Here's What Growth Companies Do To Scale Up Rapidly (And Substantially)
Entrepreneur.com
December 29, 2023
To create innovation, growth, and new markets, companies reframe how they think about strategy, and how they approach the task of developing and implementing new growth strategies.
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Tags: Business Strategy
The Strategy You Need to Make Sure Your Company Can Keep Up in Today's Business World
Entrepreneur.com
December 29, 2023
Discover a superior alternative to a traditional business strategy that prioritizes adaptability, innovation and speed in execution, explores its benefits for entrepreneurs, see real-world scenarios and learn core principles and rules to propel organizations forward with clarity, simplicity and action.
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What are your ambitions for 2024?
LinkedIn
December 23, 2023
Have you thought about what you would really like to achieve with your business in 2024?
I'm not a big fan of lofty vision/mission statements, but you should clearly know what you're aspiring to achieve. Call it vision, mission, purpose, ... whatever ...
Here are a couple of questions to get you started:
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Tags: Business Strategy, Leadership
Hard Cuts + New Growth: The Paradox of Leading During Challenging Times
CXO Outlook
December 18, 2023
In an ever-evolving global business landscape punctuated by unexpected crises such as pandemics, inflation, recessions, and political upheavals, CxOs find themselves at a crossroads.
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Navigating the Future: Emerging Business Strategies for Today's Leaders
LinkedIn
December 10, 2023
In an era marked by rapid change and unforeseen challenges, business leaders are continuously seeking new and innovative strategies to stay ahead. Today, I want to shed light on some emerging business strategies that are gaining traction among forward-thinking CEOs and business owners.
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Tags: Business Strategy, Leadership
Does Your Business Have a Recession-Proof Strategy?
LinkedIn
December 02, 2023
Are you a CEO or Business Owner wondering how to stay relevant and in demand to your ideal audience in a recessionary climate?
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How SME Leaders Should Combine Better Strategy & Innovation To Drive Business Growth
Online Business Owner
October 09, 2023
Have you ever really, deeply thought about your heartbeat? The consistent rhythm that keeps you alive.
Think of your heartbeat as your business strategy. And the blood that it pumps? That's innovation. Both are critical for any business to survive — and thrive.
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Fast Strategy: 4 Types of Strategic Moves You Can Make Now
Import from medium.com
May 24, 2023
Do you ever feel like strategy work is too messy, too complicated, or too wasteful?You’re not alone.Many small to medium-sized business owners and operators face these challenging feelings.And as a result, they often waste a lot of time and energy either in avoidance….…or they overdo it for w
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On our obsession with data…
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March 27, 2023
Photo by https://unsplash.com/@lukechesserA leader told me the other day, „We will not do anything before we‘ve got a business case.“All well (not really), but…You have to realize that the data you‘re asking for is (1) either from the past, hence it doesn‘t tell you anything about the
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Does your organization have too many priorities?
Import from medium.com
January 28, 2023
https://unsplash.com/@clemonoTalk to any senior leader or employee and they will complain about their organization having too many strategic initiatives, too many projects, and too many priorities.The entire organization is stressed out and everybody is feeling overwhelmed.Leaders complain that ther
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Let’s do business differently!
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November 16, 2022
Photo by John Cameron on UnsplashEver since I read Gary Hamel’s “The Future of Management” 15 years ago, I’ve been fascinated with reinventing how we organize, work, manage and lead.Yet, 15 years ago, most leaders and organizations were not really interested. Why bother? It felt like a “
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Strategy is about innovation.
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September 05, 2022
Strategy is about innovation. Innovation is about transformation. And transformation is about leadership.When people ask me about what I do, I tell them that I help with strategy, innovation, transformation, and leadership. More often than not, they follow up with a question like, “OK, but where d
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Preparing for the Next Crisis: Building the Culture and Capabilities of Always-On Innovation.
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July 07, 2022
Photo by Shubham Dhage on UnsplashDuring “normal” times, everybody wants to be innovative. According to various studies, at least 75% of organizations will say that innovation is among their top 3 priorities.They consider innovation to be essential for:The survival of the companyCreating organ
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Forget WHERE TO WORK. Focus on HOW TO WORK.
Import from medium.com
June 14, 2022
Photo by v2osk on UnsplashFor a lot of organizations, the Future of Work discussion seems to have stalled at the issue of working from home or in the office.And while this might currently be an operational priority, you shouldn’t forget that the Future of Work and New Ways of Working are about m
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Creating a workplace worth the commute
Import from medium.com
June 07, 2022
SteelcaseOne of the principles of transforming towards new ways of working I laid out earlier is to “Entice over Enforce.”What if, instead of forcing and threatening people to make them come back to the office, you made it so attractive that they simply couldn’t resist?The most common reasons
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Stop that WFH / Office discussion — You’re missing the point!!!
Import from medium.com
June 02, 2022
Stop that WFH / Office discussion — You’re missing the point!!!Allow me to rant…just a little…this week.I’m getting fed up with that discussion around calling people back to the office or allowing them to work from home. Last week it was Apple; the week before, it was JP Morgan; this
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Why does your organization care about the Future of Work?
Import from medium.com
May 17, 2022
For the past several months, I’ve been speaking to Future of Work leaders around the globe.Two motivations emerged:(1) There are those organizations who care about the FoW to:Save real estate costs. “If people work from home, we need less office space.”
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Business Model Innovation as a Dynamic Capability: Micro-Foundations and Case Studies (Contributions to Management Science)
Springer
July 23, 2021
This study adopts a dynamic capabilities perspective to explore the activities and processes through which business model innovations arise in established organisations. New and innovative business models are fundamental to the commercialisation of the latest technologies, performance, and competitive advantage, as well as value creation for customers, the focal company and its ecosystem. Yet, our current understanding of how established companies design and implement new business models is limited by a lack of empirical research. Based on a review of relevant literature, business model innovation is presented and explored as a dynamic capability.
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The Art of Opportunity: How to Build Growth through Strategic Innovation
Wiley
May 27, 2016
"The Art of Opportunity will help you trigger strategic renewal inside your organization. Creative, inspiring, fresh, and empirically grounded, this playbook to growth is bound to be an executive reference for many years to come." – Deryck J Van Rensburg, Former President, Coca-Cola Global Ventures
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Tags: Design Thinking, Innovation, Business Strategy
Reshaping Strategy: Exploring the Content, Process and Context of Strategic Innovation
VDM
June 16, 2010
Exploring the content, process, and context of strategic innovation.
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Tags: Innovation, Business Strategy