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. Stop thinking about managing the risk of technology, tools, and process improvement. If you’re stuck in the purgatory of a legacy based business model, don’t transform – reinvent.

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Leadership Business Model Engineering Fast Follower 282

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. Great leaders will drive real digital transformation while others will simply manage their way into a digital free fall.

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Insourcing CEO Business Model Outsourcing 150

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

The idea is to fast-forward a project, so you can see what the end result might look like and how the market will react. It’s also a popular construct in agile project management. Sprints encourage fast follow-up. Peter Bregman. Sprints help you start. When a big problem is looming, it can be tough to dig in.

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Consensus Hotels Project Fast Follower 8

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. I saw this focus on empowering talent when I spoke to top managers at Verizon in May.

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Wireless Suri Power Long-term 15