BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

Fanatics introduced disruptive innovation to its marketplace with an agile strategy. It also uses its agile strategy to market apparel for niche opportunities where it might sell as few as ten t-shirts. 16 Strategic Thinking Questions to Explore Agile Strategy and Disruptive Innovation. via Shutterstock.

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Moves the Needle

AUGUST 18, 2022

I had a conversation recently with a few industry professionals who were expressing concerns about the idea of scaling agile. Their objection was that not everybody can be agile nor needs to be. There’s been this tendency to kind of munge agile together with lean manufacturing and lean startup or lean innovation.

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We want to be agile, reactionary, and cautious — It is a primordial instinct in many. But as I have mentioned to clients and colleagues many times over the course of my career: Agility will never set you ahead of disruption; it will only give you momentary peace of mind. Lego: An Exponential Thinker in Agility and Anticipation.

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Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This blog explores the essence of resilience in leadership, offers strategies for its development, and underscores the transformative impact of overcoming adversity on personal growth and leadership effectiveness. This perspective encourages learning from experiences, including failures, and viewing challenges as opportunities to grow.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 11, 2023

Much of what cost savings has to do with these days is found in processing power, bandwidth, and storage — the Three Digital Accelerators that I have identified as the cause for accelerated digital disruption since the eighties. Being a Positive Disruptor Can Be Costly, But Being Disrupted Is Worse. Accessible Software-as-a-Service.

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ImagineNation

JUNE 9, 2020

It was where I learned, the hardest way possible, the most important lesson of body surfing; that if you seek to ride a wave, you have to wait for it, to discover the best opportunity to arise, so you can work or flow with it to let it carry you to the shore. The waves of disruptive change are the masters.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Propelled further by people’s increasing desire to socialise and share ideas and knowledge across the globe, learn and connect in a high-tech world, discover and play, to be met in ways that also satisfied their aspirational, motivational and recreational needs. Gamification and corporate learning. Benefits of a gamified approach.

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ImagineNation

AUGUST 30, 2020

In our blog “Leading and Managing Transitional Change” we described how leaders could help their people to transition through the fears and challenges they are experiencing as a result of the disruptive COVID-19 pandemic , by cultivating their mental toughness. This was reinforced by Mc Kinsey & Co.

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Cris Beswick

APRIL 24, 2024

In the modern business world, where disruption is the norm and change is relentless, the ability to continuously drive innovation-led growth has become the ultimate competitive advantage. Failure to move with speed and agility can render even the most promising concepts obsolete before reaching their full potential.

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PlanBox Innovation

JUNE 26, 2020

A proven way to do this is through the agile process. First created in the software industry around 20 years ago, the agile methodology is widely seen as the innovation engine that drives Silicon Valley’s success, and it has now been adopted by many companies beyond the tech sector. Spread Agile Innovation Throughout the Business.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 12, 2022

Even as I write this blog, each character is being stored in the cloud in real time! Let’s think about these two concepts in relation to my Anticipatory mindset versus an agile one. Agile mindsets are those of protecting and defending the status quo, often coupled with a tremendous effort to put out fires as they ignite.

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ImagineNation

JUNE 3, 2019

In the same way, new platforms, products and services, business models and other emerging creative surprises are, disrupting the learning game. To also develop the skills required to surmount future challenges, so what then, is the role of continuous learning? The world has turned upside down. Mismatch between supply and demand.

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In our last blog , we proposed, rather than living in a world where everyone hates to fail, why not adopt a rethink, respond, regroup, thrive pattern, and experience failure as an opportunity for change, unlearning, and re-thinking? Re-thinking in a disconnected and disruptive age. Critical art of re-thinking. Thinking, fast and slow.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Transformation and change initiatives are usually designed as strategic interventions, intending to advance an organisation’s growth, deliver increased shareholder value, build competitive advantage, or improve its speed and agility to respond to fast-changing industries, in a disruptive business environment.

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Planview

JANUARY 17, 2024

In today’s fast-paced and dynamic world of technology, the adoption of Agile methodologies has undoubtedly transformed the landscape of how technology teams function. In this blog post, we’ll uncover why dedicating resources to tackle WIP and bottleneck resolution can lead to long-term time and resource savings.

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Both of these are causing disruptive and unpredictable workforce changes, the need for new working practices, and a different set of mindsets and behaviours founded in cultivating an independent will, mental toughness, and emotional agility. Cultivating discomfort resilience, mental toughness, and emotional agility.

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ImagineNation

AUGUST 3, 2020

In our last blog “Leading and managing human transitions through disruption and adversity,” we described the importance of leaders and managers becoming more generous, tolerant, caring, empathic not only with themselves, and also with others they interact with. Learnings from the wilderness. Mining decades of stability.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 22, 2020

Where we initially landed in a fog of disruptive change that settled into every fibre of our being. That was before we realized and accepted that adapting, learning and growing through uncertainty could be full of possibilities for reskilling, reinventing in and thriving in a world that would never be the same again. And it’s us.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 22, 2020

Where we initially landed in a fog of disruptive change that settled into every fibre of our being. That was before we realized and accepted that adapting, learning and growing through uncertainty could be full of possibilities for reskilling, reinventing in and thriving in a world that would never be the same again. And it’s us.

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Moves the Needle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how to explore in the core to reduce uncertainty in order to improve operational efficiency, while also uncovering new opportunities. All these events ripple across the business landscape, disrupting the markets. The continuous disruptions are due to the digital revolution.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 10, 2021

In last month’s blog , we reinforced and validated the importance and role of collaboration, and described the range of emerging new, inspirational, and adaptive models that lean into complexity and catalyse and embed sustainable innovative workplace culture change.

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ImagineNation

JULY 6, 2021

Where organisation, leaders, and teams can increase speed, agility and improve simplicity and strategically generate new ways of tapping into the power of, and harnessing, and mobilizing people’s collective intelligence. Prioritizing continuous learning, reskilling and upskilling. Continuous learning.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 7, 2023

In our February blog , we explored how our focus and attention have been stolen, and how our ability to pay attention is collapsing and described why we need to be intentional in reclaiming it. Intentional, outcome focussed, and therefore, effective, agile, adaptive, and resilient in an uncertain world full of disruption and crises.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

In last month’s blog, Cultivating a Fail Fast Culture – as a manifestation of learning & exploration we explored what it means to take a reflective stance, to use the experience of failure to support ourselves and others we interact with, as a pivot point and a manifestation for learning and exploration.

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Daniel Burrus

MAY 3, 2023

Collaboration between different generations leads to increased innovation, creativity in problem solving, positive disruption, and ultimately a significant impact on the industry. Additionally, cross-generational teamwork can help to bridge the skills gap between age groups, leading to a more anticipatory, agile, and efficient workforce.

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Daniel Burrus

JANUARY 26, 2022

But looking back on businesses from days and decades ago, historically, some of the biggest corporate and consumer catastrophes have been because a leader or organization refused to embrace change, get in front of disruption, or take a calculated risk, for a plethora of reasons. Tie Rack’s Risk Aversion.

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Innovation 360 Group

APRIL 13, 2018

To Learn or to Unlearn – that’s the question. Board members, C-Suites and executives of all stripes are attempting to apply the lessons they learned 10 years ago (or more!) Fail to learn. Take a moment right now to put everything on pause and visualize the person you were a decade ago. The question is not academic.

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ImagineNation

APRIL 5, 2021

In last month’s blog at ImagineNation we opened the door to a threshold for a new kind of co-creative, collaborative and cohesive team spirit to catalyse change through “innovation evangelism”. How innovation teams learn and develop. Experiential learning a virtual and remote environment. Case Study Example.

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Christensen Institute

MARCH 22, 2022

A mission-driven, agile culture that prioritized relationships was also a common feature of prepared schools. The last two years have been tough for K–12 schools and educators, but these challenging times have not been without their bright spots—and there’s much to learn from them. But building a strong culture can often seem elusive.

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ImagineNation

JANUARY 26, 2022

Where constant and accelerating change, coupled with uncertainty are the harsh realities of today, and of tomorrow, in the decade emerging as one of both disruption and transformation. Exploring possibilities and unleashing opportunities available in this moment in time as a turning point to learn and grow , as a coach, leader, or team.

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ImagineNation

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Developing innovation agility, being adaptative, and cultivating mental toughness, emotional agility, to build resilience and trust in times of extreme uncertainty. We can do this by supporting people to develop “discomfort resilience” through intentional mindset shifting and by cultivating emotional agility and mental toughness.

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ImagineNation

JULY 4, 2022

Taking personal responsibility is an especially crucial capability, for entrepreneurs and innovators to develop in the decade of both disruption and transformation. Asking myself, what can I really learn from this situation? Consciously choosing what to do differently next time I am faced with a similar challenging situation?

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Planview

MARCH 28, 2024

This blog discusses the critical role of end-to-end visibility in scaling and streamlining automotive production. Unlike traditional manufacturing processes characterized by tangible endpoints, software development for vehicles is inherently iterative and demands agility to keep pace with evolving technological requirements.

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Taking the path of least resistance In McKinsey’s Top Ten Reports This Quarter blog , seven out of the ten articles relate specifically to generative AI: technology trends, state of AI, future of work, future of AI, the new AI playbook, questions to ask about AI and healthcare and AI.

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PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As we peer into the abyss of AI’s limitless potential, we must equip ourselves not only with agility but with structured methodologies, visionary strategies, and a commitment to professional standards. In the past, agility served as a lifeline, allowing organizations to pivot quickly in response to unforeseen disruptions.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2018

As we learn we adapt, as we share we grow. This is the exciting part, building, and learning, evolving a design of an ecosystem has a real potential to ‘create’ something different that has the potential to transform a germ of an idea into something living, breathing and valued, a set of tangible innovative outcomes.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

Are you interested in learning more about how to develop an innovative mindset and gain practical skills on developing creative new ideas for implementation? These recent classics are just as useful and practical to professionals looking to learn innovative methodology and approaches. Books from 2020 & Earlier. Find it here.

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