Mike Cardus
DECEMBER 13, 2020
We are all talking about the Future of Work and what workplaces, leadership, and how we work will look like in the future. A smart friend Frank Ciccia and I were talking about patterns we are noticing within workplaces and employee wellness. I am generally hesitant to make predication or play the future of work angle.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 5, 2011
I’m always on the lookout for new practitioners entering the market where we have practice areas, disruptive technology, or changes in the landscape that could disintermediate certain aspects of the market. A sustainable competitive advantage is not found by creating minor advantages in product features. Thoughts?
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N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product? Do people in your organization laugh at new ideas?
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2016
Digital commerce and disintermediation have caused many customers to question the importance of having a sales relationship at all. So they help their companies with product development, marketing strategy, and customer service by serving as the Voice of the Customer internally. Great brands avoid selling products.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 16, 2014
Quirky is disrupting incumbents in consumer product design and innovation, Local Motors in the automobile business, Relay Rides in car rentals and Kickstarter and AngelList in the financial sector. Many of these dinosaurs – agencies in particular — seemed a bit panicked about being disintermediated.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
To the contrary, I believe programs like AT&T’s provide opportunities to keep employee populations relevant—and those with relevant skills are less likely to get disintermediated. AT&T and Amazon both offer excellent examples of how to create an authentic emotional investment with your employees.
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. It's leadership.
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