N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product?

Business Model 305

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2013

Other new features announced at Apple''s World Wide Developers Conference Monday, such as the iOS 7 and Mavericks operating systems, had a bit more actual newness to them. Can''t innovate anymore, my ass," senior VP of product marketing Phil Schiller declared Monday after unveiling Apple''s new Mac Pro. "Can''t

Schiller 10

Schiller Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Short-term thinking has been charged with no less than a chronic decline in innovation capability by Clayton Christensen who termed it “the Capitalist’s Dilemma.” ) Corporations continue to focus too narrowly on shareholders , with terrible consequences – even at great companies like IBM. For more information, see the conference homepage.

Six Sigma 9

Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2015

Up until the late 1950’s, anyone interested in sending bulk product across the globe placed that product in 60-pound burlap sacks, sent those to the docks, and entrusted longshoremen to tuck them efficiently into nooks and crannies in the hulls of merchant vessels. Courtesy of Boston Public Library. Apple is a perfect example.

Automotive 8

Automotive Transportation Brand Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Going forward, we’ll have to work harder for any gains in productivity and prosperity, and they will come slower. More recently, Clayton Christensen has outlined how managers’ acquired habits in allocating capital are putting capitalism itself at risk. For more information, see the conference homepage. Economy Leadership'

Management 11

Management Drucker Short-term Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Holacracy was supposed to revitalize the online shoe store’s culture and its reputation as a fun place to work, but the ever-expanding circles of responsibility that have emerged within the company and the resultant endless meetings are becoming a drain on productivity.

Proposal 8

Proposal Self-aware Engineering CEO 8