Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

How exactly are potential supporters influenced by these factors? Bezos’ approach works especially well when the innovation requires overcoming a lot of market/demand uncertainty (will people buy it?) Like a beginner, he listens to everyone else first and is careful not to let his opinion influence what others may be willing to share.

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Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 80

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

She was on the legal compliance team at a fast-growing biotechnology company. Her role was to work with marketing to ensure that promotional campaigns and materials were in line with government guidelines. Karen had always been invited to key marketing meetings, but she noticed that more and more meetings were happening without her.

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Restructuring How To Compliance Biotechnology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

This means they're buying drugs that could be similar to others already on or coming soon to the market. No company should confuse the strategy of buying into a big market with buying innovation that will bring tomorrow's growth. The market reaction to all of this was mixed, but the trajectory was set for one way: higher.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

In order to do this, your company needs a process to source radical ideas that can catapult your business to new heights, open up new markets, or bring in completely unfamiliar profit streams. Each factor directly influences convergence, and the three may indirectly influence each other. Use Convergence Thinking.

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Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Or pay a freelance consultant to do market research? “I wasn’t unhappy at PerkinElmer — I had a resources, infrastructure, a good team, and the opportunity to really influence — but I felt inspired to create something new and be in complete control of my own path,” she says. Patch weak spots.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

That means new technologies and new competitors are hitting the market at an unprecedented rate. For example, restaurants and hotels often have difficulty predicting demand for their services, because many factors influence whether, when, and where people eat out or travel. Consider the 2×2 matrix below.

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