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Game Changers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., 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.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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. I want to start by actually defining what an idea is, and is not.

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Steve Ballmer's Big Lesson for the Rest of Us

Harvard Business Review

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.

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Lesson's from my Daughter's Laptop

Harvard Business Review

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.". We received training on how to place acetates on overhead projectors during presentations.