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Intentionality and the Differentiating Competitive Advantage 

Planview

It examines anonymized data from over 3600 value streams, representing over 38K individuals across the value chain from ideation to value. Speed of software delivery is either a competitive advantage or a startling disadvantage in the digital age. They have that awareness, and they organize around it. They design for speed of business.

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Strategic Thinking Exercise – 17 Questions to Find Innovation Case Studies

BrainZooming

We were working recently with a company that, based on its competitive and business situation, could certainly lay some claim to having a unique business situation. But given our unwillingness to settle for that easy answer, we created a rapid fire strategic thinking exercise to push for ideas. Who are our strategic partners?

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Innovation Unleashed: Developing a Culture of Innovation in High Potential Leaders

Leapfrogging

The Impact of Innovation on Organizational Growth Innovation is the driving force behind sustained organizational growth and competitive advantage. Design Thinking Projects : Individuals or teams work on projects that require empathy, ideation, prototyping, and testing – all key components of the design thinking methodology.

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Fun Strategic Planning Exercises – 6 Last-Minute Ideas

BrainZooming

Frustrations with boring strategy sessions are probably why so many people visit our website looking for creative ideas on fun strategic planning exercises. We’ve previously published some fun strategic planning exercises. Strategic Planning Exercises Can Be Fun. Rearrange working groups. Plan If You Can.

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Are You Working on the Right Things? The Power of Collaborative Channels

Planview

Intelligent use of resources manifests in improved internal functions, delightful customer experiences, productive partnerships, winning competitive strategies, and other areas. Individuals can naturally excel at ideation, but facilitation also helps. We are now combining ideation with critical assessment.

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

BrainZooming

They reported the team’s defensive coordinator, Bob Sutton, told them that when planning competitive strategy , “I want to stay out of ‘never’ and ‘always.’”. What fantastic competitive strategy advice to incorporate this time of year as you implement new strategies. Who Sees Predictable Competitive Strategy Moves?

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Ideation: Anatomy of a New Product Idea

Taivara

Ideation: Anatomy of a New Product Idea. Wargaming – Wargaming seeks a robust, flexible strategies that enable your product to anticipate and outmaneuver competitive, or other, threats that can have devastating consequences. What is the idea’s competitive advantage or unique value proposition? Who are the purchasers?