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Intentionality and the Differentiating Competitive Advantage 

Planview

Fresh off the pain of my poor Boilermakers loss in the NCAA tournament, I reflect on what a startling competitive disadvantage you’re at if your competitor can score buckets at three times your team’s speed. Speed of software delivery is either a competitive advantage or a startling disadvantage in the digital age.

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“Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?” is the Wrong Question

Leanstack

And companies that continuously outlearn their competition win. A brief history of the Continuous Innovation Framework The early scaffolding for the Continuous Innovation Framework was described in my first book: Running Lean. Stay tuned for more… [link] “Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?”

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Powering Up Your Strategy: Success Factors for Executive Team Offsites

Leapfrogging

Through a blend of strategic planning sessions, team-building activities, and reflective exercises, a well-designed offsite can unlock new perspectives, ignite creativity, and lay the groundwork for transformative growth. The two key components of structuring your offsite are the agenda design and the planning of breakout sessions.

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Thought Leader and Influencer Interview with CB Bowman Ottomanelli, Author, Award Winner, Podcaster, CEO, Courage Consulting.

Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

Focus Areas: Creativity, Coaching, Management, Diversity & Inclusion Thinkers360 In-Depth Profile & Portfolio: CB Bowman Social Media: LinkedIn | Twitter Books: Courage to Leap & Lead: A Roadmap for Redefining Failure Into Success. Next, understand their competition and resources.

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How to be More Agile as Competitive Advantages Fade

New Markets Advisors

For years, Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath has been telling us that the traditional strategy of finding and exploiting a sustainable competitive advantage is becoming outdated. The world is evolving too quickly for competitive advantages to last for a meaningful amount of time. Or so the argument goes.

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“Lean Startup, or Business Model Design, or Design Thinking?” is the Wrong Question

Leanstack

And companies that continuously outlearn their competition win. A brief history of the Continuous Innovation Framework The early scaffolding for the Continuous Innovation Framework was described in my first book: Running Lean. Speed of learning is the new unfair advantage. How do you define traction and measure product/market fit? —?March

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Creating Innovation Connections as the Customer Advocate

IdeaScale

Six years ago, when Amazon sold primarily print books, company research showed that customers liked e-books—a new product that threatened Amazon’s core business. They did just that, and by 2011, e-books sales surpassed sales of print books. In fact, by April 2011, Amazon became the world’s largest e-book retailer.