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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? Are your management and executive ranks void of youth?

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Aside from being costly, a flawed execution can cast doubt on management credibility, have a negative impact on morale, taint the brand, adversely affect external relationships, and cause a variety of other problems for your business. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions.

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Stop Talking About Social and Do It

Harvard Business Review

"Competition" has changed when individuals can create value through a centralized network of resources: for example, designing a product from anywhere, producing it through a 3D factory , financing it through community and distribution from anywhere to anywhere. Many of you know of Clay Christensen's iconic work the Innovators Dilemma.

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The Making of an Innovation Master

Harvard Business Review

Michael Mauboussin doesn't write about innovation, but his clear writing that blends finance, strategy, and psychology puts him on my list. After all, Lafley's bent is to manage innovation in a systematic, disciplined way. Some readers have asked why I put A.G. Lafley and not Steve Jobs on my list. Jeffrey Dyer and Hal Gregersen.

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My First, Failed Foray into Venture Investing

Harvard Business Review

To paraphrase from "The Music Man," I am a sadder but definitely a wiser girl after this first encounter with venture financing, as this experience has become a well of lessons from which I draw daily in my personal and professional life. Investing in an entrepreneur is a lot like falling in love. It was devastating.

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The Disruption of Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

An organization's capabilities become its disabilities when disruption is afoot." – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Solution. Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square, for example, has $9 billion in assets under management and fewer than ten investment professionals.

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How to Build a Meaningful Career

Harvard Business Review

“It’s important to enjoy spending time with your colleagues and your manager,” says Dillon. “You might try to convince your manager to let you work remotely for a month,” he says. “I’ve never known many managers to say no to people offering to help out.” Christensen.

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