CEO Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

Today I am blogging live at World Innovation Forum (#WIF11). Attending and listening to speakers helps plant the seeds of innovation in my mind. Of course he spoke about disruptive innovation. Disruptive innovation often happens at the low end of the market. One principle he calls scary is: "Focus on your core competency.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

To begin: In the digital age, competitive advantage is the ability to win the ultimate prize—the consumer’s preference— repeatedly , through continuous innovation on behalf of the consumer, and to create immense value for the shareholders at the same time. They have a digital platform at their core.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Guest post from Rowan Gibson : Not since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution has there been a greater need to learn the art of innovation leadership. But as execution capabilities become commodities, and the life cycles of new offerings get increasingly shorter, it’s precisely these innovation skills that need to be learned.

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Lead from Within

MAY 24, 2023

In my experience, there are several core competencies. Innovation and creativity: In today’s fast-paced world, it’s important for leaders to be able to think creatively and adapt to change. Great leaders are able to come up with innovative solutions to problems and are open to new ideas.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Problem-Solving Skills : Navigating challenges with innovative solutions. In addition to these core competencies, a successful COO also excels in: Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of the sector and trends. Strategic Thinking: Crafting and executing effective strategies to drive growth.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 12, 2024

Emphasize the Importance of Soft Skills Highlight and develop skills with wide-ranging applications, like critical thinking, collaboration, and communication, ensuring these core competencies are an integral part of your reskilling initiatives.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2024

With the right managed services in place, you can unlock the full potential of your data, driving growth and innovation. This means that instead of dedicating internal resources to maintaining your data infrastructure, you can focus on growth and innovation.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2015

Rao, who said, “Every bend in the road contains a message about a future growth trajectory that someone could explore and exploit if he or she looked at it through a different lens without being controlled by an existing core competency.” Creativity & Innovation'

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

By tapping into their expertise, organizations can benefit from fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and best practices that can drive business success. Lastly, engaging consultants allows organizations to focus on their core competencies while leaving specialized tasks or projects in the hands of experts.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This human-centric approach allows us to identify the core competencies that set the leader apart and the blind spots that might hinder their effectiveness within the span of their role. Organizations prioritizing learning and development create an environment encouraging curiosity, innovation, and adaptation to change.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JANUARY 20, 2016

Most of these opportunities fall outside of the core competency of the company and/or the positioning of the brand. Business Models Change and So do Core Competencies. Today, the Nespresso innovation generates $5+ billion in new revenue. Hence, their quest to seek every opportunity to boost sales and profit.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

These companies have failed to innovate and stay ahead of the rapid changes in technology, and so have fallen by the wayside. Companies with a high AQ are able to spot customer pain points and trends, and shift gears to create new opportunities that leverage the company’s core competencies and expertise.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 13, 2014

He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC.

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Career Advancement

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Plenty of core competencies will remain essential skills for leaders in the future. A propensity for developing innovative new ideas and taking strategic risks will also differentiate leaders from the rest of the crowd. Emotional intelligence will play a key role in helping any leader excel. Ingenuity.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 28, 2014

He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

Plenty of core competencies will remain essential skills for leaders in the future. A propensity for developing innovative new ideas and taking strategic risks will also differentiate leaders from the rest of the crowd. Emotional intelligence will play a key role in helping any leader excel. Ingenuity.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

AI is breaking down the limits that are inherent in traditional operating models to drive new value, growth, and innovation. Amazon’s service improves with volume, whereas the traditional business runs into complexity costs. The authors provide case studies from the travel industry to the retail, entertainment, and automotive industries.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Connecting such external challenges with internal core competencies may not be obvious or evident. This is were cutting-edge innovation comes into play. Otherwise, it would have long been done. A smart combination of knowhow and process tools together with relevant, friendly external stakeholders can do the trick!

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

But it got stuck in its core competence of traditional film products and missed the rise of digital photography and printing. They have gone through different cycles of disruptive innovations, leaving some businesses, and creating new ones. And the ability to do that may become a new core competence.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 28, 2014

It also helps to view these constraints as similar to limitations one faces in innovation – where the goal is to find the most effective way to address the roadblock while remaining on course to what you ultimately want to achieve.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

An external IT partner brings specialized knowledge to the table, ensuring you’re harnessing the power of the latest tech innovations without diving deep into every emerging trend. In essence, outsourcing IT management lets businesses concentrate on their core competencies, leaving tech intricacies to the experts.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

This step builds confidence by asking teams to identify their core competencies and recent achievements. Integrating the SOLVED cards into this process amplifies the potential for innovation and progress. How NOISE is Solution-Focused Strengths : The first area directs attention to what’s already working.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 14, 2018

In other words, core competencies turned into core rigidities, preventing the firm from responding appropriately to the strategic threat Yamaha posed.”. What is the core knowledge discipline that is most fundamental to your company and how widely available is it? “It

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QAspire

MAY 13, 2021

Chip Bell and Marshall Goldsmith] The mentoring model found in this book is built around the belief that great mentoring requires four core competencies, each of which can be applied in many ways. These competencies form the sequential steps in the process of mentoring. So, what do leaders do in a learning organization?

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

The following is a guest piece by Innovation Excellence co-founder Rowan Gibson. What most companies understand now is that the only way to drive profitable growth and wealth creation over the longer term is to innovate. But that’s not the way radical innovators envisage their organizations. This is quite understandable.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 24, 2021

Leadership Tip: make change a core competence. First, it is critical to make change a core competence. Curating an ecosystem (including customers, peers, venture capitalists, executive recruiters, and strategic vendor partners) to be source of insight and inspiration is the fastest path to broader innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Prahalad , the guru of “ core competence ,” doing a strategy audit for a huge Indian conglomerate. It needs to shed a few divisions and find and focus on an integrative core competence. The customer is the ultimate beneficiary of these enhanced core competencies—not the driver or determinant.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 12, 2016

Look to companies outside of the organization’s market… And steal from them – Every organization has their core competencies. Or maybe their core business is selling computer software. Leaders with a maker’s mindset know that innovation won’t come from looking at companies in the same market.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article aims to define strategic foresight for leaders, advocating for its integration as a core competency in every organization, regardless of size.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

You will also be competing to retain talented employees that other companies would like to lure away. What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? What about competing to maintain key business relationships with vendors, suppliers, partners and the like?

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

And finally, business model innovation is getting the recognition it deserves. That’s why I was thrilled when my friend and one of business model innovation’s gurus, Saul Kaplan , wrote a must read book sharing his real world experiences - The Business Model Innovation Factory. For many, this is frightening.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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Women on Business

AUGUST 24, 2011

Innovate –Think Outside the Box –Do not be a boring cookie cutter. Stick to Principles & Core Competencies – Markets change. Commit the Customer — When customers ask you to expand services or locations, get them to commit more than themselves. Competitors appear.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 11, 2011

These are the core competencies of learning, growing organizations: Formulating strategy. Cultivating innovation. I'm talking about the kind of business coaching that provides much more impact on the ENTIRE organziation's ability to improve performance. Developing goals that can lead an organization.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

BOTTOMLINE: Building an organization that executes its strategy is the greatest core competence an organization can have -- and doing so is the greatest challenge in business. It's what we refer to as the "Growth Paradox": the better you execute, the bigger the challenges you'll face. complete strategy execution coaching program.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

But as a company who also values innovation and “looking around the corner,” we are always challenging the status quo—so absolutely, there is always room for improvement! There wasn’t a lot of direct customer interaction, and innovation was hindered by this schedule. Our business plateaued and growth stalled.

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