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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. Moore and Christensen tell us what to do, but their prescription is rarely followed.

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Rules For the Social Era

Harvard Business Review

Facebook, KickStarter, Kiva, Twitter, and other companies thriving in the social era are operating by the rules of the Social Era. Most organizations operating today started when companies needed more operating capital. Many organizations still operate by Porter's Value Chain model , where Z follows Y, which follows X.

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The Most Efficient Die Early

Harvard Business Review

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 In combat, the fact that someone is actively trying to disrupt your operation changes the calculation. So, as Pixar cofounder and president Ed Catmull advocates , leaders interested in creative outcomes should focus on fixing problems rather than on eliminating errors. Everyone knows the story.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

He joined the creativity applications vendor in 1997, and got the CEO job a decade later largely because he was able to articulate a vision for pursuing digital marketing services as the new growth path. Clay Christensen , Professor at Harvard Business School and Innosight co-founder.