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Are You Future-Proof? Preparing for Technological Disruptions

Phil McKinney

We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. Understanding Technological Disruptions Technological disruptions refer to unexpected shifts in technology that can disrupt industries, businesses, and life as we know it.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. When you get enough of them together, you create a blue lobster organization – one that creates positive disruption. Because the key to innovation isn’t processes, stage gates, weird exercises, or competitions. What’s with blue lobsters? People who view the world differently.

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What do Blue Lobsters Have to do With Innovation? Everything!

Mills-Scofield

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. When you get enough of them together, you create a blue lobster organization – one that creates positive disruption. Because the key to innovation isn’t processes, stage gates, weird exercises, or competitions. What’s with blue lobsters? People who view the world differently.

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On the Origin of Companies

David Marks

In this post I will explain how the disruptibility curve, described in my previous blog posts, could be used for the same purpose. The disruptibility curve maps a company on two axes: The Natural Monopoly and the Customer responsiveness. The Natural monopoly axis measures the degree of which a company is shielded from competition.

Company 40
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On the Origin of Companies

David Marks

In this post I will explain how the disruptibility curve, described in my previous blog posts, could be used for the same purpose. The disruptibility curve maps a company on two axes: The Natural Monopoly and the Customer responsiveness. The Natural monopoly axis measures the degree of which a company is shielded from competition.

Company 40
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Think Your Company’s Pursuit of Innovation has Run its Course? Think Again…

Qmarkets

But it’s this mindset which must change in order for companies to maintain a competitive edge and fight disruption. This report from Sandroni & Squintani (2004) summarizes decades-worth of psychological research which confirms our innate predisposition towards overconfidence.

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A brief history of work, innovation and skills in the UK

Wazoku

Driven by advancing technologies, accelerating connectivity, and changing attitudes towards employment, organisations are operating in a dynamic environment – one where fast-growing start-ups are disrupting traditional business models and AI is replacing human labour. However, unskilled workers did not become organised until the late 1880s.