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Collaborative Contracts and Competitive Bidding: Not Mutually Exclusive!

BPI Thought Leadership Commentary

Can collaboration and competition co-exist to create the best contract bidding relationships? In 2012, University of Tennessee researchers began studying how organizations use competitive bidding methods. The short answer is yes. Their findings?

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The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

The Detriments of a Command-and-Control Culture and the Power of Design Thinking In the competitive landscape of modern business, the approach we take to leadership can make or break an organization. Result: Kodak’s failure to innovate and adapt to digital technology ultimately led to bankruptcy in 2012.

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Are We Taking the “U” Out of UX?

Boxes and Arrows

Some excerpts: Work with the development team to follow a user-centered design approach as you work collaboratively to brainstorm and design innovative solutions to complex problems. Collaborate on paper and functional prototypes. Searches for ‘design thinking’, December 2012-June 2017 (Source: Google Trends).

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Innovate or Die: Open Innovation and 4 Key Measures to Stay Alive

Innovation Walk

Traditional companies have also started to deal with a new competition since the entry of fast-emerging businesses referred to as “startups“. In fact, the velocity of obsolescence , referred to the rate of speed at which a product or service and/or the competitive advantage of it will lose its value, has dramatically increased.

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Pivotal Innovation Management: The Past, Present, and Future of 180° Business Changes

Qmarkets

Rising competition from Apple and Google caught Nokia out of position and led to near-bankruptcy in 2012. It can empower your company to discover what consumers want, and facilitate collaboration with different groups, such as your employers, outside start-ups or academia, to be on top of emerging trends.

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ISS Software GmbH and Wazoku partner to revolutionise the German insurance industry

Wazoku

ISS Software GmbH and Wazoku are set to transform the German insurance sector by enabling the co-creation of new solutions for insurance organisations for and in collaboration with the wider industry. The company was founded in 2012 and is growing by 80% year on year, having reached over 1,000,000 users globally.

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The Importance of Casting a Wide Net While Innovating

Qmarkets

His Doctorate degree (2012) in Management focused learning in the areas of organizational change, leadership theory, and strategy. Perhaps it’s time to adjust your company’s tactics, to apply what is described in this paper to today’s rapidly changing, competitive environment. . -- .