Rapid BI

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

By the end of day 2 of the annual CIPD conference, there were some underlying trends that I have been increasingly aware of and felt that rather than blog about a particular session or speaker, that these themes should not get lost between the cracks. They need to innovate , they need to meet the changing expectations of customers.

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B2B Competitive Advantage Trends Learning-by-Doing 49

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Marketing is changing so fast, it's easy to get our heads turned by new, high-tech developments. But, as a marketing consultant who is putting my own theories to the test as I work to drive sales of my first book , it's become clear to me that many companies have needlessly forsaken some marketing strategies that still have life in them.

Marketing 9

Marketing Telemarketing Hotels Competitive Advantage 9

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

That is “good advice in general,” Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told attendees at the Fourteenth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference , in Washington, D.C As the underwriting weaknesses of subprime portfolios became known, banks stopped lending to each other, paralyzing credit markets. earlier this month.

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Banking Crisis Morale System 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

There is not much agreement about what makes an idea innovative, and what makes an innovative idea valuable. Likewise, experts disagree on the type and level of innovation that is most beneficial for organizations. Likewise, experts disagree on the type and level of innovation that is most beneficial for organizations.

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Innovation Succession Creativity Competitive Advantage 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. Let’s go after it.”

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Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

Therefore, the CIO''s role must shift from protecting and defending the status quo to embracing and extending new innovative capabilities. The visual, social, virtual, and mobile transformations that are already happening are creating a new golden era of technology-enabled innovation, and the CIO needs to be leading the charge.

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CIO Innovation Technology Wireless 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

We experimented, learned, applied, and iterated until it was flawless; AT&T wouldn’t release anything into the market until it was absolutely perfect. Needless to say, by the time the system was perfect enough to get into the market, we had lost most of our competitive advantage. negatively impact the brand.

Information Technology 14

Information Technology Competitive Advantage Storytelling Engineering 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The value of failure has become a mantra in Silicon Valley, with the rise of events like FailCon , a conference “for startup founders to study their own and others’ failures and prepare for success.” Recognize that innovation requires failure. Here’s how to leverage that setback into even greater success. Own your failure narrative.

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Ries Open-book Competitive Advantage Education 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2016

On a recent business trip to London, I surprised the conference organizers by turning down the opportunity to stay at the posh hotel hosting the conference in favor of a rather modest Airbnb flat. Measuring Marketing Insights. That is the foundation of successful innovation. Andrew Nguyen/HBR STAFF. Insight Center.

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Hotels Christensen Competitive Advantage Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

This conversation has generated a lot of interesting conversation via blog comments, emails, and face-to-face interactions at conferences and meetings and has revealed a few more insights that should factor into our evolving thinking. See also here , here , and here.) They also worked with the CIO to help them to understand the business.

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CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

An approach that turns societal challenges into new markets. When corporations create shared value they increase their profits and create greater social impact, resulting in powerful transformations and innovations in both business and society. Which of these are impeding growth (or representing untapped markets)?

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Porter Supply Chain Energy Competitive Advantage 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

Musk’s compensation plan, which will give him close to $56 billion in stock and awards if Tesla’s market cap reaches $650 billion, is designed to communicate a particular value proposition to Wall Street. Maintaining that patience requires constant focus on that north star of a half-a-trillion market value.

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Planning Marketing Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2013

When Steve Jobs later recounted the story at a conference panel in 2010, the audience erupted in laughter. What markets should we serve? If there''s an internal gap, or an internal problem preventing the company from realizing its potential, that can be as powerful a strategic barrier as any market failure.

Strategy 9

Strategy Competitive Advantage Industry Survey 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

Way back in the first decade of the new millennium, when Craigslist seemed like the biggest threat facing newspapers, founder Craig Newmark paid visits to lots of media companies and media conferences. Yes, his site was definitely taking classified advertising away from papers, he would say. But that''s rare.

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Advertising Christensen Media Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

That opportunistic approach to financial markets has defined Amazon since it went public in 1997. When Uncle Wall Street (also known as Mr. Market ) is in a generous mood, Bezos is always ready to take advantage by putting investment ahead of profitability. billion bond issue just before the debt-market meltdown of autumn 2008.

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Training Bond Christensen Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The threat of Blue Nile has been felt most by mom & pop jewelers , but increasingly by the middle market retailers like Zales Corporation, as well as high-end brands like Tiffany and Cartier. In a store, they can gauge a particular diamond's sparkle with their own eyes, or they can confer with the jeweler, relying on his artistry.

Retail 8

Retail Price Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

This is disturbing coming from a company so adept at cutting-edge customer analytics that it’s selling analytics services and has refused to divulge the names of its tech staff at Hadoop conferences to prevent them from being poached. But from the average consumer’s point of view, it can be hard to see Sears’ competitive advantage right now.

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Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

Today, Shenzhen-based DJI , of which one of us is a board member, holds a global market share of 70% in consumer drones and offers a window into the future of competition from China. But DJI is testament to China’s transformation from copycat to high tech innovation. In 2017, DJI’s sales were around $2.7

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Innovation Engineering Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

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Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

Innovation has always required a constant iteration of trial and error as companies use data about current performance to improve future performance. But there is an emerging debate over the competitive implications of big data. There is no evidence that the mere possession of more data provides any greater risk to privacy.

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Company Price Advertising Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Climate and carbon market value: The world's forests and farms can sequester carbon that could be worth billions in a carbon markets (however, the prospect of a functioning carbon market in the U.S. is very low in the near-term). Self-interest: Species provide us medicine and sources of food. See 15 cool biomimicry stories.).

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Supply Chain NGO Short-term Competitive Advantage 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. Those who work for the competition aren’t. Antitrust and competition policy are seeing renewed interest , including recent hearings on the subject by the Federal Trade Commission. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images. Policymakers have noticed.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

A strong and growing body of research shows that diversity on teams — especially at the leadership and decision-making levels — drives greater marketplace innovation and profitability. economy that American companies compete successfully in foreign markets. economy that American companies compete successfully in foreign markets.

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Diversity Globalization Competitive Intelligence Competitive Advantage 8

Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

What are the most innovative companies doing to position themselves? How do you become a market leader in the midst of rapid change? His columns are read by millions, and he is a frequent keynote speaker at some of the major tech conferences. You predict that we will have only 100 dominant players in 50 markets by 2050.

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Disintermediation Cost-Benefit Analysis Short-term Long-term 131