Concepts

A full list of the Case Library’s concept sequences, carefully designed by Commoncog’s case team.

Pick a concept sequence that interests you, and aim to read at least 10 of those cases to calibrate your understanding of the concept.

As you read, compare and contrast: what are some surprising similarities between cases? What are some surprising dissimilarities?

All Concepts

Navigating Disruptive Shifts

12 cases

How businesses and businesspeople deal with disruptive shifts — where something they believed to be true, or that they had built their business around, changes at a fundamental level.

The Capital Cycle

14 cases

Cases of companies navigating the capital cycle: whether successfully, or not.

Technological Windows

11 cases

The dominant concept that drives competition in consumer technology.

Counter-Positioning

15 cases

A collection of cases on counter-positioning as a competitive advantage.

Branding

9 cases

Branding is one of the hardest competitive moats to build, and one of the most powerful.

Managing Employee Culture

9 cases

Cases of companies building or managing effective employee culture, for the purpose of effective organisational behaviour.

Idea Maze

30 cases

What it's like in the search for product market fit, at the very earliest stages of a product.

Turnarounds

9 cases

Cases of companies going through turnarounds — either successfully or no.

Incentive Design

15 cases

How entities — companies, firms, protocols — design effective incentives to accomplish effective goals.