Did Xerox Invent Its Own Downfall?A copier company created the modern computer.
From the show
The Logic GlitchA company's identity can be its biggest liability. In the 1970s, Xerox PARC invented the technologies that define modern computing. But executives, seeing themselves only as a copier business, failed to capitalize on their own groundbreaking work. This monumental blind spot allowed Apple to adopt these innovations and change the world. The story of Xerox is a powerful warning about how our own assumptions can be the biggest obstacle to our greatest breakthroughs.
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