Category: Growth

Don’t Dismiss The Ground Game

Charles Darwin was on to something. Business innovation has a lot in common with his theory of evolution, about the origin of species. Continue reading

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Making New Mistakes

Nothing is quite so frustrating as working with a client who claims to want and need innovation, but is paralyzed by indecision or doubt. Unless, of course, it is a client who has decided that regardless of the new ideas they generate, they will all fail, because of the mistakes they made in the past. Continue reading

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In this article I show you how large and small organisations alike can build lean, agile, high performance innovations teams. Continue reading

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Monster Loyalty, ala Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is one of the most well-known pop artists in the world, which is no surprise given her vocal talents and often bizarre wardrobe. She’s sold 23 million albums, won five Grammy awards, and been named by Forbes as one of the world’s most powerful celebrities. But behind the public persona lies a shrewd and calculating business professional.. Continue reading

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Wrestle Your Success To The Ground

Innovation, as a word, has become too big for its own good, and, as a word, is almost useless. Sure, it can be used to enable magical reinvention of business models and revolutionary products and technologies, but it can also be used to rationalize the rehash work we were going to do anyway. Continue reading

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mental confusion brain

Mental confusion is to the mind what muscle confusion is to the body. Cultivating mental confusion will make you more wholesome and more creative. Continue reading

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To support the strategic objective of redefining the customer within the Growth Strategy Framework, companies can uncover new growth markets and customer segments by spotting and satisfying customers in areas where no optimal offering yet exists, or where customers are not being adequately served. Continue reading

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