Sentences with phrase «dictated by destiny»

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Until, of course, you remember the culture - induced myopia I described yesterday: Myerson still has the Ballmer-esque presumption that Microsoft controlled its own destiny and could have leveraged its assets (like Office) to win the smartphone market, ignoring that by virtue of being late Windows Phone was a product competing against ecosystems, which meant no consumer demand, which meant no developers, topped off by the arrogance to dictate to OEMs and carriers what they could and could not do to the phone, destroying any chance at leveraging distribution to get critical mass...

Partway through the campaign, Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns, published a report entitled «Destiny dictated by demography» (PDF) that should have given all parties pause.

When executing value - add deals, we control our own destiny and success is dictated by our ability to buy right, assess the opportunity, and execute our business plan.

Until, of course, you remember the culture - induced myopia I described yesterday: Myerson still has the Ballmer-esque presumption that Microsoft controlled its own destiny and could have leveraged its assets (like Office) to win the smartphone market, ignoring that by virtue of being late Windows Phone was a product competing against ecosystems, which meant no consumer demand, which meant no developers, topped off by the arrogance to dictate to OEMs and carriers what they could and could not do to the phone, destroying any chance at leveraging distribution to get critical mass...

We can not reconstruct our dreams for them by grabbing hold of their steering wheel and trying to dictate their destiny.