Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2019

In Creative Construction , Gary Pisano says that when big organizations fail to innovate, the root cause is often related to “management practice and leadership than with organizational scale per se.” When faced with a potential threat of technology or business model disruption, you need to consider two things.

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Innovation Company Construction Creativity 283

Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2017

Reciprocity and advantage will spark new business models for innovation and growth. Most business is transactional but “reciprocity is the practice of exchanging with others for mutual benefit. In a VUCA World, partnerships are hedges against risk, but they will also be more attractive ways to innovate and grow scale.

Competitive Advantage 173

Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing Hedge Long-term 173

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models? Even a company as sophisticated as GE waited too long to reorient its lighting business away from incandescent bulbs. If you only invest in refining today's business model you'll get locked into it.

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Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models? Even a company as sophisticated as GE waited too long to reorient its lighting business away from incandescent bulbs. If you only invest in refining today's business model you'll get locked into it.

Business Model 9

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

How Digital Business Models Are Changing. However, this may have been a hedging strategy as Starbucks built up its own digital capability, including a popular app and payment system. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture. No strategy is static. Starbucks stopped accepting the Square payment system in late 2014.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Likewise, understanding the context, business model, competition, and leadership of a client or an employer makes your understanding of content more useful.

Skills 15

Skills Morale Ethics System 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The other extreme is, “I have no intentions but look I’ve created jobs, ex post ,” and that is the post-rationalization of an economics-only business model. To us, the key about intentionality is that it must focus on a business model, a business plan upfront, with both economic and social impact.

Insurance 9

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9