The Business Trendsetter Podcast

Intel’s Collapse – The Takeaways

Episode Summary

Intel's decline from semiconductor leader to struggling company amid significant sales and profit drops, the takeaways.

Episode Notes

Intel was once the leader in semiconductors by a huge margin.  They were half of the “wintel” platform that was the PC business for over 20 years.  But now, Intel is on hard times.  Sales are down over 30%, profits are down (losses in semiconductors), and plans are to lay off 15K employees while discontinuing the dividend.

This podcast delves into what went wrong with the innovation engine at Intel.  How things changed, and Nvidia, AMD and TSMC took the  lead, while Intel’s ability to catch up looks bleak.  Mismanaging the innovation process can have a huge impact on any company, from industry leaders to small players – as we profile the death march at Walgreens and the politics that often gets in the way of innovation.

Thinking points:

• Are you keeping innovation at the forefront of your efforts to grow?
• Are you investing in innovation, rather than just investing in defending & extending what you’ve historically done?
• Are your innovation investments focused on efficiency improvements rather than new products/services and possible disruptive market breakthroughs?