History gave us long list of names of characters who were strong in their time but whose downfall and weakness is found in just paying attention to a small detail or a flaw in them. Nobody is absolutely invincible from angle of strength. Every individual that walks the earth has a part of him which can humble him when exposed.
Ironically it is from the angle of weakness that the crowned victors often found the winning formula to defeat the strong.
When David was confronting Goliath, he was a dwarf compared to the giant Goliath. He was insignificant in eyes of others except for himself and those who believed in him. Armed with stones and catapult with special skills in how to make use of them; he confronted his Goliath and defeated him from his angle of weakness. Stone and catapult are common and often used by children to hunt birds and sometimes for plays. It was not often you see people deployed them as a serious weapon of war. But it delivered!
Whatever you have that is seen as weakness, is not really a determinant of your actual weakness but rather, how you use it, and the surprise awaiting your giant that will dictate the last word before Victor is declared in the arena. In the same way, just having strength is no longer the basis for victory. The opponent can exploit your weakness when you are not paying attention.
In corporate world, many companies that has been been declared great and invincible have been reported to have fallen.
Nokia was a giant of it time and controlled the largest part of the market . Innovations, albeit small as they appeared were emerging but those were deemed good for the smaller companies. Until Nokia woke up one day and discovered that the small companies have overtaken it and left it behind in world of corporate performance. While it had many patents that are still being in used today it is no longer a force in the sector.
Who would have thought Blackberry will go down so easily after its domineering exploits which saw its BBM took the world by storm and revolutionised how we communicate? Then the whatsapp came. The difference was in their weakness and Strength.
As Yahoo sparked a lot of innovations and led in the tech world, it eventually became a company that was dwarfed by the dwarfs in the field.
No company is too big to fall and no organisation is too strong to have weakness. In our world of adventure, we tend to place emphasis on strength. Whether you are going to work, or competing in sports, or commerce, or even war, often times what many do is to focus on their strength as the advantage that will see them through. They look at where they are better than their competitors and what was seen as comparative advantage, and then plot their victory map to connect to the finishing.
More often than not the one that upset them are one that target their weakness and threw them noff balance.
