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. Competitive technology innovations that could adversely impact your business. Thoughts?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The iPhone 4S's story seems to be about a new beginning: the highly anticipated launch of the latest version of a blockbuster consumer-technology product. In both instances, the life-cycle management innovation involves using disintermediation to change how the customer interacts with the product. Lipitor's Long Good-bye.

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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. To borrow a term, the best salespeople are brand evangelists. Over the years, many technology companies have developed the role of a technology evangelist or “chief evangelist.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As long as those channels can deliver the aesthetic the artist wants and make a profit, the business is a success. Building communities takes time, and it can only be achieved over the long-term. The key to artist-management success is identifying talent early and developing it cost-effectively over a long period of time.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

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. The cycle time for new technology has compressed and will continue to do so. Engagement has long been the Achilles heel of organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2017

Today some companies are taking brand anthropomorphism to a whole new level with sophisticated AI technologies. Executives should also be wary of how AI increases the dangers of brand disintermediation. The first is that chatbots are just one type of AI technology being used to establish or reinforce company brands.

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