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How 3 companies used disruptive innovation to transform their industries

Idea Drop

Christensen, the term ‘ disruptive innovation ’ refers to a new entrant into a market who eventually disrupts and outperforms the established players. By offering an alternative product or service that is usually more convenient and affordable, the new company is able to reach consumers who had previously been ignored.

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Understanding the future leads to better innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

Why aren't we doing more work on understanding and predicting the future? There's a famous quote attributed to Niels Bohr, a renown physicist, who said it is very hard to predict, especially about the future. In other words, the journey from here to there is a straight line with few disruptions or deviations.

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The Rise of Product Management

Moves the Needle

It was not unusual to find PM’s who reported into Engineering at the time, the two cases perhaps reflecting the above origin stories. We were “pre-customer” and no, we didn’t IPO without customers. (We We were “pre-customer” and no, we didn’t IPO without customers. But don’t ask how many when we did.)

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Four Ways To Become A Successful Future-Fit Organization

PlanBox Innovation

In 2001, the Agile movement suggested a new way of approaching that work more efficiently. Focusing more on working closely with the client, embracing change, iterating and experimenting with a minimal viable product was needed to rapidly deliver a better customer experience. Build innovative systems. Create alternate futures.

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Retaining the innovative spark

Jeffrey Phillips

They are willing to do almost anything in order to succeed, and often change direction as their experimentation and new products succeed or fail. Complacency took precedence over innovation and change. In 1920 the average life expectancy of a firm on the S&P 500 was 67 years. Today it is 15 years.

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Covering Innovation My Way

Paul Hobcraft

Just trying to stay your own course is tough enough but with all the diversity of views it must be even more overwhelming for others who are asked to take on a role within innovation. Where and who do you turn too must be a real dilemma ? Everything we want to do is 100% focused on innovating! Its areas of focus: [link].

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Why Your Company Needs To Forget the Past in Order to Create a Brighter Future

Qmarkets

How Kodak Failed To Navigate Digital Disruption In Spite Of Investing In It. When thinking about the challenges of disruptive innovation - one of the most commonly cited examples is Kodak’s failure to capitalize on it’s dominance during the shift from analogue to digital. Kodak Learned A Lot, But Didn't Unlearn.

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