Built to Last: The Secret Habit of Enduring Companies

What truly separates enduring institutions from short-lived corporate flashes? In Built to Last, Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras bust the myth of the visionary leader and the singular breakthrough idea. Analyzing 18 legendary companies over six decades, the research proves that enduring success comes from clock building, not time telling. Instead of relying on charismatic figureheads, visionary organizations construct an underlying architecture that preserves a non-negotiable core purpose while ruthlessly mutating their operational practices to drive continuous progress. From Hewlett-Packard's garage beginnings to Satya Nadella's dramatic cultural turnaround at Microsoft, this episode breaks down how to design an enterprise that outlives its founders. Stop managing for quarterly sprints and start engineering generational momentum. Put these architectural frameworks to work in your daily leadership routines using the interactive tools in the Momentum app, and pick up the original book Built to Last for the complete empirical masterclass. ——— 📈 Momentum — 5-minute summaries of the world's best business & leadership books. 🔔 Subscribe for daily insights. 📲 Practice the ideas every day in the LeadRight app — https://getleadright.com/?from=youtub... 🎧 Also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts — https://momentum.fm