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JetBlue Acquires Spirit Airlines: Will Straddling Work?

Michael Roberto

Source: Getty Images The bidding war for Spirit Airlines has ended. Today, we learn that JetBlue has completed the deal at a price of $3.8 The combined airline will have 458 planes—up from JetBlue’s fleet of just over 280 jets now—and will have over 300 more on order. JetBlue and Frontier both sought to acquire Spirit.

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Herb Kelleher's Legacy at Southwest Airlines: 5 Important Lessons

Michael Roberto

Source: Southwest Airlines Yesterday, Southwest Airlines co-founder and long-time CEO Herb Kelleher died at age 87. What can we learn from Kelleher’s leadership at Southwest? Here are five simple, yet powerful, lessons that come to mind as I reflect on the Kelleher era at the airline: Make tradeoffs. Think systemically.

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Four Mind-Bending Business Models to Shake Up 2016

Leapfrogging

Here are four strategies to watch in 2016: Exclusivity – Play Hard to Get, to Get More Customers. It’s all about “playing hard to get” with your customers, something pretty counterintuitive in today’s fiercely competitive world. Over time, the program learns the user’s response habits, and tailors future suggestions.

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Four Mind-Bending Business Models to Shake Up 2016

Leapfrogging

Here are four strategies to watch in 2016: Exclusivity – Play Hard to Get, to Get More Customers. It’s all about “playing hard to get” with your customers, something pretty counterintuitive in today’s fiercely competitive world. Over time, the program learns the user’s response habits, and tailors future suggestions.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

Competitive Advantage In all circumstances, leaders will and should have strategic priorities on top of their minds. Usually, you need innovation for that, which means that you either adapt to current challenges or lag behind the competition. Organizations should make changes in their strategy, governance, engagement, and incentives.

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The Hard-to-Abate sectors need innovation solutions to reach Net-Zero Co2 Emissions

Paul Hobcraft

They recognize that being carbon neutral can play a crucial part in their sustainability and Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy while enabling them to do their bit for global climate change. With today’s technology, we can already increase the share of cost-competitive non-fossils from 20% of the primary energy supply to 30%.

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What is Digital Transformation in Business and Why is it Important?

Moves the Needle

Digital products in the hands of customers, such as banking, airline or music apps, represent the last piece of the digitization puzzle since many of the back-end systems and processes became computerized over the last several decades. Leaders must learn new skills to help teams navigate the obstacles they will encounter.