Red Ocean
What is success in a Red Ocean Strategy?
Lowest cost product or Most different company
How does a Blue Ocean company see competition?
Irrelevant
What is the 4th bottom line?
Spirituality
According to Flynn what is sustainability?
What you leave behind.
What is The New School mascot?
Gnarls the Narwhal
Why do we call them Red Oceans?
Cut-throat competition in existing industries turns the ocean bloody red
Why do we call them Blue Oceans?
Unexplained by competition, Blue Oceans are vast, deep, and powerful.
Who is God of Commerce?
Hermes and Bes
What is a fork in the road moment?
The choice of what you do and don’t do. Process for creating new futures
How old is the New School?
99
Name a Red Ocean company and why they are Red
Every other company
Name the 2 ways to launch a Blue Ocean company?
Create new industry or push boundaries of current market
What is the symbol of the merchant priests?
Jaguar
What are the 2 boundaries of the Doughnut
Ecological celling and Social foundation
Marc Jacobs, Bradley Cooper, Etc.
Name a Red Ocean company and why they are Red
Every other company
Name a Blue Ocean company and why they are Blue
Nintendo, Ebay, Cirque du Soleil
List one of the Pharos who was pro merchant priests?
Queen Hatshepsut, Thutmose the 4th, Akhenaten
When are the 3 steps to behavior change?
Direct the rider, motivate the elephant, shape the path
What sport did Flynn play in college?
Soccer
What outcomes does Red Ocean strategy produce?
Zero-sum. Divides existing wealth between rival companies. As competition increases profit and growth declines.
What outcomes does Blue Ocean strategy produce?
Non-zero sum. Ample opportunity for growth.
Which of these was NOT a primary focus of merchant priests?
Emotional Alchemy, Cultivating Empathy, Sculpt emotional resonance, Balance consciousness, Creating the map of consciousness.
Creating the map of consciousness
What is an example of a reinforcing feedback loop?
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In 1948 who taught the first course in African American history and culture ever taught at a university?
W.E.B. Du Bois