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Why Agility Cannot Stand Alone

Daniel Burrus

When the competition launches a new product, how you react says a lot about you as a professional and your company as an organization. This is called agility, and we often utilize agility to change directions and head the competition off at the pass. Was agility the driving force behind Uber’s dominance in ridesharing?

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Agility Levels the Playing Field. Anticipation Changes the Game.

Daniel Burrus

To jump ahead with both confidence and lower risk, you will need more than agility. One article that sought to cull business leaders’ views on this topic cited research from the consulting firm Deloitte. What was number one on the list of attributes central to effective global market leadership? Anticipation.

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AI and Innovation Management

eZassi

Amplify Your Innovation Program with AI-Driven Technology Discovery Today’s highly competitive business climate is fueled by the ability to innovate and ride the cutting edge of technology. Companies that fail to embrace emerging technologies risk being eclipsed by more agile, proactive competitors.

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The Challenges being Faced by Innovation Consultants

Paul Hobcraft

From my perspective I’ve been looking at a real challenge today, that many consultants offering innovation services are not providing real sustaining consulting value to clients, only ad-hoc services. In many ways, the consulting industry specializing in innovation is its own worst enemy.

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Use a Strategy Uncertainty Map to Find Clarity in Disruptive Times

Leapfrogging

Some people think being agile is a mindset. Other think it’s an innate leadership skill. If you have the right tools, anyone can both build agility into how you think and make it the foundation of your business processes. Competitors — How certain are we that the product is differentiated from the competition?

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Overcoming the Innovation Paradox: Three key reasons why Large Organisations Struggle to Stay Ahead

Cris Beswick

In the modern business world, where disruption is the norm and change is relentless, the ability to continuously drive innovation-led growth has become the ultimate competitive advantage. Failure to move with speed and agility can render even the most promising concepts obsolete before reaching their full potential.

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11 female innovation leaders share their definition of innovation

Idea to Value

In the intervening time, I have gotten to know dozens of smart, strong female leaders and innovation experts, as part of my consulting and speaking work, as well as by interviewing them for the Idea to Value Podcast. Innovation must be rooted in improving competitive advantage, customer needs, employee expectations and now, sustainability.