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Number of words – 81<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Best Buy CEO applied what he calls the bicycle theory to the moribund company. \u201cIf you try to direct a bicycle at standstill, you fall. The key is to get moving,\u201d Joly says. \u201cYou learn about creating energy.\u201d Initially, he says, he wasn\u2019t much more clear about his plans than that, but executives later told him they got the message: \u201cIf we don\u2019t change, we are going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpted from an article on Best Buy in Bloomberg Business Week<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Number of words – 81 The Best Buy CEO applied what he calls the bicycle theory to the moribund company. \u201cIf you try to direct a bicycle at standstill, you fall. 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