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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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.

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The Solution to the Skills Gap Could Already Be Inside Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Leading academic institutions are looking at this problem, and some — including Harvard Business School — are expanding programs that take place along the continuum of a career, rather than just in preparation for one. There’s only one CEO of each of our careers—ourselves. level is a pretty dated concept.

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Lessons from the Industry Formerly Known as "The Record Business"

Harvard Business Review

For emerging artists this is particularly precarious, since careers are too often ended early if a first set of recordings fail to sell. Disintermediation has forced a focus on talented individuals who produce great art. So how should a "content producer" behave in this new environment? But it's not all bad news.

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Tina Brown and Björk, Sisters of Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Their print and music industries are being disintermediated by the digital revolution. Brown and Björk had enough altitude to glide to career's end. Björk and Tina Brown have many differences but one common problem: They are watching the boat beneath them sink. Brown is a British-born journalist, columnist, talk-show host, and author.

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How to Succeed in Business by Bundling – and Unbundling

Harvard Business Review

I had worked for several businesses during my career by that time that had become conglomerates, some fairly large, and then had divested themselves of various businesses. Barksdale: I think we use the term “disintermediate” a lot more than we do “unbundle from these terrible corporations.” Barksdale: That’s right.

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5 Characteristics of Digital Giants that Enable Domination

Skip Prichard

Own and disintermediate the customer relationship. This disintermediation of the customer account control is a hallmark of digital giants. . Too often policy makers will use the battle against digital giants to further their political careers without taking a holistic view of the market. Compete for data supremacy.