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The New Game Or Is It? Asset Orchestration

Paul Hobcraft

They might be operating at the two ends of the current internet trading spectrum and are coming from different market maturity positions but it is the asset management that is becoming critical for delivering the profit or dragging performance. Shaping new boundaries. Here is my adapted visual and opens up my thinking even further.

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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

However, by developing an innovation strategy that anticipates a downturn, you can help your enterprise weather the storm and even uncover lucrative ways to gain a competitive edge. It’s estimated that a loss of more than $2 trillion in world-wide economic growth occurred between the second quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009.

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IDEA 2008

Boxes and Arrows

Where work processes have become so involved, and so digitized, that we need new processes to manage those processes. 37signals’ products do less than the competition—intentionally. Where physical spaces are so complex that detailed wayfinding is necessary to navigate them. account: iTunes Del.icio.us

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When tough times are ahead, you should double down on innovation

Idea to Value

For example, during the 2008-09 financial crisis, most companies cut their technology budgets by 20-30%. I recently heard of a large organization that managed to save huge amounts of money simply by switching to a less expensive brand of toilet paper in all of their hundreds of locations.

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The Travel & Hospitality Industry is Being Disrupted, Again.

Leapfrogging

The “travel-tech” sector has attracted over $19B+ since 2008. Some of these start-ups are fast becoming the next big thing: TripActions : TripActions is a corporate travel management company which recently raised $154 million in VC funding at a $1 billion valuation. So what are the big bang disrupters on the horizon?

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Covering Innovation My Way

Paul Hobcraft

I have two established businesses, one started in 2000 and one in 2008. I thought I’d outline the six here in this post as the sum of the parts that contributes to the whole. They are distinct in what they provide as services. It covers many of the adjacency’s on innovation. I continue to shape and evolve it as it does me.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

This dichotomy delivered by the financial pressure is unfortunately pushing many leaders and top managers towards suboptimal decisions that tend to focus more on survival and not enough on investing in the future. Competitive Advantage In all circumstances, leaders will and should have strategic priorities on top of their minds.

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