IdeaScale

APRIL 30, 2023

Disruptive innovation examples are constantly emerging, changing the way industries function and altering the status quo. In this blog, we'll explore 10 game-changing disruptive innovation examples that are sure to blow your mind. As technology continues to evolve, so do the ways in which businesses operate.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

A breakthrough can be an even bigger deal than a disruption. Aren’t breakthrough innovation and disruptive innovation the same thing? After all, the car, the telephone, the smartphone, the electric car, the solar panel, weren’t these all breakthroughs that were also disruptive? Not so with disruption.

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MARCH 26, 2025

The 70-20-10 Innovation Rule is a strategic framework that guides organizations in allocating time, budget, and resources across three categories of innovation: core, adjacent, and disruptive. Categorizing them into core, adjacent, and disruptive efforts. For example: Core innovation: ROI, cost savings, customer satisfaction.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Contingency Planning: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects Contingency planning is the process of proactively preparing for potential risks, disruptions, or crises that could impact an organizations operations, strategy, or financial stability. Enable rapid adaptation to changing conditions.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Develop proactive strategies to manage change. Improve resilience against disruptions and crises. For example, Shell Oil has used scenario planning for decades to navigate uncertainties in the energy industry, helping the company adapt to fluctuations in oil prices, environmental policies, and geopolitical conflicts.

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MARCH 18, 2025

For example, Apple analyzes the Five Forces to manage supplier relationships, differentiate its products, and maintain pricing power in a highly competitive tech industry. For example, Netflix applies the Five Forces Model to assess streaming competition, negotiate licensing deals, and counter substitute threats from gaming and social media.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Power of Disruptive Innovation Understanding Disruptive Innovation Disruptive innovation, a term you might have encountered frequently in today’s business lexicon, refers to a process where a product or service starts at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves upmarket, eventually displacing established competitors.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This often leads to the creation of entirely new markets and fundamentally changes the way consumers engage with a product or service, marking a significant evolution in the industry. Innovation Strategy is the foundation for company growth and adaptability in the ever-changing environment that is business today.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Why a Strategy Uncertainty Map is Important Every business faces uncertainty in areas like market trends, competitive shifts, technological advancements, regulatory changes, and economic fluctuations. These may include: Market Uncertainty Changes in consumer demand, pricing pressures, and competitive shifts.

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MARCH 26, 2025

It helps organizations assess what is changing in the environment around themand how those changes affect strategy, decision-making, and execution. Tracking trend shifts and market disruptions. Unlike internal frameworks that focus on capabilities or operations, the Context Map Canvas turns attention outward.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Creating New Products or Services Innovating to meet changing customer needs. Reshaping the Industry Structure Disrupting or redefining market dynamics. For example, Apple increases customer spending by encouraging existing users to buy accessories, software services (Apple Music, iCloud), and extended warranties.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Switzerland Nestl has invested heavily in plant-based and sustainable food products, aiming to respond to changing consumer preferences and environmental concerns. The company continues to innovate with personalized music recommendations, podcast offerings, and AI-driven content curation, helping reshape the entertainment landscape globally.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

It is the driving force behind the competitive edge that allows companies to stand out and meet the ever-changing demands of their customers. Incorporating innovative practices is essential for adapting to market changes and ensuring long-term success. Balancing creativity with practical implementation and scalability.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Unlike a basic Competitive Analysis, which focuses primarily on direct competitors, Competitive Landscape Analysis takes a broader view , considering market trends, consumer behaviors, regulatory changes, and technological advancements that may impact long-term success.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 21, 2025

Self-healing materials that repair cracks in buildings, nuclear fusion promising limitless clean energy, and brain-computer interfacesthese examples arent just science fiction anymore. How It Differs from Other Types of Innovation Oftentimes, breakthrough innovation is used interchangeably with radical and disruptive innovation.

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MARCH 26, 2025

It helps companies plan for the future instead of reacting to disruption when it’s too late. Providing insight into when to explore adjacent markets or disruptive alternatives. Changes in customer needs or regulations. Helping teams avoid over-investing in aging technologies or saturated markets.

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MARCH 12, 2025

Adapt to market changes while maintaining core competitive strengths. For example, Apples CSFs include continuous innovation, superior customer experience, and a strong supply chain that ensures product availability worldwide. Drives long-term sustainability Helps organizations build resilience and adapt to changing market conditions.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Evolution of Product Development Product development has transformed significantly over the years, adapting to changes in consumer behavior, market demands, and technological advancements. Traditional vs. This method, while structured and predictable, often leads to challenges in adapting to changes and longer time to market.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 29, 2022

Aren’t breakthrough innovation and disruptive innovation the same thing? After all, the car, the telephone, the smartphone, the electric car, the solar panel, weren’t these all breakthroughs that were also disruptive? It opens the company to new markets and changes the way customers interact with the market or the industry.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Innovation is a must in the ever-changing company landscape. Apply these four innovation in business examples to your organization. Companies of all sizes are causing disruption. The post Four Standout Innovation in Business Examples appeared first on IdeaScale. Looking for inspiration?

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

For example, a software startup conducting a SWOT Analysis may identify its strong technical team (Strength), limited marketing budget (Weakness), increasing demand for automation tools (Opportunity), and growing competition (Threat). Aligns Strategy with Market Trends Ensures that internal capabilities align with external changes.

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MARCH 19, 2025

For example, Apple uses premium pricing to position itself as a luxury technology brand, while Walmart employs economy pricing to attract price-sensitive customers. Providing flexibility in response to market changes. Adapts to Market Changes Provides a flexible approach to pricing adjustments.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Achieving Meaningful Change through Business Ecosystems Achieving Meaningful Change through Business Ecosystems Achieving Meaningful Change through Business Ecosystems Several business organizations have committed to navigating complexity, fostering dynamism and originality in approaching innovation and business ecosystems.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

The corporate landscape is changing drastically, and for a corporate brand to stay relevant, they must innovate in order to change with the market. Accelerator programs benefit corporations by providing them access to innovative and disruptive startups. Difference in approach to disruption.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 24, 2022

Compared to innovation in general, sustainable innovation is more disruptive, fueled by a better rationale, and is more collaborative. Sustainable innovation is disruptive because it can result in better business models, improved processes, streamlined resource flows, reduced waste and cost, and the creation of new market segments. .

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Anticipate market shifts Stay ahead of industry changes and competitor moves. For example, an e-commerce company conducting Competitive Analysis may identify a gap in fast, low-cost shipping options that competitors have not yet optimized. Emerging Competitors New market entrants that could disrupt the industry.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

From incremental to radical : Innovation used to be seen as an incremental process where organizations improved their existing products, services, or processes by making small changes. Disruptive innovation is the creation of a new value proposition that displaces existing ones 2. References 1. oecd.org 2. oecd-opsi.org 3.

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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. It is a very disrupting, disturbing world. 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.

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Daniel Burrus

JUNE 30, 2021

We are in an interesting time in history, when transformative digital disruptions have their foot on the gas and are accelerating at exponential rates. What Does the Term ‘Change’ Mean? Change is a common term. In effect, change is different, but somehow the same. Likewise, change is momentary.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Disruption is all around us; it never seems to go away; it simply appears in a different and often entirely new form. The result is the same; it disrupts what we know and often in how we suddenly need to set about doing it differently. Much of the innovative disruptions seem so obvious; you wonder why we were not doing these before.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 22, 2025

This ethos perfectly encapsulates the bold mindset required to drive groundbreaking change. Radical innovation disrupts markets and creates entirely new categories. In short, while incremental changes optimizes, radical innovation reinvents. How Does Radical Innovation Differ from Disruptive Innovation?

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MARCH 26, 2025

It is particularly useful in situations where assumptions outweigh factssuch as launching a new venture, developing disruptive products, or entering unfamiliar markets. Examples of learning milestones include: Completing a working prototype. Use brainstorming or team workshops to surface hidden assumptions.

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MARCH 19, 2025

For example, Apples success is built on a combination of strong architecture (seamless hardware-software integration), reputation (premium brand image), and innovation (continuous product evolution). For example, Toyotas global supply chain architecture allows it to maintain cost efficiency while delivering high-quality vehicles worldwide.

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MARCH 5, 2025

For example, Apples GTM strategy for the iPhone focuses on: Premium branding and differentiation. For example, Teslas GTM strategy for electric vehicles (EVs) involved: Targeting high-income, early adopters before expanding to the mass market. For example, Zooms value proposition was Simple, reliable video conferencing that works.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 27, 2021

For those interested in digital disruption and technological advancements , Bitcoin represented so much more than a way to allegedly make money fast like some type of digital wolf of Wall Street. They know that you cannot change the past, but you can shape the future based on the actions you take in the present. Never Say Never.

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MARCH 3, 2025

This helps you anticipate market changes and adjust your strategies accordingly. AI systems can process and analyze live data to provide instant insights, making it easier for you to respond quickly to changing market conditions and client needs. Common challenges include data quality, integration issues, and resistance to change.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Pitching the reasons to change to Innovation Ecosystems in thinking and design So after working through the values of the Innovation Ecosystem over a series of three posts I asked Chat GPT to help me in making a pitch for the change from existing internal orientated innovation processes and structures. Does this resonate with you?

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