Talent doesn’t always win. Four years ago Spain captured their first world cup title. Folks were expecting them to do it again this World Cup. With some of the best players in the world and a large part of the rosters of highly acclaimed Real Madrid and Barcelona, people predicted Spain would make another deep run. However, they didn’t. They exited after an embarrassing loss to the Netherlands and two lackluster efforts to follow. England and Italy, two other nations with lengthy resumes made similar exits while making way for smaller less talented teams to advance.These early exits serve as an important reminder for businesses: Talent alone doesn’t guarantee success. It takes more with things such as effort, innovation and strategy immediately coming to mind.

天賦不代表勝利。四年前西班牙第一次獲得世界杯冠軍，很多人期待他們能夠衛(wèi)冕成功。西班牙隊擁有世界上最好的球員，還包括皇家馬德里和巴塞羅那陣容中的一大批主力，所以人們預測西班牙可以再一次獲得佳績。但是他們沒有，在經歷慘敗荷蘭和另外兩場平淡的比賽之后被淘汰出局。同樣擁有華麗陣容的英格蘭和意大利也被天賦上不及自己的球隊所淘汰。這些失利對企業(yè)是很重要的警示：僅僅有天賦不能保證成功。還需要努力，創(chuàng)新和敏捷的思維策略。