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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

This is the list of sections and book summaries: Alltime Classics How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – 1936 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – 1937 The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale – 1952 The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson – 1981 In Search of Excellence (..)

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Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption From Outside The C-Suite

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Making strategy behind closed doors is a prescription for failure when disruptions are coming from all directions. Formulating and executing a sound organizational strategy is complex. Strategy is often made by elite teams and can thus be limited by their biases about competitors, customer needs, and market forces.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 1: What is a Business Model?

The BMI Lab Blog

Magretta, 2002). WHO – Every business model serves a certain customer group (Chesbrough and Rosenbloom 2002; Hamel 2000). Magretta 2002). A business model innovation is defined as the conscious change of at least two dimensions of the introduced “Magic Triangle”. Industrial & Corporate Change, 11(3), 529-555.

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Third Place and the Starbucks empire: the user experience at the heart of strategy

mjvinnovation

Starbucks has now incorporated this philosophy into its retail design and business strategy. In the early 1990s, Starbucks relied heavily on Oldenburg’s third-place philosophy for its customer experience strategy. They need to be continually evolving to seize the moment and keep up with social changes.

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How to Optimize Email Marketing for the New Normal of COVID-19

Brunner

So, when it comes to an effective email strategy you’ll be able to make practical moves to improve results. Three key influential aspects of an impactful email strategy are send times, engagement, and content. Engagement is an essential part of effective email strategies. Daily Behaviors Affecting Email Send Times.

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Business Model Innovation Basics Series - Part 2: Why Business Model Innovation Matters

The BMI Lab Blog

Even in unfavorable situations overwhelming success and sustainable competitive advantage can be created by many small improvements, innovations and changes of the holistic approach with which a company aspires to reach its vision. Together the changes in different dimensions of a company’s business model can add up to massive improvements.

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The Orange Socks Story I’ve Never Written Before

BrainZooming

Yesterday marked a momentous day professionally, that seemed big on the day it happened, but not as life-changing as it has become. When the Fast Company article appeared in January 2002, someone came to my office to ask if I’d seen it. Big strategy statements shaping your organization needn’t be complicated.

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