Mature Stage Blindness
The inability of mature-stage organizations to recognize pioneer disruption because they evaluate threats using mature-stage metrics.
You don't get disrupted because you failed. You get disrupted because you succeeded - so completely that you optimized yourself for a world that no longer exists.
In ecological terms, mature communities optimized for current conditions often cannot recognize or respond to pioneer-type disruptions because they evaluate threats using mature-stage metrics like resource efficiency and competitive dominance rather than colonization ability and disturbance tolerance.
Business Application of Mature Stage Blindness
The inability of mature-stage organizations to recognize pioneer disruption because they evaluate threats using mature-stage metrics. Nokia dismissed iPhone because it failed on battery life and price while missing the platform shift. You get disrupted not because you failed but because you succeeded so completely that you optimized yourself for a world that no longer exists.