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Innovation Insights from Jeff Bezos and Amazon

Destination Innovation

Traditional bookstores responded with their own websites but none was as appealing, as agile or as successful as Amazon. Although its sales of new books were growing very healthily, in 2002 Amazon introduced a service whereby people could sell second-hand books through the company’s website. Amazon.com went public in 1997.

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Become proactive instead of reactive with Future Designs

mjvinnovation

He revisited this model in Advancing Futures (2002). Some are agile and regulated such as China, others are disciplined and have learned from previous experiences such as Singapore and Hong Hong. Climate disruption is already knocking on the door, for one…. Hawaii foresight Ph.D. And some are stock-piling toilet paper?!

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Innovation Networks – Needed Now More Than Ever

The Inovo Group

Today’s VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) requires that companies form robust knowledge networks to have any real hope of delivering the innovations, especially transformational innovations, that are needed for the growth which they aspire to or to prevent disruption from new entrants. Norton & Company; May 2002.

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Has COVID-19 led us into a Collapse scenario?

mjvinnovation

He revisited this model in Advancing Futures (2002). Some are agile and regulated such as China, some are disciplined and have learned from previous experiences such as Singapore and Hong Hong. Climate disruption is already knocking on the door, for one…. Hawaii foresight Ph.D. And some are stock-piling toilet paper?!

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What do you need to innovate?

David Marks

When Amazon Web Services (AWS) was introduced back in 2002, Amazon was a fledgling web retailer mainly known for selling books cheaply. This method can be combined with the disruptibility curve, introduced in my previous blog , toward working to improving the innovation credentials of the company.