Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2011

Then Burda and Sulzberger leave the stage and are replaced by a panel featuring a couple of media executives plus Google's Nikesh Arora (who I guess is a media executive too), LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, and venture capitalist (and Facebook investor) Jim Breyer. It's media disintermediation at work!

Disruptive Innovation 15

Disruptive Innovation Venture Capitalist Innovation Christensen 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2011

The executive implications for time management and, more important, people management are enormous. I wasted inordinate amounts of time because I made a simple mistake I see executives make all the time. Disintermediating the analysis was the right and responsible choice. Too many top executives value knowing over looking.

Due Diligence 12

Due Diligence Disintermediation Micromanagement Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

Because he and I have taught executive education classes together, I thought I should read his book. Obviously, innovation investments shouldn't make it easier for suppliers to compete with or disintermediate their customers. Building a supplier's innovation capability is not to undermine your own.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

Yet, more so than traditional travel providers, these companies face possible disintermediation by smart speakers, which will be capable of aggregating potential travel options on command.

Travel 9

Travel Industry Hotels Airlines 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

It is much easier to create an ad campaign, make a media buy, refresh your web site, or execute a PR program. But the future of engagement is about regaining control over your data, disintermediating the current channel owners, and creating ongoing relationships with customers beyond individual transactions.

Media 8

Media B2B Disintermediation Content 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2013

An agency used to act as the executional arm of the marketing department. How do agencies ensure their future by being able to help brands sell more and build stronger loyalty in such a disrupted and disintermediated world, where every individual is consuming so much media from so many different channels? So, now what?

Marketing 9

Marketing Brand Advertorial Advertising 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In a 2013 Deloitte survey of executives at large companies, 39% said they were either “barely able” or “unable” to meet their needs for talent. The challenge is obvious: the quickening pace of technological change has shrunk the shelf life of skills acquired by today’s university graduates to just a few years.

Skills 8

Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2017

Executives should also be wary of how AI increases the dangers of brand disintermediation. Studying those deployments led to several insights around three new types of decisions executives face at the intersection of technology, personality, and strategy. The Curious Incident of Brand Disintermediation. Beyond Chatbots.

Brand 10

Brand Disintermediation Ethics Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Every single innovation conversation I've had recently with business unit leaders, product managers and/or marketing executives invariably focuses on the importance of partnership and collaboration with their best suppliers and vendors. In other words, innovation occurs when we bypass or disintermediate procurement.

Price 15

Price Innovation Disintermediation TCO 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Specious talk about disintermediation of salespeople obscures the real issues facing firms. The marketing–sales relationship now tops the agenda of concerns in a survey of B2B executives. Buying is a continuous and dynamic process. Sales people are not disappearing, but buying processes and therefore sales tasks are changing.

B2B 8

B2B AIDA AIDAS Disintermediation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The big retailers are getting squeezed and disintermediated at both ends. Companies that are still talking about digital transformation rather than executing it at scale are frankly like people who are standing around a swimming pool debating how to learn to swim as a tsunami is approaching.

Retail 8

Retail Technology Content Chief Technology Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Our audience was composed of C-level digital executives from nearly a hundred major media brands. Amazon's widget that makes it easy to shop from inside Facebook reveals one way this oligopoly will become increasingly interconnected, while disintermediating as many others as it can.

CPA 15

CPA CPM Advertising Disintermediation 15

Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

Own and disintermediate the customer relationship. This disintermediation of the customer account control is a hallmark of digital giants. . Foundational attributes include decision making, demeanor, goals and objectives, policy and actions, motivational approach, performance expectations, and execution style.

Disintermediation 131

Disintermediation Cost-Benefit Analysis Short-term Long-term 131