Digital Tonto

JANUARY 8, 2023

It’s been roughly 25 years since Clayton Christensen inaugurated the disruptive era and what he initially intended to describe as a special case has been implemented as a general rule. Disruption is increasingly self-referential, used as both premise and conclusion, while the status quo is assumed to be inadequate as an a priori principle.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Is it access to knowledge, markets, opinions or is it spreading risk and resource sharing or enabling the flows in knowledge, ideas, capital- what else really distinguishes it and makes it a must to have. The ability to access cutting-edge research, market insights, and technical know-how from a wide network is a key driver of innovation.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Unlike traditional strategic planning, which assumes a predictable future , a Strategy Uncertainty Map acknowledges the complexities of uncertain market conditions and prepares organizations to respond proactively. Aligning Strategy with Market Realities Ensures strategic plans account for external volatility.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The acronym SWOT stands for: Strengths Internal capabilities that provide a competitive advantage. Identifies competitive advantages Highlights what the company does best. SWOT Analysis in Strategy SWOT Analysis is used across industries for business strategy, project planning, and competitive analysis.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

It involves creating multiple plausible scenarios to explore how different factorssuch as market trends, technological advancements, economic shifts, or geopolitical changescould impact a business. Improve resilience against disruptions and crises. Reduces risk and uncertainty Prepares organizations for potential disruptions.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

This can be particularly useful for market analysis and strategic planning. Benefit Description Market Trends Identify upcoming market shifts and prepare your clients in advance. Enhancing Client Solutions With: Customized marketing strategies based on consumer behavior analysis. Tailored growth and expansion strategies.

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Digital Tonto

JANUARY 26, 2025

New supermarkets and department stores were edging out the old corner markets and dry goods dealers. Good strategy is always a process of discovery, to identify a relative strength you can bring to bear against the relative weakness of your competition. The post Experian Was Being Disrupted by Fintech Startups.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 28, 2019

In other words, business model innovation can be disruptive, toppling long-held beliefs about how customers get what they want. Unlike many product or process innovations, business model innovation can upend old markets and create new ones. And what do they do when an outsider disrupts the business model, forcing them to play catch-up?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 12, 2025

Identifying and managing these factors ensures that companies allocate resources efficiently, mitigate risks, and maintain a competitive advantage. Adapt to market changes while maintaining core competitive strengths. Adapt to market changes while maintaining core competitive strengths.

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Leapfrogging

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. Supply chain disruptions Supplier failures, transportation issues.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 12, 2022

New perspectives needed In fact, the more your environment is changing, the more competitors you have, the more intense the competition within your industry is, the more you need new perspectives. By the way, I have had the opportunity to work with some large firms on some relatively disruptive ideas. Outside the box?

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Every industry today faces a critical question: will you stick to old legacy systems and ways of doing things, likely leading to you being disrupted by progress? Disruption no longer follows predictable timelinesits faster, deeper, and more transformative than ever. This level of disruption will be true in the years to come as well.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Unlocking the Full Potential of Innovation: Why an Innovation Ecosystem Outperforms Traditional Internal Innovation Structures and Systems In today’s rapidly evolving market landscape, relying solely on internal innovation systems can limit your organization’s ability to stay ahead of the curve.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 25, 2023

In today's rapidly evolving market, it is essential for businesses to understand the principles of disruptive innovation to stay competitive. The concept of disruptive innovation was coined by Clayton Christensen in his groundbreaking book, The Innovator's Dilemma.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Innovation is the lifeblood of businesses seeking to thrive in a rapidly evolving market. It is the driving force behind the competitive edge that allows companies to stand out and meet the ever-changing demands of their customers. Balancing creativity with practical implementation and scalability.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

This helps you anticipate market changes and adjust your strategies accordingly. This agility ensures that your clients can stay ahead of the competition. AI is the key to unlocking new growth opportunities and staying ahead in the competitive business landscape.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The business model, built on the premise the knowledge needs to flow into “us” and not shared in sharing the final outcomes, going into the market. where technology and diversity of experiences and broader market potential are demonstrating significant growth opportunities in more collaborative and co-creative ways.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 20, 2021

How sure are you that your products are better than the competition? How confident are you that your company will not be disrupted by a smaller competitor? If a company chooses to just rest on its status quo, then it usually won’t be able to react fast enough to disruptive changes in the market.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Strategic planning maps out how you’ll crush your long-term goals, and stirring some innovation into the mix helps your business roll with whatever curveballs the market throws. It’s what kicks growth into gear, keeps you competitive, and helps your team sidestep those nasty surprises.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

There are many outside our existing organizations, standing impatiently at the gates, waiting to come in and take over with market breaking concepts through different business models. We need to transform, be disrupted or certainly re-imagine and this is where knowing your ecosystem comes in. The Status Quo is history.

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Leapfrogging

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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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

There are many outside our existing organizations, standing impatiently at the gates, waiting to come in and take over with market breaking concepts through different business models. We need to transform, be disrupted or certainly re-imagine and this is where knowing your ecosystem comes in. The Status Quo is history.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Firstly why are business ecosystems emerging as a real competitive force? It is not one single product that is chased in crowded, highly competitive fields. The increasing value of participating in ecosystems allows for large and small organizations to create, scale, and serve markets in ways unimaginable previously.

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Leapfrogging

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. This method, while structured and predictable, often leads to challenges in adapting to changes and longer time to market.

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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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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In our last Thursday Theory Tips piece, we explored disruption as a theory of competition. In this piece, we’ll explore one of the two types of disruption: new market disruptions and, consequently, market-creating innovations (MCIs)— the specific spark that births a new market structure.

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Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In Part 1 of this blog series, I highlighted that disruption in health care is increasingly present at many points along the consumer value chain. Key takeaways to recall from that first post are as follows: Disruption doesn’t stop where it starts. What happens when disruptors move up-market?

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

It is a very disrupting, disturbing world. We have to push this into more of the cross-sector cascading effects of disruptions. This becomes a critical point of any dynamics of future disruption. Technological disruption is altering all we do. This was the most disruptive space for innovation and technology to be applied.

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Michael Michalko

JANUARY 27, 2022

Disruptive Thinking is a concept that is based upon doing the opposite of what is expected/what convention tells you will be successful. One of the best examples I have heard of comes from a talk given by Luke Williams, which illustrates the potential of Disruptive Thinking. Disruptive technology is important to education.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Your brand dominates the offline world, but digital competitors are growing fast in a rapidly changing market. No matter what they attempted, the company was doomed to fail due to a combination of internal inertia and external disruption. The Harsh Reality: Why Most Companies Fail Disruption is inevitable. What would you do?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The past two years were as disruptive as they get for both society and business. The success criteria for the external environment might include customer acceptance, competitive differentiation, market trends, or anything else external to your organization that you don’t control. First do it for the External Environment.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Disruption in health care started to accelerate about 15 years ago when models like One Medical and iora health launched their lower-cost, more affordable, and more accessible approaches to primary and on-demand care. This move is just what the theory of Disruptive Innovation would predict. So what can incumbents do?

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 7, 2021

This is becoming the game for a few to make money, corner markets, dominate and want to achieve monopolistic positions, and not worry over the wealth creation aspects of creating jobs, building communities, and cherishing certain values. Competition fell away; they went into troughs of uninspiring innovation for some time.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Navigating a Disruptive Business Environment In today’s fast-paced and technology-driven landscape, businesses are frequently faced with disruptions that can significantly impact their operations and long-term viability. Recognizing the early signs of these disruptions is key to responding effectively.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Most businesses focus on outperforming rivals in existing markets, but this approach often leads to diminishing returns. Value innovation takes a different pathit creates entirely new demand by delivering higher value at a lower cost, making competition irrelevant. Heres another example.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 1, 2022

Leaders are constantly worrying over what is valued in the market, what products and services are essential to defend, those they need to promote and improve. This understanding does not come out of “thin air” It comes out of having an organization that is market aware and innovative in responding.

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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. But, unlike other transformations that destroy existing markets, low-code and no-code software promises to make software itself even more ubiquitous than it is today.

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