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Book Notes – Blue Ocean Strategy: How Leaders Drive Change

RapidStart Leadership

When I picked up Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, I thought it was going to be all about what the title suggests – developing successful business strategies, (possibly with some kind of nautical theme). It was about strategy. It’s a good book about strategy. Want to drive change?

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Beyond Disruption: Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive

Leading Blog

In contrast, nondisruptive innovation is “achieved without disrupting a preexisting market and its associated companies and jobs.” In Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries , Blue Ocean Strategy authors W. Look beyond the existing market and environment.

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What is Your Red Ocean Strategy? – (Success in a Crowded Market)

First Friday Book Synopsis

So, this week I presented my synopsis on the terrific book Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. The group was the entire team at a growing firm, one that is vibrant, alive, energetic… The kind of place people like to show [.].

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CEO Blog - Time Leadership

CEO Blog

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, November 19, 2010 Mostly Links and Random Thoughts Today, I thought I would change it up a bit an just do a few links to content that might interest. I had feedback that my blog was turning into just a book review blog. My 20 minutes of blog time is up. I am feeling optimistic today.

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So, If Your Company Does Not Have a Flawless Foundation, Try This – (Insight with Challenge from Peter Thiel, Zero to One)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Peter Thiel, Zero to One ————— A couple of years ago, I presented my synopsis of the book Blue Ocean Strategy to an energetic team at an in-demand marketing firm. Randy''s blog entries' At […].

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Business Model Generation : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

These are: Customer Segments – An organization serves one or several customer segments. Process : This business model design has 5 phases; Mobilize, Understand, Design, Implement and Manage. This final chapter puts it all together. I really enjoyed this book. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 Pink Demos Dr. John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Capturing New Markets: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Capturing New Markets: How Smart Companies Create Opportunities Others Don’t Stephen Wunker McGraw-Hill (2011) How to locate, penetrate, and dominate in new markets or in new customer segments Opinions are divided (sometimes sharply divided) about where and how to generate new revenue sources when competing in a global economy such as the current one, (..)