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The Travel & Hospitality Industry is Being Disrupted, Again.

Leapfrogging

Airbnb disrupted hotels. Now big travel and hospitality companies are going after the next disruptive innovation themselves before getting blindsided yet again. As part of a new series of articles I’m writing called Everything Transformed , I’m focusing on the widespread disruption of just about every industry on the planet.

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Is Disruption the New Normal?

Moves the Needle

Make no mistake, the pandemic disrupted business. The world has endured 3 massive economic disruptions in the first 2 decades of the 21st century, including the dotcom bust and 9/11, the Great Recession of 2008, and the current pandemic-caused economic devastation. Is disruption itself the new normal?

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Are you Ready to use this Economic Downturn to Become Recession Proof?

Daniel Burrus

2019 was a completely different world in comparison to 2020 and beyond, and even as we have weathered the storm in one way or another, every day has become a question mark for many across all industries. A brief example of an organization that capitalized on the 2008 recession in remarkable ways is Lego.

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Continuous Improvement and Breakthrough Innovation: Why You Need Both

IdeaScale

The British cycling team used incremental improvements to go from also-rans to winning seven of ten gold medals in the 2008 Olympics. Major disruptions often happen because something (like people’s patience with the way things are) breaks. It doesn’t just work in business, either. Breakthrough Innovation.

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

The BMI Lab Blog

2008), or, more simply, the value proposition (Teece 2010). According to the degree of innovation, innovations can be divided into evolutionary and disruptive innovations. Disruptive innovations are innovations that radically change existing structures and markets (Pisano, 2015). What Is Disruptive Innovation?

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The Personality of a Business: More Than Just a Brand Image

Tullio Siragusa

By offering wages higher than the industry average and comprehensive benefits, they don’t just talk the talk but walk the walk. Case Study: Airbnb’s Personality Shift and Rebranding Background: Founded in 2008, Airbnb started as a platform that allowed homeowners to rent out their spaces to travelers. Their brand personality?

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The New Game Or Is It? Asset Orchestration

Paul Hobcraft

Now Amazon is far from “asset heavy” when you compare them to the Industrial companies like GE but asset orchestration is seemingly getting far greater management time for all companies it seems. One highly relevant observation.

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