Business paradigms

Raw material — Dan’s notes, 2026-09-13

Exploring and explaining some philosophical approaches that drive how the culture of corporations or groups are formed.

80/20 — 80% of your value comes from 20% of the volume of work that you do. It cuts across products, customers, projects, actual assignments.

One corporation I worked for did a 2x2 grid of customers and products. So from your 80% customers, what are the products that they bought for 80% of the revenue. That is your moat. The 20% product of the 80% customers was your Necessary evil. Then the 80% of the products of the 20% customers was Lower cost to serve or raise prices. Then I think the 20% of the 20% was cut out.

Servant Leadership.

7 Habits.

These are business philosophies I have encountered and wanted to spell out.