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VUCA is a matter of perspective

Jeffrey Phillips

Suddenly everyone has realized that sometimes the economy or markets are volatile or uncertain. If I were older and cranky I'd blame this on the millennials, not because they are millennials but because they've never lived with a stock market that goes down. Volatility seems like something we've only just discovered.

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First 3 predictions for post-COVID world

Jeffrey Phillips

Over the next week or so I'll be writing short blog posts that examine a handful of the trends and some of the predictions that I made in the longer scenario, to illuminate factors governments and companies should consider as they start thinking about what lies ahead. Then, consider the office real estate market.

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Is Disruption the New Normal?

Moves the Needle

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. This is true in corporations, startups, education, government, and so on. But we are no longer in the 20th century.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

As McKinsey points out , organizations that focused on innovation even during the 2009 crisis, outperformed the market average by 30% and their growth continued to accelerate the following years as well. Organizations should make changes in their strategy, governance, engagement, and incentives.

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Business Model Scalability: Internal vs External

The BMI Lab Blog

When I co-founded the online ebook platform PaperC back in 2008, I made an interesting discovery. Ten years ago, "old business" dominated the ranking of the most valuable companies in terms of market capitalization with PetroChina on the top, followed by Exxon and General Electric. customers, market and regulations).

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Designing for Meaningful Social Interactions

Boxes and Arrows

Then in a few years, we suddenly ended up with governments scoring people and masses manipulated into meaningless activities to generate more ad revenue. Stackoverflow arrived on the scene in 2008 and solved the hostile environment brilliantly by applying gamification methods to encourage constructive participation on their platform.

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Build Platforms Beyond Products and Services

The Inovo Group

In the 79 years since, the Dow polyethylene platform has grown to encompass six distinct product families selling over forty product categories into multiple markets across a wide variety of industries. In 2008, Apple introduced the “App Store” with 500 applications. Solution – products and services that are adopted and used.