Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

When we think of a business having a competitive advantage, we still tend to think of traditional economic moats such as a low-cost structure, economies of scale, or perhaps a more intangible moat like a strong brand. Thus, for most businesses, the only truly lasting source of competitive advantage these days is the pace of innovation.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Why a Strategy Uncertainty Map is Important Every business faces uncertainty in areas like market trends, competitive shifts, technological advancements, regulatory changes, and economic fluctuations. Enhancing Agility and Adaptability Encourages businesses to develop flexible strategies rather than rigid plans.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 21, 2025

New technologies emerge rapidly, disrupting industries and rendering existing systems obsolete. It enables organizations to assess when to scale, improve, or replace existing technologies, ensuring they allocate resources efficiently and maintain a competitive edge. Regularly assess technology portfolio for outdated systems.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

That’s because a defining trait of best-in-class organizations is their ability to quickly pivot in the face of changing market conditions, emerging and disruptive technology, and shifting customer demands. Organizations that lack the business agility to pivot could risk falling behind and losing their competitive edge.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Agility and Adaptability : Ecosystems are naturally adaptive due to their diversity and interconnectedness. This speed can be a critical differentiator in competitive industries. Collaborative Competition (Coopetition) : Ecosystems encourage a balance between competition and collaboration.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

It is the driving force behind the competitive edge that allows companies to stand out and meet the ever-changing demands of their customers. Exploring disruptive innovation examples can provide insights into how companies have successfully navigated and transformed their industries through innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Accelerated Innovation and Speed to Market In an innovation ecosystem, shared resources, collaborative platforms, and agile development processes dramatically reduce the time it takes to move from idea to implementation. Your internal system may excel at refinement, but ecosystems excel at speed and agility.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Improve resilience against disruptions and crises. Reduces risk and uncertainty Prepares organizations for potential disruptions. Strengthens competitive advantage Enables companies to anticipate industry shifts ahead of competitors. Market dynamics Consumer behavior shifts, supply chain disruptions, competitor strategies.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 10, 2025

Contingency Planning: A Practical Guide for Strategy Projects Contingency planning is the process of proactively preparing for potential risks, disruptions, or crises that could impact an organizations operations, strategy, or financial stability. Supply chain disruptions Supplier failures, transportation issues.

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eZassi

MARCH 18, 2025

The Ezassi Advantage: Enhancing Supply Chain Agility for Procurement Executives Why CPOs and Supply Chain Executives Should Pay Attention For Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs), procurement leaders, and supply chain executives, staying ahead of disruptions while driving efficiency, cost savings, and sustainability is more challenging than ever.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Accelerated Innovation and Speed to Market In an innovation ecosystem, shared resources, collaborative platforms, and agile development processes dramatically reduce the time it takes to move from idea to implementation. Your internal system may excel at refinement, but ecosystems excel at speed and agility.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It’s what kicks growth into gear, keeps you competitive, and helps your team sidestep those nasty surprises. Flexibility : Innovation gives your business the agility to dodge and weave with market changes. Learn more about this link in our article on strategic planning needs innovation in today’s disruptive world.

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Leapfrogging

JANUARY 2, 2023

Agility, the ability to think fast and move quickly, is an imperative for every team this year. Yet we can’t lose sight of another critical success factor for navigating today’s highly uncertain world, especially in 2023: agility. Three Steps to Strategic Agility. I’ve built new teams. Assumption testing.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 3, 2025

This agility ensures that your clients can stay ahead of the competition. AI is the key to unlocking new growth opportunities and staying ahead in the competitive business landscape. Start utilizing AI today to stay ahead in the competitive business landscape with cutting-edge, data-driven solutions.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Every industry today faces a critical question: will you stick to old legacy systems and ways of doing things, likely leading to you being disrupted by progress? Disruption no longer follows predictable timelinesits faster, deeper, and more transformative than ever. This level of disruption will be true in the years to come as well.

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Planview

JULY 29, 2024

Solutions that can adapt to address challenges like economic uncertainty, supply chain disruptions, and new and disruptive technologies. In this environment, the key to success is adaptability. Organizations need solutions that can bend without breaking.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We need to transform, be disrupted or certainly re-imagine and this is where knowing your ecosystem comes in. Our existing organization needs to envisage a changing world full of disruption that calls for radical change. It calls for bold management to instigate such a transformation. The Status Quo is history.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

What is the Agile Innovation Process, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations? Today, everyone wants to be agile. It’s seen as sexy and cool to be agile, but most people don’t know what the term really means. There’s little surprise that the agile framework has taken off.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We need to transform, be disrupted or certainly re-imagine and this is where knowing your ecosystem comes in. Our existing organization needs to envisage a changing world full of disruption that calls for radical change. It calls for bold management to instigate such a transformation. The Status Quo is history.

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Collaboration Innovation Disruption Technical Review 273

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Power of Disruptive Innovation Understanding Disruptive Innovation Disruptive innovation, a term you might have encountered frequently in today’s business lexicon, refers to a process where a product or service starts at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves upmarket, eventually displacing established competitors.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Disruption is all around us; it never seems to go away; it simply appears in a different and often entirely new form. The result is the same; it disrupts what we know and often in how we suddenly need to set about doing it differently. Much of the innovative disruptions seem so obvious; you wonder why we were not doing these before.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The past two years were as disruptive as they get for both society and business. Some people think being agile is a mindset. If you have the right tools, anyone can both build agility into how you think and make it the foundation of your business processes. That’s how you remain resilient in today’s disruptive world.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Navigating a Disruptive Business Environment In today’s fast-paced and technology-driven landscape, businesses are frequently faced with disruptions that can significantly impact their operations and long-term viability. Recognizing the early signs of these disruptions is key to responding effectively.

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Flying Fish Lab

AUGUST 1, 2023

At Flying Fish Lab, we offer a unique approach called Controlled Disruption to help businesses grow. Controlled Disruption is unique in its ability to overlay Intelligent Naivety onto your Category Expertise. It is a proactive and essential strategy in today’s ever-changing consumer and customer landscape. By adopting this approach.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 16, 2023

Let me provide these: Increased agility : Embracing a Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework enables organizations to be more agile in responding to market changes and customer needs. I highlight the key value points.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 2, 2016

This past weekend I had an extended period of re-reading about the effects of disruption that seems to be occurring across all points of business, our politics, our governments, it seems across our lives. All good plans sometime get disrupted. Everything invented seems to have been disrupted or seems about too.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The next group of factors to consider is making the clear assessments of competition, outlining the tactical moves to be considered market attractiveness, the ability to execute and what business model does the business case take to provide the fit and attract the commitment. To find out more contact me.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 14, 2024

By participating in these ecosystems, organizations can access cutting-edge technologies, untapped markets, and a diverse talent pool, driving innovation and competitive differentiation. Recognizing Ecosystem Resilience : Dynamic ecosystems are resilient and capable of withstanding shocks and disruptions. ​

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 25, 2021

In a world where exponential change and digital disruptions abound, you simply cannot rest on your laurels and merely rely on what you’ve already built. Instinctually for many, we choose to play it safe and protect and defend the status quo with agility. From there, it’s just collecting money and living a good life.

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Planview

MARCH 19, 2025

To stay competitive, many of these organizations are transforming their approach to strategy execution, ensuring they can not only survive but thrive in a dynamic and disruptive environment. Responding strategically to these forces of change is critical.

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eZassi

MARCH 11, 2025

The Hidden Challenges of Corporate Venture Capital (And How to Overcome Them) Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) groups have grown in popularity as a vehicle to drive disruptive innovation and growth. Through CVC, corporations can diversify their innovation efforts, mitigate risks, and stay agile in an uncertain business environment.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Competitive disadvantage: A delayed or failed project can allow competitors to move ahead, capturing market share and innovation opportunities. Proactively Managing Risks: Identify potential risks early and develop contingency plans to navigate challenges with minimal disruption. Lets explore some of the amazing A.I. Leverage A.I.

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Viima

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Research reveals that 90% of executives recognize the critical importance of agility for their company's future success, with 96% emphasizing the need to increase agility in the future. What’s more, agile companies grow revenue 37% faster and generate 30% higher profits than their non-agile counterparts.

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Phil McKinney

JULY 11, 2023

We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. Understanding Technological Disruptions Technological disruptions refer to unexpected shifts in technology that can disrupt industries, businesses, and life as we know it.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Competitive Analysis : How’s your strategy stacking up against the Joneses? Competitive Analysis See if you’re winning or need a mid-game pep talk. Pulling in innovation is a must-have in today’s fast-moving scene, as detailed in our note on strategy’s need for innovation in disruptive times.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 5, 2018

The new game, as demonstrated by a number of emerging disrupters, is captured in the book Unscaled and discussed at length in this nice blog post - one I wish I could have written. There are a couple of overlapping points here, but the main idea is that scale as a competitive weapon is increasingly passe.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 9, 2018

Panayioutou says that Coke needs people who can spot trends, help Coke analyze what customers want and create more agility and speed. She's looking for people comfortable with creating and promoting change, who can help disrupt existing products and markets. She needs people who can understand the new strategy and help implement it.

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