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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2020

Leading Blog

His own special innovation, it's a nonjudg­mental, nonreactive way of coolly assessing problems and analyzing crises, a mode of attack that offers luminous clarity and su­preme calm in the critical moments before taking decisive action. Experimentation Works : The Surprising Power of Business Experiments by Stefan H. In B2B and B2C?

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What's The Future Of Business By Brian Solis

Eric Jacobson

You can likely already imagine that I consider this a must-read book for any business owner and any leader -- even leaders who manage businesses that don't directly connect with consumers. Here are his answers : Question : When you consider all the Business-To-Consumer (B2C) companies in the U.S., it's not slowing down.

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The Internet of Things Needs Design, Not Just Technology

Harvard Business Review

” will be difficult for many companies to achieve — not for lack of technological expertise but because they’ll fail to recognize the value of design in connected product development. applications pushed technology to address B2B market requirements. This evolution to “Internet of Things (IoT) 2.0”

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Category Creation Is the Ultimate Growth Strategy

Harvard Business Review

The innovation came about because Laird aspired to surf a deepwater reef break on the north shore of Maui called Peahi, or Jaws, where waves can reach 120 feet high. Another telltale sign of category creation is that it comes with a distinctive business model and profit model. But coffee has seen other innovations, too.

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The Industries That Are Being Disrupted the Most by Digital

Harvard Business Review

As digital technologies continue to transform the economy, many leaders are struggling to set a digital strategy, shift organizational structures, and remove the barriers that are keeping them from maximizing the potential impact of new digital technologies. They are often brought in to disrupt traditional thinking and business models.

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Box’s CEO on Pivoting to the Enterprise Market

Harvard Business Review

But by staying disciplined with the product and deeply understanding market trends, they’ve made the strategic shift from B2C to B2B work. He was skeptical about pivoting away from consumers, and it was challenging. Download this podcast.

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Top Line Growth? There's an App for That

Harvard Business Review

While the idea of reaching out to consumers via smartphone apps is clearly not new, companies have been stubbornly hesitant to embrace app technologies. Amazon, and eBay in B2C commerce and Covisint and GS1 in B2B. Technology. It deprives a company of the opportunity to participate in reimagining the old business models.

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