SpaceX: A First Principles Company
SpaceX is using first principles to lower costs to launch rockets into space with the end goal of making human life multi-planetary.
Submissions
Figure Skating in Russia: the Operations Behind Athletic Prowess
Effective operations management – key to success in Russian figure skating
Joining the Club: How Lending Club’s Improved Borrowing Experience Drives Company Performance
To what extent do operations drive the growth of a fast-growing fintech company?
Stitch Fix – Driving Retail Profits with Data Analytics and Mass Customization
Stitch Fix has innovated upon the retail business and is attempting to escape from fast fashion operating problems by using data analytics to offer personal service to customers and real-time feedback to designers.
REI: Helping Consumers Explore the Outdoors
REI has become the largest Outdoor Specialty Retailer, built on an old school cooperative business model.
Whole Foods or Whole Check?
Whole Foods offers natural, organic products and a fun customer experience but with high prices and new competition, is it sustainable?
Warby Parker: Disruption on the back of a revolutionary vision, mission and culture
Prior to 2010, a basic designer pair of eyeglasses probably set you back at least $200-$300. The optical industry was dominated by Luxottica, which enjoyed near monopoly status in the market with over 80% market share and was able to […]
The rebirth of an iconic American manufacturer
From corporate execs to hipsters: How an American fashion icon reinvented itself
John Lewis: Would you leave your company to the workers?
John Lewis the UK's favourite retailer with sustained profitable growth and untouchable customer loyalty and advocacy. What is the secret to their success? They are a workers' co-operative, owned and operated for the benefit of their employees.
Guidewire Software – Sexy and They Know It
Introduction Core systems insurance software for the property & casualty (P&C) industry isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of sexy disruptive technologies. For the 99% of us that fall into that group, let me introduce […]