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Intentionality and the Differentiating Competitive Advantage 

Planview

The data measures the flow of business value through all the activities involved in a software value stream. We see disparity for companies in the same industry, with some delivering business value via their software delivery at three times their prior speed once they start focusing on flow of business value.

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Innovation and creativity: the lasting competitive advantage

Jeffrey Phillips

Pause to acknowledge Daniel Pink I'd like to pause here and tip my hat to Daniel Pink, who wrote a really good book that is becoming ever more prescient. Daniel Pink wrote a book entitled A Whole New Mind in 2005, and at the time the book had a nice reception. If it can be automated, it will be automated.

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Agility is the 2023 Success Factor

Leapfrogging

The concept of “agility” in business originated from the field of agile software development. Agile software development involves “sprints” in which teams define short-term goals (typically two weeks), work diligently to achieve them, and then apply what they learned from the sprint to their next sprint’s goals.

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Five Unicorn Scaleup Strategies

Leapfrogging

He’s the author of numerous books and an expert on how lean principles can be used to drive innovation. His latest book, What a Unicorn Knows , is available on Amazon and reveals the secrets to building high growth startups. Here’s a Q&A with Matt that highlights the key points in the book.

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Discontinuous Innovation: Transforming Industries & Creating New Markets

Qmarkets

In this article, we delve into the essence of discontinuous innovation, its impact on the competitive landscape, and how businesses can harness its transformative potential. In the book, Christensen distinguishes between two types of innovation: sustaining innovation and discontinuous innovation.

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11. To Compete or Not To Compete (part 1)

Stephen Shapiro

Remember, this book was written a dozen years ago, so some concepts have evolved. Open-source software is a well-known collaborative community. On the other hand, developers who work on creating apps for the iPhone operate in a competitive marketplace. Which approach yields better solutions: competition or collaboration?

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Top 5 Consulting Firms for Innovation and Digital Transformation in 2019

Moves the Needle

As a concept that originated in the ‘90s as a synonym for “digitization,” it has since evolved into the process by which companies update the source code of their people as well as their business. For those of us who have seen countless traditional businesses disrupted, such a lack of diligence is concerning. Need more than a guide?