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Bitcoin and Blockchain: A Small Glimpse Into Big Digital Disruptions

Daniel Burrus

For those interested in digital disruption and technological advancements , Bitcoin represented so much more than a way to allegedly make money fast like some type of digital wolf of Wall Street. Trust me when I say it will be far more disruptive than Bitcoin ever had the chance to be. Blockchain: A Whole New Financial Frontier.

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The Gremlin Strategy, or How to Ward Off Disruption

Matthew May

After reading his 1999 book High Velocity Leadership , we invited Brian to guest speak about the Mars Pathfinder project, and he soon he became a regular fixture in the University of Toyota’s “lean” leadership curriculum. It was an annual event, affectionately referred to as the Great Egg-Drop Challenge.

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Use “Calculated Optimism”? for More Strategic Decisions

Leapfrogging

To give a reference point, people were told people that 50,000 people die each year due to car accidents. Today’s world is as disruptive as ever. By leaning into uncertainty, we have a better chance of reducing fear. Different people have different responses to our incredible uncertainty. We stay grounded and we make decisions.

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8 Types of Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Guide

Qmarkets

In this guide, we’re unpacking eight critical types of innovation that businesses leverage to carve out their niches, disrupt markets, and write their success stories. Techniques such as Lean manufacturing and automation play a pivotal role in driving process innovation, enabling businesses to maintain operational excellence and agility.

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Customer, Culture, and Learning: Takeaways from the Lean Startup Conference

Moves the Needle

Anyone who has ever attended Lean Startup Conference (previously known as Lean Startup Week) in the past knows that this annual event regularly features invigorating speakers that divulge the newest insights and innovations in modern management for a wide array of industries and company types.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

Accelerating dynamics and pace of disruption in most industries, in particular triggered by the perfusion of new technologies, lead to decreasing life times of existing business models. Recent research has confirmed successfully disrupting as well as outperforming companies to be significantly more engaged in business model innovation.

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How Innovation Labs Must Evolve

Moves the Needle

However, innovation labs and teams were never (or at least rarely) going to create breakthroughs or disruptive innovations. The future of successful innovation labs is NOT to take on the responsibility of invention or figuring out new business models that will disrupt their industry. The “disruptive innovation” era is over.