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Is Grumbling Your First Response To Cutbacks?

Lead Change Blog

In some areas, electricity is spotty, meaning there isn’t always power to run appliances. poverty really looks like; the differences in market penetration for various types of technology (not just refrigerators); the carbon footprint aspects of the technologies we use; and new ways to think about food purchasing and preparation.

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Women Are Africa's Big Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

It's a society where men have accepted that women can exercise power. Zambia's government, too, is finding that women are a lever to growth, prosperity, market penetration, reputation and sustainability. This makes for a number of chieftainesses in a country of complexity and variety.

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How Likely Is Your Industry to Be Disrupted? This 2×2 Matrix Will Tell You

Harvard Business Review

For the former, we examined the presence and market penetration of disruptor companies; we also considered incumbents’ financial performance. Leading independent power producers, for example, have begun to deploy asset-light, platform-based business models. Another is by taking underused assets and monetizing them.

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Throw Your Life a Curve

Harvard Business Review

Our view of the world is powered by personal algorithms: observing how all of the component pieces (and people) that make up our personal social system interact, and looking for patterns to predict what will happen next. Then you enter hypergrowth, which typically happens somewhere between 10-15% of market penetration.

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Practical Tips for Overcoming Resistance

Harvard Business Review

You never win on the strength of your argument — or your negatively perceived directive if you are the one holding power in the relationship. When I have a good idea, a solution to a problem, or a product/service I know will increase market penetration, I am eager to communicate it to the other person or group.

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Blockchain Could Make the Insurance Industry Much More Transparent

Harvard Business Review

And, as with any standards war, demystifying a new, powerful technology is partly in the hands of industry bodies, such as the Global Blockchain Business Council , but mostly in the hands of bold leaders who see this tool not as a threat but as a source of competitive advantage, efficiency, and security.