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Lateral Thinking in Business Strategy

Destination Innovation

How can you differenitate your business from the competition? Zappos’ Exceptional Customer Service : Zappos built its brand by providing exceptional customer service, including free returns and a 365-day return policy, setting a new standard for online shoe retailing and differentiating itself from competitors.

Strategy 169
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Thriving in the Face of Toxicity: Transforming Work Environments for Success

Leapfrogging

Authoritarian leadership styles, inconsistent policies, and a lack of empathy can all create an environment that feels hostile to employees. Unhealthy Competition and Conflict While a certain level of competition can be motivating, an overemphasis on competition can breed conflict and undermine teamwork.

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Thinking about innovation and strategy

Jeffrey Phillips

It's just one of several, but I think I like it the best: a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim. Several important things to note about this definition: It is a plan of action or a policy - that is, strategy is extenuated over a period of time. Strategy is not a momentary action or a project.

Strategy 284
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Innovation on Steroids: Next Generation AI-Powered Phases and Gates

Leapfrogging

At each gate, key criteria are assessed by a cross-functional team, which may include factors like market viability, technical feasibility, and financial projections. Integrating AI into the phases and gates processes is essential for organizations striving to maintain a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced market.

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Mastering the Art: Using Organizational Culture for Business Agility and Resilience

Leapfrogging

Such an environment is conducive to rapid experimentation, learning from failures, and pivoting when necessary—all of which are crucial for sustaining competitiveness in a dynamic business landscape. This may include revising policies, rethinking reward systems, and realigning organizational structures to support the desired behaviors.

Agile 130
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The Art of Leapfrogging across the Energy Transition.

Innovating4Energy

Economic Advantages: By embracing innovative and advanced technologies, your organization can position itself as a leader in the sectors you compete in, search for broader global energy market reach, and build upon the growth and competitiveness aspects these innovative solutions can offer.

Policies 122
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Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

This realization and reality demand that all global governments quickly increase and reprioritise their spending on research and development and demonstrate and deploy clean energy technologies – putting them at the core of energy and climate policy. Most of these projects are concerned with the electrification of end?uses,

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