N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Businesses simply have run out of time to embark on multi-year transformation projects – that window has closed. In the text that follows, I’ll provide you with 4 constructs to help you evolve your thinking around digital transformation.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2017

Some see digital as little more than a portfolio of projects or initiatives to be implemented, others as a problem to be solved or an opportunity to be exploited, and yes, there are always those who fail to see it at all. Every organization occupies a unique place on the spectrum of digital transformation.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Move fast, follow momentum – The future is always changing. They decided to can the project. You are able to take challenges on because you see that there’s nothing to lose. If we think we are big and significant, our risks will be small and insignificant. He’s always like “I have no idea.”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

The idea is to fast-forward a project, so you can see what the end result might look like and how the market will react. It’s also a popular construct in agile project management. Too many projects get stuck in an alternate universe where debates, theories, and hunches are plentiful, but progress is rare.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies. Tech companies like Alphabet have even more learning; that company had 2700 AI projects underway as far back as 2015. We think this is a bad idea.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

The stakes are high in the mobile wallet market, projected to be over $140 billion by 2019. But Samsung’s new mobile wallet strategy may be a sign that they are finally becoming a true leader and shedding their image as a fast follower. Its foray into this industry comes on the heels of product entries by Google and Apple.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

But dont count them out for long; if theres one thing Chinese companies are good at, its implementing a "fast follower" strategy. But dont count them out for long; if theres one thing Chinese companies are good at, its implementing a "fast follower" strategy. At the corporate level, theyre looking to the U.S.

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