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Four Mind-Bending Business Models to Shake Up 2016

Leapfrogging

It’s all about “playing hard to get” with your customers, something pretty counterintuitive in today’s fiercely competitive world. Culture Flaunting – Use Internal Culture to Create External Differentiation. The airline created branded packets of chips, candy and cereal bars that doubled as tickets for a Transavia flight.

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Four Mind-Bending Business Models to Shake Up 2016

Leapfrogging

It’s all about “playing hard to get” with your customers, something pretty counterintuitive in today’s fiercely competitive world. Culture Flaunting – Use Internal Culture to Create External Differentiation. The airline created branded packets of chips, candy and cereal bars that doubled as tickets for a Transavia flight.

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Herb Kelleher's Legacy at Southwest Airlines: 5 Important Lessons

Michael Roberto

Source: Southwest Airlines Yesterday, Southwest Airlines co-founder and long-time CEO Herb Kelleher died at age 87. Here are five simple, yet powerful, lessons that come to mind as I reflect on the Kelleher era at the airline: Make tradeoffs. At Southwest, Kelleher chose to run an airline in a very different manner.

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Collaboration in the Time of the Coronavirus: How to Innovate Effectively During a Crisis

Qmarkets

Already we are seeing some worryingly severe consequences, with global stock market volatility, consumer retail hysteria, and whole airline fleets grounded indefinitely. All these benefits could contribute towards your business gaining a competitive edge during this uncertain period.

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Building the Right Innovation Portfolio

Innov8rs

In this book, Schmidt and Rosenberg elaborate on how Googles culture of innovation was fostered by allowing employees to dedicate time to core, adjacent, and transformative projects. C | The companys risk appetite and culture A companys risk appetite, closely tied to its strategic intent, however it also often reflects its culture.

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The Value of One Good Idea

KindlingApp

Everyone wants an innovative company culture, and anyone seeking to build one can turn to any number of resources, from Harvard Business Review , Fast Company , and Forbes to Kindling’s blog , that offer advice on building a culture of innovation. Why does culture find itself on the backburner so often?

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The Whole Foods Strategy…Isn’t (Whole)

Matthew May

The chain has done a phenomenal job at creating a truly unique culture, one obviously embraced by every employee at Trader Joe’s. Think Southwest Airlines. In other words, the real competition won’t be Whole Foods vs. Trader Joe’s, it will be Whole Foods vs. 365. Think Walmart. The Whole Food strategy isn’t a whole strategy.

Strategy 100