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How To Lead In Uncertainty

CO2

Before reaching the top of the S-Curve, there will be disintermediation, which moves humanity from the current S-Curve to a new one. The point in which the change takes off is known as the tipping point. Another way to think of this pattern of disruption is to consider the evolution of humanity as one giant S-Curve.

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How to Approach Leading in Times of Uncertainty

CO2

Before reaching the top of the S-Curve, there will be disintermediation, which moves humanity from the current S-Curve to a new one. The point in which the change takes off is known as the tipping point. S-Curve Evolution Another way to think of this pattern of disruption is to consider the evolution of humanity as one giant S-Curve.

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Four Tips for Better Strategic Planning

Harvard Business Review

To counter this dynamic, the CEO of a large financial services firm banned her organization from using a list of words and phrases such as “leverage” “synergy,” “disintermediation,” and “robust” (to pick a few of the most overused terms ). Language like this can signal that a team doesn’t have a clear idea of what they need to succeed.

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Apple's Trojan Horse

Harvard Business Review

Now that we''re done, or nearly done, disintermediating old media like the newspaper, and supply chains like the book store, it''s time to solve that vexing problem of having to get ourselves from one place to another. To be sure, it''s a tipping point calculation. So let''s behold them. It may even change the city. Pretty darn.

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Making Sense of Owned Media

Harvard Business Review

Customers can use the ColorIQ service to find the best shade of makeup for their skin, access preferences in their profile, see recommended products in the mobile app, and discuss tips and techniques with experts and peers through the online community. EpicMix is a cross between a social network and an adventure game.

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What Salespeople Need to Know About the New B2B Landscape

Harvard Business Review

Here are a few tips and insights to help you navigate these shifts. Specious talk about disintermediation of salespeople obscures the real issues facing firms. With these changes in mind, understanding where customers are, and how to interact with them appropriately in a given stream, are now central to effective selling.

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How to Succeed in Business by Bundling – and Unbundling

Harvard Business Review

Barksdale: I think we use the term “disintermediate” a lot more than we do “unbundle from these terrible corporations.” You know, we’re going to free all these things from these evil big corporations and the consumers will be completely in control. I don’t remember ever giving that speech.

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