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World Innovation Forum - The Pressure to be Insightful

CEO Blog

I am spending the day in NYC at World Innovation Forum. And polishing strengths is a great way to gain competitive advantage. I am a "blogger" so get to sit in the press gallery. At the same time, there is high pressure to be insightful in Tweets (#wif2013) and Blogs. And there will be lots of blog posts today.

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The 6 Secrets to Effective Manager Communications

Strategy Driven

Jeremy Henderson is founder and chief client partner at Jungle Red Communication , an employee engagement consulting firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Communications business communications Jeremy Henderson Manager Effectiveness strategydriven'

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How Software Is Helping Big Companies Dominate

Harvard Business Review

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. Those who work for the competition aren’t. Antitrust and competition policy are seeing renewed interest , including recent hearings on the subject by the Federal Trade Commission. .” Andrew Brookes/Getty Images.

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Twelve Ways to Create Barriers to Competitors

Harvard Business Review

The only real way to grow sales and profits is to create innovative offerings with some "must haves" that define new categories or subcategories for which competitors are not relevant. Ongoing innovation. Investment. A high investment protected brands like CNN, ESPN, and Kirin's Ichiban for many years. Zappos.com with its Wow!

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