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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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The Orange Socks Story I’ve Never Written Before

BrainZooming

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. The orange socks came up in conversation, but they were tangential to the interviews with the top leaders. I said I hadn’t. I was horrified!

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Patent Quality and Utility Essential to Patent Owners

Anaqua

Constrained budgets mean that IP executives need to be more focused on their portfolio strategies, and the statistics imply that filers are being a bit more selective in what to protect. Business alignment will lead to not only more focused patenting strategies, but also more effective plans for pruning, licensing, and competitive actions.

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2018 Patent Analysis: Patent Quality and Utility Essential to Patent Owners

Anaqua

Constrained budgets mean that IP executives need to be more focused on their portfolio strategies, and the statistics imply that filers are being a bit more selective in what to protect. Business alignment will lead to not only more focused patenting strategies, but also more effective plans for pruning, licensing, and competitive actions.

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Digital transformation examples

Board of Innovation

Ingersoll develops operating strategies for its customers that balance the need to keep buildings lighted and cool with the need to meet increasingly rigorous goals for lowering energy consumption , including sometimes reducing usage on short notice to qualify for special utility payments.

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Innovation Networks – Needed Now More Than Ever

The Inovo Group

Use tools and systems that decrease the friction of interaction and collaboration. Foresight and Forecast – How do we create future insights that guide our strategy and opportunity discovery? Cultivating Communities of Practice ; Harvard Business Review Press; January 8, 2002. Norton & Company; May 2002. Buchanen, M.

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How to Nail Your Most Valuable Metrics Using the Customer Journey

Moves the Needle

Their messaging, circa Jan 25, 2002: "new all purpose, premium household cleaners that add elegance and sophistication to home and life." Slack Example Slack is an team collaboration tool for businesses. For Passionate, this is often outside the product. For example: Is it the packaging? Is it customer service?

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