N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Even the swiftest of fast followers will struggle to not choke on the dust of first movers in today’s world. They are not filling current openings to maintain the business they’re in, but hiring executives to reimagine the business and lead them into their redefined future.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2017

The speed of technology advances in the market are making the old paradigm of first mover versus fast follower largely irrelevant – every business must now become some version of a first mover. What has changed is the pace and scale at which businesses must innovate to remain competitive in a digital world.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2012

The article cites a study from the University of Massachusetts in which the respondents (170 executives from Inc. Before you draw the conclusion blogging is dead, you might want to read the text that follows… Don’t Believe Everything You Read – Especially When It’s Labeled As Research. Where Are We Now?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Market leaders and fast followers seek transformational change; cautious adopters and laggards dip their toe into incremental change. Market leaders and cautious adopters proactively seek change; fast followers and laggards take a reactive approach. Organizational DNA. See accompanying chart.) Reporting structure.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

I discovered Xbox Live first via my brother-in-law Joel, a technology executive and gaming enthusiast from Seattle, and my junior high buddies, Emmett and Reid, from Hawaii. Fair or not, Microsoft has long had a reputation for being a fast follower. Not bad for the old guy.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

I discovered Xbox Live first via my brother-in-law Joel, a technology executive and gaming enthusiast from Seattle, and my junior high buddies, Emmett and Reid, from Hawaii. Fair or not, Microsoft has long had a reputation for being a fast follower. Not bad for the old guy.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

Many people ask me why Capabilities and Management Systems are part of strategy when they are really elements of execution. That is yet another manifestation of the widespread, artificial, and unhelpful attempt to distinguish between choices that are “strategic” and ones that are “executional” or “tactical.”

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