N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
Why didn’t Folgers recognize the retail consumer demand for coffee and develop a Starbucks type business model? Let’s just take a moment and look at a few notable examples of what happens to companies that become complacent…Why didn’t the railroads innovate? Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 13, 2011
In order for your enterprise to turn an idea into a monetizing and/or value creating event you should develop a strategic plan that attempts to measure the idea against the following 15 elements: 1. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity. I look forward to hearing more from you. Our Freedom.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 23, 2011
pace in the first quarter of 2010. Clayton Christensen's theories of innovation provide us a great lens through which we can understand this seeming paradox. When trying to build new growth businesses, Christensen observes that organizations need to employ an emergent strategy-making process. That was down from 9.7%
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 1, 2012
Innosight cofounder Clayton Christensen memorably termed this the "growth-gap death spiral" in his 2003 book The Innovator's Solution ). Do we need to increase focus on acquisition as a growth strategy, at least as a way to "buy time" for organic efforts to develop? Then early results disappoint. But the basic pattern continues.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 29, 2010
Our soon ending year, 2010, has been fascinating. Finally, we need to develop training programs that give leaders the necessary skills to master the paradoxes that increasingly appear on management's agenda. We need to make sure we have systems that balance short and long term performance.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 22, 2011
The innovation research identifies the tyranny of large numbers as a common (and vexing) problem for leaders as companies grow, well documented by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in The Innovators Solution , Jim Collins in How the Mighty Fall , and by Scott Anthony on this blog. Are you currently making small bets?
Harvard Business Review
MAY 30, 2013
In 2010, one of us was sitting in a room at the Harvard Business School with Eric Ries and a number of budding entrepreneurs. He had developed an extensive plan, and had the promise of grant money behind him. It''s not about price, or code, or agile development. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out.
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