Christensen Institute

JANUARY 2, 2024

The decline in enrollment in higher education, disruptive alternatives to higher education, demographic declines, and the continued rise in spending by higher education. Roughly 70% of students took at least one online course in 2021–22. But the basis of competition is shifting.

Trends 52

Trends Disruption Competition Learning 52

Leapfrogging

MARCH 2, 2020

A massive transformation faces the software industry, similar to the disruption we’ve seen hit other industries like health care and manufacturing. Get new skills through an online course from Udemy or others, or get a basic overview from searching YouTube. Now is the time to embrace software disruption.

Software 130

Software Disruption Industry Marketing 130

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Introduction to Strategic Thinking in Business The Importance of Strategy in a Disruptive World In today’s business environment, disruption is the new norm. A well-crafted strategy can serve as a compass, guiding your organization through the complexities of a disruptive world and towards sustained success.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Planview

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That’s because a defining trait of best-in-class organizations is their ability to quickly pivot in the face of changing market conditions, emerging and disruptive technology, and shifting customer demands. What’s important is your ability to identify when to course correct and successfully execute pivots.

Agile 64

Agile Resources eBook Competition 64

Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 26, 2015

In 1983, I identified digital disruption as one of twenty technology-driven Hard Trends that would increasingly shape the future at an exponential rate, and at the same time drive economic value creation. Today, as more and more industries and businesses become disrupted, it is important to understand that digital disruption happens in waves.

Disruption 40

Disruption Competition Industry Trends 40

Leapfrogging

MARCH 2, 2020

A massive transformation faces the software industry, similar to the disruption we’ve seen hit other industries like health care and manufacturing. Get new skills through an online course from Udemy or others, or get a basic overview from searching YouTube. Now is the time to embrace software disruption.

Software 100

Software Disruption Industry Marketing 100

hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Why take a course on innovation? List of courses. This is a round-up of short-term online courses for decision-makers who oversee driving innovation in their respective organizations. Course duration : 9 weeks. Course highlights. Innovation Management: Winning in the age of disruption. Course highlights.

Course 42

Course Innovation Management Management Technical Review 42

hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Why take a course on innovation? List of courses. This is a round-up of short-term online courses for decision-makers who oversee driving innovation in their respective organizations. Course duration : 9 weeks. Course highlights. Innovation Management: Winning in the age of disruption. Course highlights.

Course 40

Course Innovation Management Management Technical Review 40

Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 17, 2019

Interesting and disruptive innovation More valuable and far more risky are different types of innovation, those that achieve true breakthroughs or disrupt existing markets or industries, or create something really new and different. That's why incremental innovation is so valued, and also why it is so dangerous. Which company are you?

Disruption 184

Disruption Innovation Industry Analysis 184

Strategos

MARCH 24, 2017

We are drawn to stories of entrepreneurs who came up with brilliant ideas that disrupted the existing “rules of the game” by which industry players compete with one another. But of course, we wouldn’t want it to be the scenario for our company. Disruption. Why do we fail to identify disruptive innovation?

Disruption 64

Disruption Innovation Industry Guidelines 64

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Why your company needs to think about crowdsourcing with the competition…. Understandably, the increase in competition and market saturation is seen by those who experience it as a direct threat to their organizational legitimacy. Of course, there are well-founded concerns too. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”

Competition 63

Competition Crowdsourcing Collaboration Open Innovation 63

Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 12, 2024

Otherwise, you are creating strategy that ignores exceptionally powerful forces that are creating change and shifting the competitive markets in real time. New alternatives or new solutions threaten to disrupt the existing market. Of course, even then, companies were slow to react. Creating a reason to change isn't too hard.

Culture 157

Culture Change Competition Leadership 157

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. Downturns are prime territory for disruption. That of course means that businesses like discount retailers are likely to triumph over department stores.

Innovation 148

Innovation Disruption Competition Course 148

Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2022

If you are not seeking out a different, more disruptive or new business design, then you are eventually serving your shareholders poorly. The leadership of an organization are the only one that has this mandate to decide the course to be taken, and then the market decides.

Design 319

Design Leadership Innovation Engagement 319

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

But it’s this mindset which must change in order for companies to maintain a competitive edge and fight disruption. Of course, we’ve developed new materials and designs, but the mechanical structure has remained the same – until now. The problem is that it can sometimes be hard to keep running when you can’t see the finish line.

Course 53

Course Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Report 53

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

For insights on building robust business strategies in this disruptive environment, explore our guide on building business strategies for a disruptive world. The integration of AI technologies has led to the emergence of new business models and has disrupted established market dynamics.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Change Underperforming Technical Team 100

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

At some point, digital disruption comes for every organization. While some companies might be flexible and lucky enough to ride a wave of disruption and survive , if you are able to predict and prepare for it accordingly you might be able to use it to thrive. Defining digital disruption. Clues for early identification.

Disruption 56

Disruption Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming LEAN 56

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Why your company needs to think about crowdsourcing with the competition…. Understandably, the increase in competition and market saturation is seen by those who experience it as a direct threat to their organizational legitimacy. Of course, there are well-founded concerns too. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”

Competition 40

Competition Crowdsourcing Collaboration Open Innovation 40

Wazoku

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It’s perhaps safe to say, therefore, that they’ve mastered the art of innovating to derive a competitive advantage. Indeed, it may be why the research still suggests that over 40% of senior executives still don’t recognise innovation as a form of competitive advantage or as a value builder for organisations.

Culture of Innovation 40

Culture of Innovation Competition Culture Radical Innovation 40

Qmarkets

JUNE 30, 2017

At some point, digital disruption comes for every organization. While some companies might be flexible and lucky enough to ride a wave of disruption and survive , if you are able to predict and prepare for it accordingly you might be able to use it to thrive. Defining digital disruption. Clues for early identification.

Disruption 53

Disruption Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming LEAN 53

hackerearth

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This means that you can alter parts of the business model and make conscious changes to create a competitive advantage. This implies that business model innovation is no longer a strategy only to gain competitive advantage, but it is an imperative core capability to adapt to the rapidly changing world. Source: McKinsey. Internal focus.

Disruption 45

Disruption Industry Innovation Competition 45

Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 23, 2019

Today, however, I find myself returning to two themes - digital transformation and innovation - because I'm 1) starting to teach a course on these two concepts for SKEMA USA and 2) our Innovate Carolina conference April 5th in Charlotte is also focused on these two concepts. It's not an either/or decision.

Innovation 171

Innovation Disruption Conference Competition 171

Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 4, 2023

So, what contributes to having enhanced innovation capabilities to gain a potential competitive advantage? Avoiding over-generalizing Of course, we should avoid over-generalizing; they are partly determined by personality, experience, and context and gained from any heightened awareness and sensitivity to our environment.

Innovation 162

Innovation ChatGPT Creativity Trends 162

hackerearth

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This means that you can alter parts of the business model and make conscious changes to create a competitive advantage. This implies that business model innovation is no longer a strategy only to gain competitive advantage, but it is an imperative core capability to adapt to the rapidly changing world. Source: McKinsey. Internal focus.

Disruption 40

Disruption Industry Innovation Competition 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

But it’s this mindset which must change in order for companies to maintain a competitive edge and fight disruption. Of course, we’ve developed new materials and designs, but the mechanical structure has remained the same – until now. The problem is that it can sometimes be hard to keep running when you can’t see the finish line.

Course 40

Course Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Report 40

Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It is about creating a competitive advantage in an increasingly commoditizing world. How the market landscape of competition is changing and understand where your competitive advantage has come from in the past and where it is likely to come from in the future. Then you have the External viewpoint.

Innovation 189

Innovation Competition Resources Analysis 189

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. Digital transformation will create disruptive change in many companies and will create new types of demand.

Trends 190

Trends Innovation Project Tips 190

Linda Bernardi

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Of course, startups (tech companies) set valuations, and the only way it holds is IF investors are crazy or smart enough to accept the valuation. The basis for OpenAI’s demand (and given the frenzy and hunger to invest) is that they don’t want to give competitive information away. I am excited, as giants like META and Mark Z.

Technical Review 26

Technical Review Competition Disruption Company 26

Daniel Burrus

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Will technology disrupt my business to the point of closing it? Disruptive technology is a Hard Trend transforming business processes in every industry, so in order to become anticipatory and stay ahead of the curve with your workforce, brainstorm how to use it in training and educate your employees to work better with it.

Technical Review 83

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Training Disruption 83

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. Encourage your team to think of even the most disruptive technology as simply a tool that can be used to engage with challenges in new ways, and to ignore the hype. Be Adaptable.

Open Innovation 157

Open Innovation Conference Innovation Knowledge Base 157

Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Competition: The term “gamification” is mutually exclusive with competition, and it is why consumers are drawn to products like the aforementioned Peloton; they are naturally competitive. Focus is enhanced by interactivity, competition, immersion, and self-diagnosis. If you don’t focus on doing A, you don’t get very far.

Video 63

Video Training Competition Trends 63

Matthew Griffin

MAY 17, 2015

“Banks were once the corner stone of the community but today their industry is being disrupted and disintermediated. On the one hand you have a growing apathy and disenchantment towards the banks which of course hasn’t been helped by the recent LIBOR, PPI, Forex or Bank Charge scandals. No, I just can’t be bothered. Conclusion.

Disruption 40

Disruption Technical Review Industry Culture 40

Moves the Needle

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

However, innovation labs and teams were never (or at least rarely) going to create breakthroughs or disruptive innovations. The future of successful innovation labs is NOT to take on the responsibility of invention or figuring out new business models that will disrupt their industry. The “disruptive innovation” era is over.

Disruption 40

Disruption Innovation LEAN Competition 40

Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

Innovation as a project Of course, almost all innovation is a project - starting with a specific need or desire to create a new product or service, or to generate new revenues or gain new market share. Some will be short and focused on incremental change, while others are longer and focus on more disruptive ideas.

Project 209

Project Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Training 209

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.

Technical Review 178

Technical Review Innovation Report Disruption 178

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Then disruption suddenly hits. Am I happy with this, no of course not but in my view “nothing can change until something does change” What do I mean by that? Both, for me a little damming for preparing for a disrupting world or positioning innovation as the future catalyst for growth. Two reports recently came out.

Report 212

Report Innovation Survey Disruption 212

Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In recent years, more and more companies have realized the need for innovation as they’ve seen businesses all around them, and perhaps even their own business, being disrupted. What makes this so difficult for large organizations is that a single innovation just isn’t enough to turn the course of the company. It’s not easy.

Agile 312

Agile Innovation Technical Review Leadership 312