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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Leaders focused on products, profits, processes, and procedures are aiming too LOW. The churches I had previously worked with operated from the the philosophy this is church, and if people want it they will come. Incremental improvements are good business, while disruptive innovation is great business – a game changer.

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China, America, and Copycat Economics

Harvard Business Review

In the second quarter of 2011, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 9.5%. They need to test assumptions, iterate, and change their business models rapidly in order to find a product and profit formula that is viable. For the last century, America has operated on the world's technological frontier.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). output comes from fracking operations that have cut costs dramatically since slumping prices in 2014 forced dozens of companies into bankruptcy.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This is great way to stifle innovation without exploring extensions to existing product lines. Again, keep in mind that innovation and ideas are not one in the same. David Locke Innovation fails because of management, not the innovation.

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Can Chinese Smartphone Darling Xiaomi Compete in Western Markets?

Harvard Business Review

Led by its Steve Jobs-inspired CEO Lei Jun, the company has experienced breakneck speed since its first smartphone launch in October 2011. The “jobs-to-be-done” theory articulates the gap between how producers view and market a product and how customers actually use it. Disruptive innovation Global business'

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What’s Wrong with the FAA’s New Drone Rules

Harvard Business Review

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. In fact, the FAA had originally promised the rules by 2011, but it proceeded to miss every deadline it set for itself , as well as those established by Congress.