{"id":43697,"date":"2026-02-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strtgy.design\/articles\/reverse-benchmarking-or-how-to-win-easily\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T09:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:51:30","slug":"reverse-benchmarking-or-how-to-win-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strtgy.design\/en\/strtgy-notes-en\/reverse-benchmarking-or-how-to-win-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverse benchmarking, or how to win easily"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-small-font-size\"><table class=\"has-background has-fixed-layout\" style=\"background-color:#fffac2;border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><tbody><tr><td>VERY SHORT<br\/> <strong>WORKSHOP WEEK begins today.<\/strong> At 2:00 PM we&#8217;ll be working on North Star Metric. <a href=\"https:\/\/buy.stripe.com\/7sY14m6U2dG9exH2C5bjW06?prefilled_promo_code=bundleww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tickets available.<\/a><br\/> <strong>Quick call<\/strong> to see if MAKE PROGRESS is right for you. <a href=\"https:\/\/strtgy.design\/ceo-to-ceo-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book now.<\/a><br\/> <strong>Demo + Bonus<\/strong> still available. <a href=\"https:\/\/strtgy.design\/op\/diventa-okr-coach-qualificato\/#Richiedi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch now.<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized has-custom-border is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/strtgy.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ALV_3017-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43633\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:8px;border-top-right-radius:8px;border-bottom-left-radius:8px;border-bottom-right-radius:8px;aspect-ratio:0.6660182843804707;width:421px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strtgy.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ALV_3017-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/strtgy.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ALV_3017-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/strtgy.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ALV_3017-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/strtgy.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ALV_3017-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/strtgy.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ALV_3017-600x901.jpg 600w, https:\/\/strtgy.design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ALV_3017.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This wine bar in Nice has a secret underground cellar, where guests can step out to retrieve special bottles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><em>\u201cNo one who has ever changed the rules of the game has done so with reason.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Will Guidara, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4buzo5N\">Unreasonable Hospitality<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not the fault of competitors who lower prices.<\/p>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not the algorithm that changes.<\/p>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not even the customer who asks for the discount.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s your strategy that&#8217;s unsustainable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The ability to stay focused on a single thing for long enough has become rare.<\/p>\n\n<p>But often it&#8217;s not our attention&#8217;s fault.<\/p>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the fault of strategies that <em>cost more than they yield<\/em> .<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You&#8217;re looking for your uniqueness in the wrong place.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>We try to be better than others at things that cost everyone a lot.<\/p>\n\n<p>More marketing, more content, more features, more everything.<\/p>\n\n<p>But if it costs you a lot, it also costs your competitors a lot.<\/p>\n\n<p>And it becomes a war of attrition that no one can win.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You can win an impossible race<\/h2>\n\n<p>Teams working with MAKE PROGRESS\u00ae internalize this concept:<\/p>\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Sustainable superiority is something that distinguishes the company from competitors, that does not involve additional costs for them, and that competitors cannot or will not copy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>It&#8217;s something you can do for so long that it&#8217;s easier to win because competitors will destroy themselves.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>It becomes so much a part of you that it would cost you more to stop.<\/strong>  It&#8217;s not just that &#8220;it&#8217;s cheap to make.&#8221; It&#8217;s that after a while, it becomes your identity. And changing your identity is very expensive.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s not just adding, it&#8217;s also taking away.<\/strong>  You become very good at eliminating what your customers don&#8217;t value. While competitors continue to add complexity, you subtract. And simplicity scales.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Competitors can&#8217;t or won&#8217;t copy you.<\/strong> Sometimes they could, but they don&#8217;t <em>want to<\/em> . Because it&#8217;s too off-brand for them. Too far from their history. And that gives you a head start.   <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>The question becomes: <strong>how do I find this sustainable \u201cedge\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Think the unthinkable<\/h2>\n\n<p>One of the books that has fascinated me most in recent years is <em>Unreasonable Hospitality<\/em> by Will Guidara ( <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4buzo5N\">Italian<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46shZXR\">English<\/a> ).<\/p>\n\n<p>Guidara is the former co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, the New York restaurant he led to become the #1 in the world in 2017 (World&#8217;s 50 Best Restaurants) and to earn 3 Michelin stars.<\/p>\n\n<p>Why am I talking about a book about hospitality? Because <strong>every business is a hospitality business.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p>I also talked about it in <a href=\"https:\/\/strtgy.design\/en\/strtgy-notes-en\/exceeding-expectations-differentiation-strategies-through-customer-experience\/\">newsletter #186<\/a> , where I collected the strategies for differentiation through customer experience: how to exceed expectations, personalize every interaction, and why small gestures create a big impact. If you haven&#8217;t read it, catch up.<\/p>\n\n<p>Every time a customer enters your world\u2014be it a website, an app, an office, or a call\u2014you&#8217;re hosting them. You&#8217;re giving them an experience in your space. And that experience determines whether they&#8217;ll return or not.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The book is powerful because it doesn&#8217;t (just) talk about catering.  <strong>It&#8217;s about creating experiences people won&#8217;t forget.<\/strong>  And how to do it sustainably.<\/p>\n\n<p>But today I want to talk to you about a different concept, which I discovered while rereading the book.<\/p>\n\n<p>The concept is the <em>&#8220;reverse benchmark&#8221;<\/em> .<\/p>\n\n<p>We usually look at competitors to copy what they do well.<\/p>\n\n<p>Guidara suggests the opposite: <strong>look at what they do poorly (or don&#8217;t do at all) and go all-in on that (if you&#8217;re good at it).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>It seems counterintuitive. But if your competitors ignore a detail because it&#8217;s &#8220;hard&#8221; or &#8220;doesn&#8217;t scale,&#8221; and you build a system around it, magic happens. <\/p>\n\n<p>You can pay so much attention to that detail that everything you do immediately becomes of enormous quality.<\/p>\n\n<p>When Guidara decided to eliminate the classic &#8220;no&#8221;s of luxury dining and serve a street-style hot dog on a 3-Michelin-star plate, he found his uniqueness.<\/p>\n\n<p>It was cheap (a hot dog).<\/p>\n\n<p>It was differentiating (nobody did it).<\/p>\n\n<p>It was sustainable (they could do it forever).<\/p>\n\n<p>This is the best way to find your sustainable uniqueness.<\/p>\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t try to be better everywhere.<\/p>\n\n<p>Look for where others are lazy, distracted, or bored.<\/p>\n\n<p>And plant your flag there.<\/p>\n\n<p>Forever.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples of Reverse Benchmarking<\/h2>\n\n<p>See how the giants used the reverse benchmark to destroy the competition.<\/p>\n\n<p>They didn&#8217;t try to do what others were doing <em>better<\/em> . They looked at what others were doing <em>poorly<\/em> (often profiting from it) and did the opposite. <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Dyson vs. Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturers<\/h3>\n\n<p><em>What competitors were doing wrong:<\/em> Vacuum cleaner manufacturers made money by selling replacement bags. But the bags clogged, smelled bad, and caused the vacuum cleaner to lose power. Customers paid more for a product that performed worse.  <\/p>\n\n<p><em>The Reverse Benchmark:<\/em> Dyson eliminated bags. It invented cyclonic technology that never loses suction. It forgot the recurring revenue from bags to offer a product that always performs at its best.  <\/p>\n\n<p><em>Result:<\/em> Competitors couldn\u2019t copy it without destroying their consumables-based business model.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. IKEA vs. Traditional Furniture Manufacturers<\/h3>\n\n<p><em>What competitors were doing wrong:<\/em> Furniture manufacturers sold furniture either pre-assembled or with paid assembly. It was expensive, required complex deliveries, and the customer had no control. <\/p>\n\n<p><em>The Reverse Benchmark:<\/em> IKEA had its customers assemble furniture. What seemed like a flaw became an advantage: when you build something yourself, you add value to it. It&#8217;s called the &#8220;IKEA effect.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n<p><em>The result:<\/em> lower prices, simplified logistics, and customers who love their furniture because they put in the work.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Moxy Hotels vs. Traditional Hotel Chains<\/h3>\n\n<p><em>What competitors were doing wrong:<\/em> Hotels focused on large rooms and room service. It was expensive for them and their guests. But most guests only used their rooms to sleep.  <\/p>\n\n<p><em>The Reverse Benchmark:<\/em> Moxy has stripped down rooms to a bare minimum and transformed the lobby into a social hub: a bar, games, and 24\/7 workspaces. Check-in takes place at the bar counter. <\/p>\n\n<p><em>The result:<\/em> lower costs, more accessible prices, and an experience that business travelers and young people love. Traditional hotels can&#8217;t copy this without distorting their brand. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be strategically unreasonable<\/h2>\n\n<p>What is the one thing your competitors are neglecting that you could do better than anyone else, at next to no cost, for the next 10 years?<\/p>\n\n<p>Write to me, I&#8217;m curious.<\/p>\n\n<p>ALWAYS MAKE PROGRESS \u25cf\u2191<br\/>Antonio<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4:37 read \u2014 How to find the one thing your competitors can&#8217;t (or won&#8217;t) copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-strtgy-notes-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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