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Self-Righteousness Isn’t A Strategy

Digital Tonto

I first noticed this in the aftermath of the Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004. The post Self-Righteousness Isn’t A Strategy first appeared on Digital Tonto. So we feel the urge to lash out and silence opposition. That almost guarantees a failure to survive victory. It’s more important to make a difference than it is to make a point.

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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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How “True Believers” Can Undermine Change

Digital Tonto

I first noticed this in the aftermath of the Ukraine’s Orange Revolution in 2004. Related posts: How To Overcome Resistance To Change To Overcome Resistance To Change, You Need A Strategy, Not A Slogan There Will Always Be People Who Want To Kill Change. So we feel the urge to lash out and silence opposition.

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Ambidextrous Innovation: Exploring the New Whilst Exploiting Success

ITONICS

The 2004 Harvard Business Review article “The Ambidextrous Organization” by Charles A. O’Reilly III and Michael L. Tushman starts with “The Roman god Janus had two sets of eyes — one pair focusing on what lay behind, the other on what lay ahead. General managers and corporate executives should be able to relate.

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Why Business Strategy Shouldn’t Be “Scientific”

Innovation Excellence

Yet even today, nearly a half century later, many executives and business strategists have failed to learn that simple lesson by attempting to inject “science” into strategy. The truth is that while strategy can be informed by science, it can never be, and shouldn’t be, truly scientific. Why Business Case Studies Are Flawed.

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Are You Future-Proof? Preparing for Technological Disruptions

Phil McKinney

They eventually declared bankruptcy in 2010 after losing over $900 million in revenue between 2000 and 2004 because of the shift in consumer tastes away from physical media. Various strategies, such as continuous learning, networking, and experimentation, can ensure businesses stay ahead of the curve.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Focus stage: Growth Published: 2004 more…. Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2004 more…. Innovation Strategy (Goffin). Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2014 more…. Co-Creation (Prahalad). Co-Creating Value (Ramaswamy). Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2008 more…. Morphology of Co-Creation (Bartl). Innovation Audit (Adams).