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First-Mover or Fast-Follower: Which is the right innovation strategy for you?

Idea to Value

For example, Scott Anthony (interviewed on the podcast here ), summarised his views in a 2012 HBR article about which companies might benefit from moving first: If you are what Professor Steven Spear calls a “high-velocity organization” that is always learning and improving, there are real benefits to moving first.

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Balancing your innovation portfolio: Does the 70-20-10 rule still apply?

Idea to Value

One of industry standard answers comes from research by Deloitte Partners Bansi Nagji and Geoff Tuff, in their groundbreaking 2012 article in Harvard Business Review: Managing your innovation portfolio. It will be different for your company compared to your competition, and compared to other industries or companies with other strategies.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

This is the list of sections and book summaries: Alltime Classics How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – 1936 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – 1937 The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale – 1952 The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson – 1981 In Search of Excellence (..)

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Jeff Bezos’ Rule: What will not change?

Idea to Value

At an AWS discussion in 2012, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared some insights on how he thinks about the future and how it informs his innovation investment decisions: (See the video at the top of this blog article ). They then try to develop new products and business models to fit this new world.

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How President Lula da Silva should help the poor in Brazil this time?

Christensen Institute

Early signs point to Lula’s government implementing a push strategy of development when they need to do the opposite. In our paper, Leveraging market-creating innovations to solve Brazil’s education paradox , we highlight two main development strategies, push and pull. Pull, don’t push. Thankfully, Nubank is not alone.

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16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies

BrainZooming

You can apply these creative thinking questions to trigger your own brand’s strategic thinking on innovation strategy: Strategy. Customer-Focused Innovation Strategy. Engage employees and customers with powerful questions to uncover great breakthrough ideas and innovative strategies that deliver results!

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What is the ambition matrix and how does it work as part of an innovation portfolio?

Idea to Value

Originally developed by the strategy consultants at Monitor (now part of Deloitte) and made famous by a breakthrough article in Harvard Business Review by Geoff Tuff and Bansi Nagji, the Ambition Matrix is a tool which helps companies identify ways to execute their strategy around where to play and how to win.