IM Insights

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

My favorite example from the Innov8rs forum might be: How do you develop and align Innovation Strategy with Corporate Strategy? There are a ton of ways to answer this because there are a ton of things that can go wrong when crafting an innovation strategy. Control and Predictability in Corporate Strategy.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Innovation strategy is an enormous topic, and staying current can be an intimidating task. Deciphering Innovation: How Disruption Drives Companies to Transform or Die by Lisa Hendrickson and Jim Colwick . Hendrickson and Colwick explain why this is inevitable, and more importantly, how to “future-proof” your innovation strategy.

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Matthew May

JUNE 26, 2015

One of my all-time favorite stories is the one he told about the Pathfinder team’s approach to a “don’t fail” strategy. Brian would begin his story with how he was personally disrupted, in fact blindsided, by, of all things, one of his daughter’s kindergarten projects. Enter what I call the “Gremlin” strategy.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In this blog, we will recommend strategies for choosing the best features for your innovation roadmap along with the do’s and don’ts of feature prioritization. . In this strategy, feature prioritization is done by understanding which problems are not being solved at present. Customer Pain Points. Customer Journey.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 2, 2020

A massive transformation faces the software industry, similar to the disruption we’ve seen hit other industries like health care and manufacturing. Now is the time to embrace software disruption. Disruptive innovation is only a threat when you’re in the game but sitting on the sidelines.

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ImagineNation

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Whether you actively seek to disrupt yourself, your team, and your organisation to effect sustainable success in the new year, or not, we all need to face, adapt and learn from the range of challenging disruptive events that impacted us in the past 12 months. We have all been challenged by disruption.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2020

When I ran the strategy consulting group at HP almost 20 years ago, my team worked remotely. The current disruption caused by COVID-19 will accelerate business’ and society’s move toward working remotely as the new normal, from virtual teams to virtual doctor visits. You Just Found Yourself Leading a Remote Team.

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 4, 2021

We must embrace disruption in order to make it work for all of us. At every level of the organization, people need to look at themselves and ask, “How do I disrupt myself in order to deal with the new reality?”. Division and group missions are rolled up to the company’s mission and strategic priorities. New Behavior.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

Someone wondered about the range of topics included in the disruptive innovation strategy workshop we delivered recently. We led the group through a customized Brainzooming Innovation Fake Book of exercises. 27 Links to Energize Your Innovation Strategy. What is the first innovation strategy question to ask?

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Originally, the goal was simply bringing a diverse group together from across the company. Over time, however, they discovered that while they wanted participants with creative diversity, it was important to include individuals from groups that would actually return to the business and work together to solve problems.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2019

Disruptive technologies are transforming the packaging that comes with just about everything we buy. This article is one in a series I’m calling Everything Transformed that highlights the various technologies disrupting just about every industry on the planet – and today’s focus is packaging. Drivers of Packaging Disruption.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2020

When I ran the strategy consulting group at HP almost 20 years ago, my team worked remotely. The current disruption caused by COVID-19 will accelerate business’ and society’s move toward working remotely as the new normal, from virtual teams to virtual doctor visits. You Just Found Yourself Leading a Remote Team.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

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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BrainZooming

AUGUST 23, 2018

The strategy change is dramatic and a disruptive business model, but hardly a surprise. The tiered services levels, with additional free options beyond $15,000 and $100,000 in investments, suggest a blatant share growth strategy. Thinking about a Disruptive Business Model for Your Brand. per trade a year ago?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 8, 2018

Who should you invite to participate in an innovation strategy workshop ? We’ve written about three important strategic perspectives (general management, functional expertise, and people with creative energy) and three types of voices (traditional, challenger, and emerging) to include in any type of strategy workshop.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 2, 2020

A massive transformation faces the software industry, similar to the disruption we’ve seen hit other industries like health care and manufacturing. Now is the time to embrace software disruption. Disruptive innovation is only a threat when you’re in the game but sitting on the sidelines.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We have many innovation outcomes to choose from, including incremental, distinctive, radical or disruptive. In the past few decades, we have seen so much disruptive change, in markets suddenly disappearing, products or services suddenly being rendered obsolete and replaced by these radical, highly disruptive models.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Instead, create a one-page strategy map. Having run the internal strategy consulting group at HP, and then consulting to both startups and big companies like Disney, Visa, Colgate, Medtronic and others, I’ve created hundreds of strategic plans. Business strategy used to be a clear and methodical process.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

What are all the change management strategy roles a change agent plays? As we worked on strategic thinking exercises to explore the company’s future vision and user experience, the change management strategy vocabulary the group used was conventional, unemotional, and lacking innovative thinking. – Mike Brown.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Instead, create a one-page strategy map. Having run the internal strategy consulting group at HP, and then consulting to both startups and big companies like Disney, Visa, Colgate, Medtronic and others, I’ve created hundreds of strategic plans. Business strategy used to be a clear and methodical process.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

The term ‘Digital Disruption’ describes the situation where an existing industry is being altered by emerging digital technologies. Financial organizations of all shapes and sizes are being disrupted by small, agile, innovative and technology-oriented companies which offer convenient and efficient services.

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ImagineNation

JULY 5, 2020

Connecting with a diverse range of my coaching and consulting clients over the past few weeks, has seriously deepened my understanding of the impact of disruption and adversity, on our stress levels and neurology, and the importance of leading and managing these factors, from both the business and the human perspective.

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BrainZooming

JULY 5, 2017

I’ll admit it: my views on innovation strategy have been dramatically shaped by working in a Fortune 500 corporation. Given that, moving to an entrepreneurial environment in 2009 was new territory when it came to learning innovation strategy lessons. 5 Innovation Strategy Lessons Learned as an Entrepreneur.

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Innovators Alliance

APRIL 12, 2018

Business-to-business networking groups present many opportunities to expand your knowledge, learn from the success of others, foster strong relationships, and tell others about your business. So, what do you need to do to get the most from your business networking group? Share Your Experiences and Learn from Your Mistakes.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The term ‘Digital Disruption’ describes the situation where an existing industry is being altered by emerging digital technologies. Financial organizations of all shapes and sizes are being disrupted by small, agile, innovative and technology-oriented companies which offer convenient and efficient services.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 16, 2018

This is a new slide for a two-day innovation strategy workshop we’ll be presenting this week in Los Angeles. While the slide is new, the appearance of all of these excuses (and more) for not advancing with an innovation strategy are anything but new. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The NEW sign to point out the new stop sign is a wonderful reminder of something that is easy to overlook in a change management strategy. 6 Questions to Highlight the New from Change Management Strategy. How do you identify opportunities to ensure your change management strategy and support for high performance align ?

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Among other things, Ferrare discovered a phenomenon he dubbed “ the snowball effect ”; when students joined something—a dorm, a student group, a fraternity—that afforded sustained social interactions, they not only made friends, but they accessed a cascade of new relationships and resources through those initial connections.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 23, 2018

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for nearly two hundred members of a prominent, long-established brand’s marketing organization. The innovation strategy workshop covered a variety of topics related to disruptive innovation. The brand has tech-centric, disruptive competitors surfacing.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Here are key strategies for leaders to develop both skill sets: Self-assessment and Reflection: Leaders should regularly evaluate their emotional intelligence competencies, reflecting on their interactions and identifying areas for improvement. Negotiation: Arriving at a compromise by understanding each party’s needs and concerns.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Apple: Approach: Apple is recognized for its ability to innovate and disrupt industries. Alibaba Group: Approach: Alibaba, based in China, is a global leader in e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital entertainment.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 23, 2019

While the conference featured stronger keynotes, these innovation strategy-focused quotes and action items from Beth Comstock resonated with me. “Strategy is a story, well-told.” ” One Thought: Strategy shouldn’t be complex, jargon-filled, and nonsensical to anyone beyond the top executives.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Value-based care has been the strategy of choice for health care’s new entrants over the past decade-plus. Not eager to be left behind, and given government incentives to provide this type of care, many incumbents have attempted to implement similar strategies—usually with limited success. But is the hype warranted?

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Looking for ways to spice up your organization’s strategic planning process before you lock into the same old strategy ideas shaped by your senior team’s conventional wisdom? Just as you must tear away wrapping paper to get to the great gift inside, you must tear away conventional wisdom that stands in the way of innovative strategies.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 19, 2022

Thus, innovation is often "too big" and too disruptive, because it is seen as a platform change, or is defined too narrowly to create real results. I think these tools work exceptionally well, but they are often grouped with other "innovation" tools and seem risky. This, again, is a problem of context and labels.

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BrainZooming

MAY 17, 2016

I have been traveling more recently for speaking than at any time during history of The Brainzooming Group. While there’s more to come in the months ahead, here are highlights of a couple of innovation strategy presentations this week to very different groups. Celebrating progress and success tied to innovative ideas.

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Daniel Burrus

AUGUST 28, 2019

Disruptive innovator Elon Musk and Tesla have been in the limelight for good and bad reasons in this space. For example, entrepreneur Dan Peate, who founded the group health insurance provider Hixme , was deterred from getting himself a Tesla Model X after he discovered that his premiums would accelerate to roughly $10,000 a year.

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