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An innovation culture or a culture of continuity

Jeffrey Phillips

I've been reading and thinking a lot lately about what is described as a "culture of innovation". I think a culture of innovation is kind of like a unicorn: it would be cool if it existed, and some people claim to have seen one, but when you get up close it's just a normal animal that happens to be missing a horn.

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Examples of Businesses navigating complexity by fostering Ecosystems.

Paul Hobcraft

The company has embraced a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and adaptability, focusing on cloud services, artificial intelligence, and open collaboration to reduce complexity. Apple: Approach: Apple is recognized for its ability to innovate and disrupt industries. Google (Alphabet Inc.):

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Future-Proof Your Business: Building Strategies for a Disruptive World

Leapfrogging

Navigating a Disruptive Business Environment In today’s fast-paced and technology-driven landscape, businesses are frequently faced with disruptions that can significantly impact their operations and long-term viability. Recognizing the early signs of these disruptions is key to responding effectively.

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China the story of innovation and disruption.

Paul Hobcraft

Disruption is all around us; it never seems to go away; it simply appears in a different and often entirely new form. The result is the same; it disrupts what we know and often in how we suddenly need to set about doing it differently. Much of the innovative disruptions seem so obvious; you wonder why we were not doing these before.

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Who is minding the change and culture store?

Jeffrey Phillips

In the more recent blog, I wrote about what I consider the most difficult thing to change in an organization - its culture. This is why understanding how organizational culture works, and how to encourage it to change, is so important. Changing culture takes emphasis, time and commitment.

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Are You Future-Proof? Preparing for Technological Disruptions

Phil McKinney

We live in unprecedented technological advances, and with these advances come disruptions that can significantly impact our lives and businesses. Understanding Technological Disruptions Technological disruptions refer to unexpected shifts in technology that can disrupt industries, businesses, and life as we know it.

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Organize innovation to fit your strategy & culture.

Leapfrogging

That’s because they try to apply processes and structures that don’t fit their business strategies and cultures. They force crowdsourcing into their top-down decision-making cultures. They invest in disruptive technologies but ask existing business units to cannibalize their current products and services using them.

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