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Is Blogging Dead?

N2Growth Blog

Many successful bloggers today were not necessarily first-movers, but rather fast-followers able to leap frog the early adopters. This is a positive sign – not a foreshadowing of doom and gloom. Where Are We Now?

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The Building Blocks of Successful Corporate IT

Harvard Business Review

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.)

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Xbox Live: How an Old Tech Company Built a Social Media Juggernaut

Harvard Business Review

I positioned it to my wife (who was less than enthusiastic) as a way of keeping up with my friends from home. Fair or not, Microsoft has long had a reputation for being a fast follower. It only makes sense that the companies with the most resources and capabilities are in as good position as any to create new categories.

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Xbox Live: How an Old Tech Company Built a Social Media Juggernaut

Harvard Business Review

I positioned it to my wife (who was less than enthusiastic) as a way of keeping up with my friends from home. Fair or not, Microsoft has long had a reputation for being a fast follower. It only makes sense that the companies with the most resources and capabilities are in as good position as any to create new categories.

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Strategic Choices Need to Be Made Simultaneously, Not Sequentially

Harvard Business Review

Despite what many think, there are not generically great ways to win — e.g., being a first mover or a fast follower or a branded player or a cost leader. With that tight Where to Play, it can win by working to achieve the lowest cost position in the business.

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Sprints Are the Secret to Getting More Done

Harvard Business Review

By the end of the week, it had tested a prototype with this group and gotten enough positive feedback to move forward with the project. Sprints encourage fast follow-up. But a sprint helped the team realize that research coordinators (the folks who administered clinical trials) were actually more important.

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Build Your Bench Strength Without Breaking the Bank

Harvard Business Review

Only 39% indicated that they had identified potential successors for key positions. More importantly, by changing your organization's leadership development mindset, you can create the momentum needed to build a talent pipeline that will keep your organization strong as you grow, and grow fast.