N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. Why didn’t IBM see Dell coming?

Business Model 361

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 361

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Is the developed world on the verge of a skills crisis? HBR: Companies have two options to meet talent shortages—they can look to an external labor market, or they can focus on developing their internal labor market. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. An edited version of our conversation follows.

Skills 8

Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

For emerging artists this is particularly precarious, since careers are too often ended early if a first set of recordings fail to sell. The key to artist-management success is identifying talent early and developing it cost-effectively over a long period of time. So how should a "content producer" behave in this new environment?

Industry 14

Industry Disintermediation Merchandising Long-term 14

Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

How do you become a market leader in the midst of rapid change? You predict that we will have only 100 dominant players in 50 markets by 2050. In fact, many of their leaders have forgotten how they got there – mission, talent, offering, and markets. Another indication of the speed and extent of dominance is market cap.

Disintermediation 131

Disintermediation Cost-Benefit Analysis Short-term Long-term 131