N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 2, 2021

The move towards service-based business models has been notable for a number of years, with companies like Rolls-Royce being among the pioneers, with their “Power by the Hour” model. It’s a business model that has been especially hard hit by a Covid-19 pandemic in which so much activity has been curtailed.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Innovation requires rethinking how we do business. My guest post on ZDNet (Thank you, Michael Krigsman! ), shares an approach for HR to re-examine how it serves the needs of Millennial workers, using the Business Model & Value Proposition Canvases. ". HR is in desperate need of a new business model.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 15, 2020

As our world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, business leaders must understand that it’s going to be technology that determines which companies survive and build success from this unprecedented event. We are entering a new fluid state that will lead to an unprecedented period of innovation and transformation. Blockchain.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

While most C-level execs have a general idea of what I’m referring to, it is also quite clear that most can’t even begin to define it, much less articulate the specific constructs of a sound business model. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc.,

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 18, 2023

Each year the Boston Consulting Group takes the corporate temperature in terms of innovation. In their latest report, they look specifically at sustainability innovation, both in terms of the priority firms are assigning to it and the results they’re achieving. Indeed, 80% of the top 50 most innovative firms fell into this camp.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 2, 2024

Mixed results The U-shaped phenomenon is attributed to the interplay between cost reduction, process development, and product innovation. Companies often embrace robotic technologies initially to cut costs through process innovation. Profit margin can be a useful way to analyze this.”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

However, recent technological advancements and industry shifts have expanded and evolved this role significantly. It is now expected that a CMO strikes a harmony between pioneering innovation and maintaining commercial acumen, a balance intrinsic to the realization of substantial business growth.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

The evolution of new technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly influenced consumer habits worldwide, consumers are becoming more demanding, and companies are working on efficiencies to offset the negative impact of inflation on their P&Ls. Physical skills are steadily declining as automation technologies become more advanced.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 30, 2021

Technology is a massive advantage for any business. However, there are so many types of technology available that it can be daunting to know where to start. You could do this by keeping up with the latest technology news and find innovative ways to apply new tech. Use Marketing Tools. Keep Your Data Secure.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Guest post by Kris Oestergaard: Today, every business is looking to find ways to streamline its innovative abilities. Those successful in establishing a culture of innovation have addressed their organization’s “immune systems.” Organizational leaders need to address all three in order to transform into innovation champions.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 27, 2021

Technology is incredibly important for all of our businesses. No matter what kind of company you run, there’s probably some kind of technology that helps you manage customers, advertise your products and shorten the amount of time you spend on administrative tasks. Sadly, technology can get extremely expensive over time.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2023

Disruptive innovation isn’t just about simplifying technology — it also requires a new business model.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Were they investing in technologies to help keep the lights on during the pandemic or were the investments truly transformative? The analysis revealed that around 75% of firms had introduced some form of productivity-boosting technology during the pandemic. Early adoption. first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 27, 2021

The data suggests that around half of European businesses are prioritizing investments in both sustainability and digital transformation. Even companies that recognize the business opportunity to accelerate their digital and sustainable transitions face barriers at different stages of this twin transformation journey,” the authors say.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

And technology? This young continent, with a median age of around twenty, is an eager adopter and innovator in all things digital and mobile.” billion-person market in the midst of an historic economic acceleration, it has a huge unfulfilled demand, making it ripe for entrepreneurship and innovation at scale.

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LDRLB

JULY 19, 2013

There is often a huge lag between when we first see a new idea and when we really find out what it is good for – this is when we are working through business model innovation. Indeed, this is is an almost universal phenomenon in the evolution of technology.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2019

How true disruptors use innovation, including digital, to grow the market and create new business models. F OR YEARS I was taught that growing the business in an industry with strong competition was mostly a zero-sum game. It can drive new business models, open up adjacent products and help you grow the whole market.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 14, 2020

Accompanying that change is increasing social and environmental awareness, a rapid mobilisation in technology, especially online working and buying, and in the UK, increased state intervention, the likes of which I have never seen. So, if adapting technology to your emerging business model is not you, make it so.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

For executives, AI isn't just about technology; it's about transformation. It's reshaping business models, customer interactions, and the very nature of decision-making. AI specialists can provide insights into what technologies to adopt, how to integrate them, and how to avoid potential pitfalls.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

It begins with office hours and a couple independent studies I'm advising - one of which is all about haptic feedback (sense of touch) technology and applications for AR/VR. The best gathering of the year for innovators, status-quo-phobes, and Blue Lobsters (stay tuned!!!). Next is BIF2017 !!!!!!!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

The Holy Grail of enterprise sustainability is business model reimagination and reinvention – not digital transformation – at least how many businesses are attempting it. If you’re stuck in the purgatory of a legacy based business model, don’t transform – reinvent.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

Ren's journey guides readers through numerous factors necessary for success, including building a solid team with strategic placement of individuals in carefully selected roles appropriate to their skill sets and crafting the all-important business model.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 30, 2021

The pandemic has opened our eyes to the role that companies can play in delivering social value, and the lessons we can draw from this can help innovate mainstream business strategy even after the pandemic is over. Aligning business models with social purpose. The pandemic forced business to be more open to innovation.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Before Silicon Valley disrupted the world with new technologies and business models, America’s industrial giants paved the way. Companies like General Electric, United Technologies, and Caterpillar were the Google and Amazon of their day, setting gold standards in innovation, growth, and profitability.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Innovation is perhaps the most used word in corporate boardrooms today. Add to this, the challenges of hyper-competitive landscape, organization cultures, shortage of talent and agility to move swiftly and the challenge of innovation compounds. Moreover, innovation is not as simple as having fresh ideas and executing them well.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2023

They also offer technological solutions that improve upstream and downstream business processes. Innovation The industry has seen several innovations recently, including developing horizontal and angled drilling, fracking and hydraulic stimulation.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. By Vera Sharova & Teodora Cosic.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

His own special innovation, it's a nonjudg­mental, nonreactive way of coolly assessing problems and analyzing crises, a mode of attack that offers luminous clarity and su­preme calm in the critical moments before taking decisive action. Experimentation Works : The Surprising Power of Business Experiments by Stefan H. In B2B and B2C?

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 5, 2022

“This is in contrast with developed economies, where unicorns dominate innovation-intensive domains, requiring fundamental science breakthroughs such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and analytics.” This is driven in part by a burgeoning middle class that is increasingly desiring innovative products and services.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 21, 2011

Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape Henry Chesbrough Harvard Business Press (2006) Innovation requires an open mind…and the courage to challenge “the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom.”

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 7, 2022

The report suggests that around half of European businesses are prioritizing investments in both sustainability and digital transformation.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 21, 2023

CMI’s Management Transformed campaign seeks to answer a fundamental question – what are the skills that managers and leaders will need in a workplace and world transformed by new technology, new business models and societal changes? What will technology mean for existing business models? CMI’s Management 4.0

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. A great idea may not be enough to build a great business. Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. The Components of Innovation Capital. Satya Nadella.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The pace of innovation in business is rapid. Each year, new pieces of tech, applications, or software platforms help to improve how businesses operate and the services they can provide to consumers and clients. These are just two examples of how technology is driving the evolution of business.

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