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What you can learn from history about innovating during a crisis

Board of Innovation

The companies that grew the most during the 2008 financial crisis were those that invested in innovation. Here are some of our suggestions for your strategy based on information from previous crises. The post What you can learn from history about innovating during a crisis appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Microsoft buys LinkedIn – Smart move or Dumb move?

Destination Innovation

In 2008 in another attempt to take on Google Microsoft offered $45B for Yahoo. But despite some successes the question remains; why do companies keep acquiring when the evidence shows that the strategy generally does not work? This disaster followed Ballmer’s purchase of aQuantive for $6B in 2007.

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IDEA 2008: An Interview with David Armano

Boxes and Arrows

As IDEA 2008 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. While I appreciated all sorts of design and the strategies that drive it, I’m really jazzed about the things I see happening in the digital space. At one point in my career, I aspired to be an illustrator.

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Creating 21st Century Transformational Learning

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack I was privileged to attend one of the first Theory U; Presencing Leadership for Profound Innovation and Change Workshops presented by the Sloane School of Management, in Boston in 2008. This means that I have … Continue reading →

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How to Manage Complexity in Strategy

Cascade Strategy

Next thing you know, the recession in 2008 rolls around and your revenue gets cut in half… Is your thorough strategic plan with all its detailed projects and goals still viable? The thing is, there isn’t always a definitive solution, rather, some problems require continuous management.

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The New Game Or Is It? Asset Orchestration

Paul Hobcraft

This includes mobilizing , offering a clear plan or vision of needed capabilities, coordinating for ways to integrate these necessary capabilities and finally, deploying to achieve a resource advantage (or gain) that promotes market opportunities and instills more entrepreneurial strategies to exploit new resource configurations.

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The Travel & Hospitality Industry is Being Disrupted, Again.

Leapfrogging

The “travel-tech” sector has attracted over $19B+ since 2008. He has been recognized by the Thinkers50 as one of the world’s top keynote speakers and thought leaders in business strategy and innovation.