concepts in his book Great by Choice, and his mission to study and scientifically determine what makes some companies succeed while ...

Though it attracts its share of detractors, the evidence is beyond dispute: Amazon.com is one of the most extraordinary companies in business today, perhaps even the greatest of its time. The results ...

A flywheel is a simple concept you can apply to your business and personal life. In 2001, Jim Collins was invited to Amazon to talk about his just-released book, Good to Great. One of the things he ...

The same flywheel concept that has powered Amazon’s success can be used to explain U.S. Bancorp’s ability to outperform its peers. I've studied U.S. Bancorp over the years in an effort to figure out ...

Christoph Thetard has developed a mechanical flywheel drive to power a set of kitchen appliances for his Diploma in Product Design at Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. The kitchen machine, coffee ...

Since its May 1997 IPO, Amazon's stock has trounced many of the companies whose names also surface in discussions of long-run corporate excellence. Share-price performances largely reflect specific ...