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Management Tools For Leaders: Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy

Rich Gee Group

Tool #5 - Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy This week, let’s understand how companies position themselves in the marketplace to succeed - The Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy. Great examples of Red Ocean companies are McDonald’s and Southwest Airlines. Be the Big Fish in the pond.

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First Look: Leadership Books for May 2023

Leading Blog

Mauborgne Blue Ocean Strategy forever changed how the world thinks about strategy. In Blue Ocean Strategy , the authors, reveal another way to innovate and grow. and global productivity will go up or down. Chan Kim and Renée A. Are we missing an alternative approach to innovation and growth?

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Are The Best Innovations For Society Those That Are Non-Disruptive?

The Horizons Tracker

Non-disruptive The pair, who made their name with their bestselling book Blue Ocean Strategy, chart a similar path. Indeed, a major reason why immigrants are often such productive entrepreneurs is that they apply things from their homeland in their new location.

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Find Your Next

CEO Blog

They call it a genome that consists of 6 parts: 1 - Product or Service innovation. I did not follow the process through for any particular company - rather, I read the book (so likely did not get the same value someone would who actually took the steps and did the exercises) One of my all time favorite books is Blue Ocean Strategy.

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Competitive Advantage from the Bottom of the Pyramid

LDRLB

Global firms have employed blue ocean strategies to cater their services and offerings to the BoP (Bottom of Pyramid). There are some excellent business & corporate strategy examples of companies implementing the BoP model. LG has devised payment subscription plans that makes its products affordable.

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Its a Jungle In There

CEO Blog

It shines through in the book) Product "Be excellent or be gone". and "Do you consider the impact you have when selling your product or service?" Apparently his Minnesota home has a life size elephant replica and 40 live tropical birds. He sounds like quite a character. Sweat the small stuff. It provides purpose. Interesting.

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Laziness – The Counterintuitive Act Of Leadership

Tanveer Naseer

It’s busy, efficient, and productive. When people talk about change and innovation and “blue ocean strategy,” they’re pointing toward Great Work. If you’ve ever thought, “This is my one and precious life; these are hours I’m never going to live again … and I’m somehow doing this!” you’re doing Bad Work.