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Is your company up for disruption? Possibly not

David Marks

For the best part of the past decade consulting firms and doom mongers have been heaping scorn on established companies and large corporations. Established companies rejigged operations, shed some fat and learnt to be all things digital. The fact is that many companies were not in such dire straits after all.

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On the Origin of Companies

David Marks

By comparison, the concept of survival of the fittest in the corporate world is much less mysterious or controversial. Companies who choose to act decisively, can adapt to shifting business environments at will. But as clouds loom over the horizons, the difference between the strong and the weak companies emerge. They innovate.

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On the Origin of Companies

David Marks

By comparison, the concept of survival of the fittest in the corporate world is much less mysterious or controversial. Companies who choose to act decisively, can adapt to shifting business environments at will. But as clouds loom over the horizons, the difference between the strong and the weak companies emerge. They innovate.

Company 40
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Building an Agile & Innovative Organization

Idea to Value

In recent years, more and more companies have realized the need for innovation as they’ve seen businesses all around them, and perhaps even their own business, being disrupted. What makes this so difficult for large organizations is that a single innovation just isn’t enough to turn the course of the company. Customer obsession.

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Is your company up for disruption? Possibly not

David Marks

For the best part of the past decade consulting firms and doom mongers have been heaping scorn on established companies and large corporations. Most media companies are still amongst us, web-retail may be flourishing but brick and mortar is very much the norm, and the hotel business is in rude health? There are two axes to the curve.

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The only two measures that matter

David Marks

In this blog post I’ll explain how it can be applied to explaining the competitive position of companies. It is akin to the level of monopoly the company effectively commands. Some companies enjoy a monopolistic position due to (historical) regulations. Railway, postage and utility companies often exemplify this.

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The only two measures that matter

David Marks

In this blog post I’ll explain how it can be applied to explaining the competitive position of companies. It is akin to the level of monopoly the company effectively commands. Some companies enjoy a monopolistic position due to (historical) regulations. Railway, postage and utility companies often exemplify this.