A wise fox learns the ways of the hedgehog…

The Hedgehog and The Fox, you know that the hedgehog revolves around one known truth, and the fox around many. The hedgehog is focused, and strategizes around that “one thing”, while the agile fox uses multiple strategies, many time uncoordinated and unrelated.

Hedgehog Concept, for their companies. Those who led the comparison companies, tended to be foxes, never gaining the clarifying advantage, of a Hedgehog Concept, being instead, scattered, diffused, and inconsistent.”

In other words, focusing on one thing that you do best, that you are passionate about, gives you a strong competitive advantage against the fox in business. The hedgehog constantly sees victory in business over the fox because they drive their business around that focus.

Collins asks these three questions to help you find your focus: