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Why Less is More: Product Strategy

Innovation Excellence

Anxiety floods the boardroom, the conference rooms, every decision. Costs are rising. Returns are flat. Margins are thinning. Now, private label competitors are beating us in every area: technology, price, placement, design and sales. Worse, they have turned the category that we invented into a commoditized war zone and keep us in a rigid box.

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You need a why and a how, not a what, for innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

For innovation to thrive, having the "why" - a clear strategy that indicates what innovation should do, how it impacts the business, a way of thinking about the future competitive conditions and putting in place the factors to succeed - is vital. Also, ensure you communicate it effectively and people understand what the strategy means.

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4 Challenges Facing Embedded Services Organizations & How to Solve Them

Planview

As a result, ESOs must find ways to succeed in an ecosystem where they serve rather than drive corporate strategy. To overcome this challenge, ESOs should ensure that their services offerings and packaging support the company and its product strategy. Adopting a PSA solution is not a one-time transaction.

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4 Simple Questions That Can Re-vitalise Growth for Your Cash Cow

Rmukesh Gupta

He also goes on to share some of the mines that organisations would need to be careful of when engaged in this approach and shares how to do so.

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Strategic Thinking Exercise – A SWOT Analysis to Push Thinking

BrainZooming

External forces beyond our influence that are redefining marketplace competitiveness? Creating Strategic Impact” The Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” highlights ten proven lessons leaders can use to develop collaborative strategy and results for next year.

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The Transformation of IP Technology

Anaqua

All companies, high-tech or not, need to constantly innovate and push themselves in order to maintain a competitive advantage in an age where product features and capabilities are no longer enough to differentiate a company and create lasting value. New Technologies.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises – 3 Responses to New Ideas

BrainZooming

In my corporate days, I was dispatched to work with competitive companies our corporation purchased. Since all the companies competed with one another, each one needed to determine its own business strategies. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.