N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Incremental improvements are good business, while disruptive innovation is great business – a game changer. Disruptive innovation is the game changer that shatters the status quo. That is to say: they are finding competitive advantage in what were historically reckoned to be (or ignored as) externalities.

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. Again, keep in mind that innovation and ideas are not one in the same. via n2growth.com [.]

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Ballmer, whose skills were in many ways complementary to Gates'', took the helm of an already massive organization as it entered an era of relentless disruptive innovation by competitors. He managed to hold the stock price on a pretty even keel, but no better than that. Well, guess what: it does.

Core Competence 10

Core Competence Innovation Christensen Disruptive Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2011

Reflecting on the fact that Holly routinely plays with both our iPad and Kinect , I said to my wife, "I think the odds that Holly actually uses a laptop during her working career are pretty close to zero.". Consultants could pour through those reports to find critical data that our clients couldn't access. 1996 wasn't that long ago.

Competitive Advantage 13

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Library Entrepreneur 13