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How To Lead In Uncertainty

CO2

Several years ago, a dear friend of mine, Darrell Mann, CEO of Systematic Innovation , predicted that some catastrophic event would soon plague humanity. Before reaching the top of the S-Curve, there will be disintermediation, which moves humanity from the current S-Curve to a new one.

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How to Approach Leading in Times of Uncertainty

CO2

Several years ago, a dear friend of mine, Darrell Mann, CEO of Systematic Innovation , predicted that some catastrophic event would soon plague humanity. Before reaching the top of the S-Curve, there will be disintermediation, which moves humanity from the current S-Curve to a new one.

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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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Ambiverts win - Daniel Pink at World Innovation Forum.

CEO Blog

So they coined the word "Disintermediation"". The quotes below are what Pink said (although sometimes paraphrased because I can only type so fast.) Management consultants get paid by the syllable. In 2000, 1 in 9 people worked in sales. 13 years later - social media, smart phones, cloud computing, tablets etc. But 2013 we still have 1 in 9.

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How Do Consumers Choose in a World of Automated Ordering?

Harvard Business Review

” The Danger of Disintermediation. Already, consumers are being disintermediated from traditional brand choices via search engine and online retailer algorithms that determine which products are presented to consumers, and in what sequence. We call this “building brand friction in a frictionless world.”

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What Africa’s Banking Industry Needs to Do to Survive

Harvard Business Review

But banks cannot control the rules of engagement as they have in the past, since customers now have more choices and are more fragmented, and disintermediation by fintech is making it harder to earn fees. A director that reports directly to the CEO will be optimal. Innovate ferociously.

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Tesla Goes Big, Not Home

Harvard Business Review

Last week Elon Musk, the iconoclastic CEO of Tesla Motors declared that Tesla would effectively allow any competitor to use its patents portfolio. Tesla has challenged the automotive business model on other occasions: it disintermediated car dealerships and then adopted a switching station model.