Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Explain how the principles outlined in Built to Last be applied to contemporary business challenges and evolving trends in corporate leadership.

Explain how three companies embraced the “genius of the and” (43). Compare them to three companies who followed the “tyranny of the or” (43). How are they fundamentally different? What qualities allowed companies to follow the and rather than be restricted by the or?

Pick three companies you believe could be added to the list of visionary companies. What qualities make them visionary? What is their core ideology? How do they preserve the core and stimulate progress?