Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Understanding Strategic Thinking for Executives Strategic thinking is a critical component of successful leadership, particularly for senior executives who chart the course of their organizations. Below are strategies that can facilitate this change and enhance the strategic thinking capabilities of leaders within your organization.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2022

Amid the competitive war for talent and labor shortages, now is the time for employers to step up and ensure their culture is one that focuses on employees’ experience in the world of work. Of course, that is much easier said than done. Are you prepared to change tack if they disagree? Do you listen to their views?

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

What makes this so difficult for large organizations is that a single innovation just isn’t enough to turn the course of the company. So, an innovative and agile organization is one that can change, adapt, and constantly introduce new things, be it improved, products, services, or processes, that create more value.

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Tim Kastelle

APRIL 12, 2018

They have responded to these changes in their competitive environment and have started to position themselves as the most innovative firm in their market. I’ve been teaching innovation courses to groups of their both their senior and future leaders for a couple of years now to try to help them build this innovation capability.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 30, 2018

You've heard it before - the pace of change is accelerating. Change is real, and change is accelerating. Whether we are talking about change in your global markets, in your industry or in your customer base, change is everywhere. The real question isn't: should we change? And so on and so on.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 14, 2021

Of course, innovation can span a range of impacts and outcomes, from very incremental product innovation to industry changing business model innovation. One of my favorite frameworks for thinking about strategy is Treacy's 3 competitive positions , which are competitive positions that are simplified from Michael Porter's work.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 29, 2021

Now normally we would expect that in an open market, innovation and competition between companies would work to continuously improve the quality of their products , resulting in a better selection for consumers. These companies called themselves the Phoebus cartel, named after Apollo, the Greek god of Light.

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CMOE

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In today’s marketplace, one of the most relevant factors in gaining a competitive advantage is probably not listed among the business-success factors you learned years ago. Leaders in the most competitive organizations today know that having a diverse workforce is critical to long-term success and profitability.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Most corporations are struggling to comprehend the changes in front of them, but at the same time are so fixated on short term thinking that they struggle to see the tsunami that is emerging just over the horizon. Change is being thrust upon them. The corporations didn't change. This is a dramatic business model change.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Encourage Both Cooperation And Competition. As long as it’s friendly, competition is no bad thing, and encouraging friendly competition is a good way to get ideas. Sweeten the pot with a prize, like an extra week of vacation or a few shares of company stock. Be Creative With The Necessary Stuff.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 2, 2021

Overview: Change agents are individuals or groups who find and manage change across your organization. Where Do I Find Change Agents? There are multiple places where people driving change in your team are visible, inside and outside your organization, and you’ve likely already met them.

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Cascade Strategy

JUNE 26, 2019

Of course, hindsight is 20/20 and it’s much easier to understand trends 10 years after the fact, we've already written about some of the worst business strategies in another article.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 1, 2018

We've reached a couple of interesting milestones in a very short period of time, and it behooves us to pay attention to the changes in what has been an important industry - photography. This of course follows on Kodak's decision to stop manufacturing film for most cameras, which occurred in 2009.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 30, 2020

And of course, the more dots you’ve colored on the scorecard overall, the better suited your culture basically is towards innovation, so you should ideally aim to increase your abilities across each of these characteristics. As with anything else innovation related, it of course isn’t just that black and white.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 17, 2019

They will conduct disruptive innovation activities because they need to become relevant again to customers and to do that they must change the nature of competition. These companies are more likely to conduct disruptive innovation that changes offerings and especially business models. Which company are you?

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 15, 2019

I'm just wrapping up another project that's focused on trend spotting and scenario planning, working to help a client company understand the emerging competitive conditions their business will face in the next 5-7 years. They are often shocked when we demonstrate how rapidly customers, technologies, needs and conditions are changing.

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Idea to Value

JULY 15, 2020

The problem with timing is that every innovation only has a relatively small window of opportunity that happens when the technology and customers are ready, but there isn’t much entrenched competition. Trends and regulatory changes. The impact of upcoming regulatory changes is quote obvious. Being too early.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Question how resources must be shifted to new areas, how deeply threatening such changes can be, how protective inertia emerges as the enemy of destabilizing innovation. It is about creating a competitive advantage in an increasingly commoditizing world. Then you have the External viewpoint. Then you have those real-world worries.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The Age of AI and Business Strategy Understanding AI-Driven Rapid Change In the current landscape, AI-driven technologies are reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. Artificial Intelligence is not just a tool but a revolutionary force, catalyzing fundamental changes in how businesses operate, compete, and deliver value.

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Digital Tonto

JULY 23, 2023

Organizations could build up sustainable competitive advantage by painstakingly building up bargaining power within the value chain. We need to be more iterative, see what works and change course as needed. Wise leaders survey the board of play, plan their moves carefully and execute flawlessly.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Let me tell you about this as it recognises how things are changing in our world and certainly in my world, in particular. We are doing nothing but constraining the change occurring all around us at a limited pace and speed by placing the wrong lens on this. My own pace of change needs to speed up.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

What simple thing can a company do to change their conversation / perspective about innovation? That could be a new product, of course, which is what people usually think of. What simple thing can a company do to change their conversation / perspective about innovation? I asked them all: What is your definition of “innovation”?

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Siemens is in some highly competitive industrial markets. Of course, the phenomenon of digital and the platforms that we have all embraced and embedded in our daily lives, has been stunning, in what I see emerging from Siemens and many others. I am not saying Siemens is lacking, in recognizing differences; of course, they are.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 27, 2017

Its return is greatly diminished by the lack of understanding of the true value at stake as it can’t be easily quantified, so it constrains scaling and competition can simply copy and catch up, so you have the unrealised return. Of course, some frictions are by design and are intentionally built into the system.

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Technical Review Innovation Report Disruption 179

CMOE

JULY 27, 2022

40 percent of Fortune 500 companies use LMS extensively to remain competitive. Completing courses virtually reduces the time learners spend on training. Here is a list of our five most popular digital courses for your consideration. It’s no wonder that. E-learning is cost-effective for organizations. Applied Strategic Thinking®.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 4, 2017

In summary, I think design thinking is undergoing a revolution, a certain maturing but it is littered with a very messy, highly competitive present. As I found out from my research, there is an awful amount of “noise and hype” to work through to find the past, present and future positions of design thinking.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This shapes what we do and how we can respond to navigate an increasingly dynamic and ever-changing world. So, what contributes to having enhanced innovation capabilities to gain a potential competitive advantage? Real-Time Adaptation: Sensory Awareness: Provides real-time feedback about changes in the environment.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 5, 2019

What matters more is how that technology is applied to your business model and how that differentiates you from the competition. Tying into the above, an ongoing theme across the conference was the need to roll with changes as they arrive and accept what they demand. Be Adaptable.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 19, 2017

The report offered a selection of key visuals and overviews from 14 reports, which in turn were shortlisted from an original data set of 140 reports on the topic, ones published over the course of the last few years, that from my research, I found the most valuable. To obtain a copy, its free, click this link to register and download.

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Business and Tech

AUGUST 26, 2021

The culinary industry has always been a competitive one, but I suspect things might just get even more competitive following a pandemic and many unfortunate layoffs. Now, I definitely see some competitiveness for key positions in a kitchen. Consider competitions. Choose to get certified.

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When learners have relevant courses to develop their skills it will always add value to their career. Emeritus is such a platform that partners with top-notch universities across the world and creates content and shares the courses in 80 different countries. When people have worked for a long time, they strive for a purpose or mission.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I continue to feel Europe is isolating itself in much of what it does, failing to really grasp the imperatives of real change needed in a connected world to effectively compete. They are defending, perhaps in the hope, something will finally change. Of course, the Brits are to blame! This is why I’m in the bleak camp.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 12, 2021

That is, of course, easier said than done when you’ve had a lot of success working the other way for years or even decades. That still doesn’t guarantee innovation success, of course, but it does go a long way in improving your odds of getting it right. The fundamentals for making great decisions on innovation.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 12, 2020

There’s a lot of uncertainty and even panic regarding the coronavirus, its current and potential impact on our economy, and of course, its effects on people all around the world. That of course means that businesses like discount retailers are likely to triumph over department stores. But who are these companies?

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Phil McKinney

JULY 31, 2023

The need for change is more pertinent now than ever before, as traditional leadership models prove insufficient in addressing the complexities of our modern world. However, in the 21st century, with its accelerated pace of change, increased complexity, and demand for innovation, this model is proving increasingly inadequate and outdated.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 14, 2019

If the governor of Washington State can run on the single plank of climate change, if senators who have barely introduced themselves to their colleagues can run, if a west Texas Irishman named Beto can consider running, then so can I. Everyone else is running, so why be left out in the cold?

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