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Innovators Go It Alone
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFor a long time, Ford, Chrysler, and GM followed the same strategy: they built big gas-guzzlers. Asian competitors attacked that model, took market share,... -
How Intuit Innovates by Challenging Itself
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe key is a question-centric culture. -
Eight Essential Questions for Every Corporate Innovator
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleReflect before you leap into action. -
The Nichepaper Manifesto
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleDear Newspaper Magnates, So you're going to try and charge people for news yet again. Cart, meet horse. Journalists didn't make 20th century newspapers... -
What's Your Second Act?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleF. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that "there are no second acts in American lives." He never met Marc Andreessen. Andreessen, just in his mid-thirties, is already... -
The Nichepaper and the Failure of the Fourth Estate
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThanks to everyone who responded to or commented on my Nichepaper Manifesto. The caliber of comments and responses was awesome. Let's dig into one of... -
Nigeria's Big Gamble on One Indigenous Entrepreneur
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Startups Are Turning Customers into Lobbyists
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThree ways Uber and other companies rally you to their cause. -
Could Pixar’s ‘Secret Story Guidelines’ Work for Your Team?
Creativity Digital ArticleBelieve it or not, Pixar was once a scrappy startup. The multi-billion dollar juggernaut with a near-perfect record of churning out hit after hit today was once “a bunch of guys going on their gut” according to Andrew Stanton, a co-founding filmmaker with the company whose credits include writing and directing Wall E and Finding […] -
What Makes an Online Marketplace Disruptive?
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With Innovation, You Don’t Get Points for Difficulty
Innovation Digital ArticleSomeone in India recently asked me what I thought about an innovation strategy featuring a heavy dose of “imitation.” My response was, “Innovation isn’t Olympic diving.” What did I mean? An individual diver’s scores for an event are a factor of two things: how well they execute their dive, and the “degree of difficulty” of […] -
Assessing the Potential of 3 Hyped Technology Innovations
Innovation Digital ArticleFlicking through my Pulse news aggregator application recently, I couldn’t help but notice the plethora of announcements from major technology companies over the past few weeks. I thought I’d provide my flash take on three items. Generally, I use two questions to assess an early-stage idea’s potential: Does the idea promise to make it simpler, […] -
Shaping Strategy in a World of Constant Disruption
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleRedefining the terms of competition for a market sector, an industry, or an entire global ecosystem is a tall order. It means attracting thousands of... -
Cisco’s CEO on Staying Ahead of Technology Shifts
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleThe Idea: At Cisco market disruptions are seen as an opportunity rather than a threat, and the company has three broad strategies for seizing it. -
Does Asia Need a Woodstock Moment?
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleI am on record of being “long” on innovation in Asia, and I continue to feel tremendous innovation energy in the region. I’ve seen fascinating developments inside both big companies and emerging startups. But observations during two recent meetings made me wonder about the degree to which Asia needs a “Woodstock moment” to realize its […] -
How Smaller Bets Can Revitalize Hollywood
Marketing Digital ArticleThe low-risk success of video-on demand and its future impact on innovation. -
Google’s Chrome OS: A ‘Nuclear Bomb’ or Just Noise?
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleThe blogosphere’s response to Google’s announcement late yesterday about its plans to release an operating system in the second half of 2010 was swift and strong. “Google Drops a Nuclear Bomb” on Microsoft crowed TechCrunch. “Google Launching OS, Firing Torpedo Into Microsoft (and Apple),” announced Silicon Alley Insider. It continues to amaze me that any […] -
How Likely Is Your Industry to Be Disrupted? This 2×2 Matrix Will Tell You
Innovation & Entrepreneurship ResearchSee it coming and devise a strategy. -
How Chinese Companies Disrupt Through Business Model Innovation
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleThey don’t rely on technological breakthroughs.
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Make Decisions with a VC Mindset
Organizational decision making Magazine ArticleThe key is to embrace risk, disagreement, and agility. -
Overcoming Common Challenges to Disruptive Innovation
Disruptive innovation Digital ArticleHow companies can improve their prospects for growth. -
The Benefits of Innovation That Isn’t Disruptive
Growth strategy Digital ArticleFinding entirely new opportunities for growth has four clear advantages. -
Is Your Job AI Resilient?
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleAn analysis spanning more than 160 million U.S. jobs, 20 industries, and 800 occupations. -
4 Forces That Are Fundamentally Changing How We Work
Business and society Digital ArticleOrganizations that harness these forces will unlock productivity and creativity. Those that resist risk becoming relics of a bygone era. -
How the Science of Choice Can Boost Innovation
Innovation Digital ArticleA process called choice mapping helps you apply constraints that can uncover novel solutions to problems. -
Why Today’s Leaders Need to Be Perpetual Learners
Business and society Digital Article“Changing yourself in the job, especially if you’re doing well, is one of the hardest things to do.” -
Can the Construction Industry Be Disrupted?
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleFlashy automated solutions struggle to find a foothold in the trades, but there are technological advances taking place. -
The Right Way to Cut Costs
Management Digital Article"Efficiency" has become a corporate watchword as the era of cheap capital has ended. Amid layoffs and uncertainty, this Spotlight explores how companies... -
How Midsize Companies Can Make the Most of Disruption
Organizational change Digital ArticleNew research shows three ways these smaller companies can drive change rather than react to it. -
Ethics in the Age of AI
Management Digital ArticleThe next generations of generative AI, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies don't just pose a challenge for organizational operations and... -
Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
How Generative AI Could Disrupt Creative Work
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleThree scenarios — and how to navigate them. -
How Biometrics Are Transforming the Customer Experience
Innovation Digital ArticleAs technology like facial recognition becomes more pervasive, companies need to prioritize privacy and security. -
Lessons on Customer Engagement from Fan Controlled Football
Innovation Digital ArticleThe esports venture uses blockchain to let fans call the shots in real time. -
Genpact CEO Tiger Tyagarajan: AI Is Getting Good, But Still Can’t Replace Human Curiosity
Business and society Digital ArticleIf developed the right way, technology will augment–not replace–human labor. -
Innovating in Uncertain Times: Lessons from 2022
AI and machine learning Digital ArticlePlus strategies for driving transformative growth in 2023. -
ChatGPT and How AI Disrupts Industries
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleA look back at the taxi business illustrates what OpenAI’s newest model might mean for creative work. -
What Makes Innovation Partnerships Succeed
Innovation Digital ArticleCollaborations often start with high hopes — then break down. Here’s how to actually make them work. -
Welcome to Web3
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWeb3--a blockchain-based web that includes cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DAOs, decentralized finance, and more--promises to transform the experience of being...
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The journey to digitize tennis: Infosys (B), the present
Management Case Study5.00View Details The ATP Leaderboards evolve to provide real-time insights for fans, players and coaches, while the Second Screen capability aids players in refining strategies.... -
Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Amazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies... -
How Google's "One-Trick Pony" Grew to Become a Dominant Global Enterprise
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details As Google incorporated in 1998, in the midst of dot-com mania, it faced the need to raise growth capital after the 2000 dot-com crash, when VC investments... -
Zopa.com: From a Hot Idea to an Established Market Player?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Launched in early 2005, Zopa is a peer-to-peer online brokerage that couples British residents who want to lend with those who want to borrow. The company... -
MOVE Guides (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details It was a crisp autumn day in London in 2012. Brynne Kennedy and Steve Black, the co-founders of MOVE Guides, were huddling with their lead software developer,... -
Kodak and the Digital Revolution (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The introduction of digital imaging in the late 1980s had a disruptive effect on Kodak's traditional business model. Examines Kodak's strategic efforts... -
Parrot: Navigating the Nascent Drone Industry
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, Henri Seydoux, CEO and Founder of Parrot, believed that his company was at an inflection point in its history. Parrot had been a European leader... -
Digital Transformation at La Presse (B): Implementing the Digital Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case HEC206. This (real) case takes place in the context of the newspaper industry, which is being turned upside down by powerful socio-technological... -
Harlequin Enterprises: Assessing e-Books
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Harlequin Enterprises is a well-known publisher of women's fiction and the global leader in series romance fiction. In 2013, e-book penetration of romance... -
A Note on Healthcare IT and Applications to the Healthcare Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study14.00View Details This note provides an overview of three key healthcare IT areas: electronic medical records and electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and... -
The Disrupt-o-Meter: A Tool from "The Innovator's Guide to Growth"
6.95View Details Using nine points of analysis, the Disrupt-o-Meter will help you quickly assess whether or not a proposed approach fits the basic pattern for disruptive... -
Pepperfry.com: Turning The Tables on Disruption
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case discusses how Pepperfry, India's largest online furniture retailer, disrupted the furniture and home decor market while overcoming the challenges... -
nuTonomy: The Global Race to Get a Robotaxi to Your Door
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details nuTomomy was an innovative company spun out of MIT that sought to develop Automated Mobility on Demand (AMoD) services: fleets of highly automated on-demand... -
McKesson
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice... -
Made in India: Cisco Reroutes Innovation
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the strategy adopted by Cisco India to develop the Advanced Services Router 901 ('ASR 901'). It is part of a larger strategy by Cisco... -
The journey to digitize tennis: Infosys (C), the future
Management Case Study5.00View Details Infosys collaborated with the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) to create a metaverse-based digital twin, bridging tradition and innovation. The... -
Portillo's: How to Deliver?
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Lenovo: Disruption of the PC Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2004 Lenovo announced the decision to buy IBM's personal computer ("PC") business. Most people thought the Chinese company would burn its cash and... -
Andrew Yang: A New Way Marketing Campaign
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This field-based case follows Andrew Yang, who went from an unknown to a major competitor in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential race. Yang's initial... -
The Newspaper Industry in Crisis
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note is a primer on the newspaper industry, which has been in decline in the U.S. and Western Europe. The 19th century business model whereby news...
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Innovators Go It Alone
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleFor a long time, Ford, Chrysler, and GM followed the same strategy: they built big gas-guzzlers. Asian competitors attacked that model, took market share,... -
How Intuit Innovates by Challenging Itself
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe key is a question-centric culture. -
Eight Essential Questions for Every Corporate Innovator
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleReflect before you leap into action. -
The Nichepaper Manifesto
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleDear Newspaper Magnates, So you're going to try and charge people for news yet again. Cart, meet horse. Journalists didn't make 20th century newspapers... -
The journey to digitize tennis: Infosys (B), the present
Management Case Study5.00View Details The ATP Leaderboards evolve to provide real-time insights for fans, players and coaches, while the Second Screen capability aids players in refining strategies.... -
Amazon, Google, and Apple: Smart Speakers and the Battle for the Connected Home
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Amazon, Google, and Apple all offer their own smart speaker. The devices represent each firm's entry point into the connected home market. All three companies... -
How Google's "One-Trick Pony" Grew to Become a Dominant Global Enterprise
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details As Google incorporated in 1998, in the midst of dot-com mania, it faced the need to raise growth capital after the 2000 dot-com crash, when VC investments... -
Zopa.com: From a Hot Idea to an Established Market Player?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Launched in early 2005, Zopa is a peer-to-peer online brokerage that couples British residents who want to lend with those who want to borrow. The company... -
MOVE Guides (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details It was a crisp autumn day in London in 2012. Brynne Kennedy and Steve Black, the co-founders of MOVE Guides, were huddling with their lead software developer,... -
What's Your Second Act?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleF. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that "there are no second acts in American lives." He never met Marc Andreessen. Andreessen, just in his mid-thirties, is already...