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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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Is the developed world on the verge of a skills crisis? 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. CB: We’re in the middle of a “skills shift.”

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Skills Company Core Competence Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

Technology has emerged as a competitive weapon in driving operational excellence and superior service quality. But banks cannot control the rules of engagement as they have in the past, since customers now have more choices and are more fragmented, and disintermediation by fintech is making it harder to earn fees. Data consolidation.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Disintermediation Offshoring 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. Over time, smart speakers will be less about the device and more about the technology that allows consumers to talk to any device.

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Travel Industry Hotels Airlines 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

The issue facing most sales forces is not disintermediation. Selling skills are now even more important. Redesign processes with sales tasks, not the technology, in mind. What is true is that online options are realigning sales tasks. Consider the century-old practice of selling cars at dealers.

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Disintermediation CRM CIO Retail 8

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. Over the years, many technology companies have developed the role of a technology evangelist or “chief evangelist.”

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Brand Disintermediation Price Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. Access to innovation resources and skills matter far more than money. Obviously, innovation investments shouldn't make it easier for suppliers to compete with or disintermediate their customers.

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Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8