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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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Scott D. Anthony: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Anthony is the managing partner of Innosight, a global strategic innovation consulting and investment firm. Based in the firm’s Singapore offices since 2010, he has led Innosight’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region as well as its venture capital activities (Innosight Ventures).

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Life Strategy and Executive Coaching

Tony Mayo

Christensen titled, “ How Will You Measure Your Life? &# Along with plenty of great advice for new graduates he shared some keen insights on executive coaching. If I had been suckered into telling Andy Grove what he should think about the microprocessor business, I’d have been killed.

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Why Management Ideas Matter

Harvard Business Review

Who is the most influential living management thinker? That is the question that the Thinkers50, the biennial global ranking of management thinkers , seeks to answer. But, celebrating the very best new thinking in management matters for three reasons. Second, management matters. It's a fair question.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Aside from being costly, a flawed execution can cast doubt on management credibility, have a negative impact on morale, taint the brand, adversely affect external relationships, and cause a variety of other problems for your business. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions.

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When Companies Want to Innovate, But Investors Won’t Let Them

Harvard Business Review

Clayton Christensen and others argue that an incumbent’s failure has little to do with the newness or complexity of the technology. We measured digital innovation based on the number of digital patents the firm had secured from 1998 to 2010. Businesses understand the power of digital innovations to reshape industries and markets.

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Make Time for Time

Harvard Business Review

In his McKinsey Award winning 2010 HBR Article, " How Will You Measure Your Life? Clay Christensen writes, "Your decisions about allocating your personal time, energy, and talent ultimately shape your life's strategy." Companies with a clear purpose include Patagonia, Ikea, Nike, and Southwest. The bad news is that you're lost."