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Talking about digital transformation has a way of freaking people out. They then do the exact wrong thing, which is to throw money and effort at anyone…
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Most new product launches fail. One big, and unnecessary reason is focusing too much on the product or service offering and not focusing enough on how …
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Dear colleagues, Welcome to the monthly newsletter, with a wrap-up of my weekly Thought Sparks and some things to watch out for in September. If you’d …
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There are no failures in Thoughtland – that mystical place where great ideas for new products and services are first born. But if you want to travel to…
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In the heady days of coming up with what you think is a breakthrough idea, it’s easy to get carried away by assumptions. Forcing yourself to create a d…
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Ideas about Strategy, Innovation and Growth by Rita McGrath
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Drop in on the Q&A portion of a recent innovation conference, sponsored by my colleagues at Visagio. I gave the keynote speech about Seeing Around Corn…
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A potentially game-changing inflection point shows up when the key metrics underlying your business have the potential to change on a 10X scale. Here’s…
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Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the monthly wrap-up of my weekly Thought Sparks newsletters. I’ll summarize here – for greater depth, check out my channel …
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We often think of prototyping as something only a gifted designer or developer can do. But there are lots of examples in the real world of how ordinary…
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Every so often a new business model, often enabled by technology, takes the world by storm, attracts a lot of hype, eventually proves unable to live up…
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Customer surveys are everywhere – and most of them aren’t going to offer one ounce of insight. Instead, learn to use them properly and for the right re…
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