{"id":23591,"date":"2022-10-02T17:26:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T15:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=23591"},"modified":"2022-10-03T06:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T04:29:05","slug":"why-great-businesses-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/10\/why-great-businesses-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Great Businesses Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts believe that when a successful company fails to deal with disruption, it might collapse. On the other hand, what sets companies like Amazon and Walmart apart from those that fail, is their ability to decide quickly. They do not let the slow process of decision-making kill innovation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the entire video that explains why great businesses fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Why Great Businesses Fail\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNLC7wbXEl0?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The video talks about the term &#8221;ideation&#8221;. 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