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Competitive Strategy – 7 Ways to Avoid “Never and Always”

BrainZooming

Here’s the big strategic thinking question: Who can best shed light on when your brand is defaulting to “never and always” in your competitive strategy? Your marketing and brand managers MAY be able to point out places where THEY have gone to the same old, same old in their strategic planning and implementation.

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3 Ways to Stay Ahead of Disruptive Brands Screwing Up Your Customer Expectations

BrainZooming

To the extent that they have meaningful comparisons in other industries , search out the highest-performing providers outside your market. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth.

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Capabilities and Leadership Close the Skills Gap in Manufacturing

Innovation 360 Group

But how do you hire for creativity, innovation and strategic thinking, and create the right culture to support and develop it? Figure 2 illustrates a comparison on 10 illustrative innovation capabilities between top quartile manufacturers and average companies. Productive innovative thinking is not inspired or sporadic.