N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 11, 2017
The speed of technology advances in the market are making the old paradigm of first mover versus fast follower largely irrelevant – every business must now become some version of a first mover. What has changed is the pace and scale at which businesses must innovate to remain competitive in a digital world.
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
Even the swiftest of fast followers will struggle to not choke on the dust of first movers in today’s world. The Holy Grail of enterprise sustainability is business model reimagination and reinvention – not digital transformation – at least how many businesses are attempting it.
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N2Growth Blog
APRIL 29, 2012
Many successful bloggers today were not necessarily first-movers, but rather fast-followers able to leap frog the early adopters. I authored a piece for Chief Executive Magazine which goes into great detail explaining the benefits of social media for CEOs. Where Are We Now? Thoughts?
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
The charismatic Apple Store retailer turned JC Penney CEO announced far worse-than-expected quarterly results. The congealing critical consensus is that Johnson's bold overhaul of the sagging American retailing icon went too far too fast. Failure simply means leadership went too fast or didn't go fast enough.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 10, 2011
There is still a debate in strategy circles about whether it is better to be the first mover or a fast follower, and whether missing out on the first wave of disruptive innovation means falling behind forever. But one thing is certain: Learning from a missed opportunity and then innovating beyond it helps anyone get back in the game.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 15, 2016
One was unique, bold, difficult to implement, and the CEO’s favorite. The team could have endlessly debated the merits of each approach until everyone agreed on one, or just gone with the CEO’s hunch, but instead they launched a sprint to prototype and test both. Sprints encourage fast follow-up.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 1, 2015
The former CEO believes that delivering profits is the main measure of a company, and he’s justly proud of the $250 billion of profits Microsoft generated during his tenure over 14 years. As CEO Jeff Bezos has said , “Your margin is my opportunity.” Two big, well-known tech companies neatly illustrate this shift.
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