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. Stop thinking about a strategy refresh and start thinking about new business models, wire-frames, jump-starts. The post Leadership and Digital Transformation appeared first on The Executive Hub.

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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. Digital transformation is really more of a leadership, culture, strategy, and talent issue than a technology issue.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2012

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. The article cites a study from the University of Massachusetts in which the respondents (170 executives from Inc. The article cites a study from the University of Massachusetts in which the respondents (170 executives from Inc. I read an interesting article in Inc.

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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. Move Beyond Enterprise IT to an API Strategy. Organizational DNA.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

The CEO of a large Australian company called me to relay a particular strategy development problem his firm was facing, and ask for my advice. My Australian friend explained that each of his five business unit presidents was using the Strategy Choice Cascade, and that all of them had gotten stuck in the same place.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

He advises some of the world’s biggest companies on environmental strategy. Follow him on Twitter at @GreenAdvantage. Tens of thousands of people are gathering to explore green building materials, designs, and strategies. Besides the meeting itself, I was struck by the considerable focus on green issues in China.

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