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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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How Networks Power Transformation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In February 2004, Viacom announced that it would spin off Blockbuster Video into its own independent company, which gave its CEO, John Antioco, the opportunity to begin addressing the disruptive threat emanating from Netflix head on.

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Why Today’s Leaders Need to Be Perpetual Learners

Harvard Business Review

Born to immigrant parents in the Australian outback, he would eventually rise to the top of the corporate world, taking over in 2004 as CEO of Dow Chemical. Andrew Liveris likes to defy expectations.

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

The BMI Lab Blog

It can be defined as a holistic view of a company's bundle of products and services that are of value to the customer (Osterwalder 2004). According to the degree of innovation, innovations can be divided into evolutionary and disruptive innovations. What Is Disruptive Innovation? Christensen C. M, Raynor, M. McDonald, R.

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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. What’s with blue lobsters? Well, a blue lobster is rare, about 1 in 2 million , and very beautiful. The key to innovation has been and always will be People.

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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. What’s with blue lobsters? Well, a blue lobster is rare, about 1 in 2 million , and very beautiful. The key to innovation has been and always will be People.

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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. If you read my previous posts , you can look away now (or rather skip to the next paragraph).

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