N2Growth Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

If you really want to understand a leader’s perspective on the market, ask them about their competition. I’m always on the lookout for new practitioners entering the market where we have practice areas, disruptive technology, or changes in the landscape that could disintermediate certain aspects of the market.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. When was the last time you entered a new market? Are your management and executive ranks void of youth?

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CO2

JUNE 12, 2020

Before reaching the top of the S-Curve, there will be disintermediation, which moves humanity from the current S-Curve to a new one. As coaches and leadership development experts, we rely both on proven models and years of experience in operating businesses. An S-Curve is the measurement of speed in the adoption of new innovation.

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Uncertainty How To Competitive Advantage Disintermediation 151

CO2

JUNE 12, 2020

Before reaching the top of the S-Curve, there will be disintermediation, which moves humanity from the current S-Curve to a new one. As coaches and leadership development experts, we rely both on proven models and years of experience in operating businesses. An S-Curve is the measurement of speed in the adoption of new innovation.

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Uncertainty How To Competitive Advantage Disintermediation 78

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Every single innovation conversation I've had recently with business unit leaders, product managers and/or marketing executives invariably focuses on the importance of partnership and collaboration with their best suppliers and vendors. In other words, innovation occurs when we bypass or disintermediate procurement. It's leadership.

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Price Innovation Disintermediation TCO 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

Unlike closed marketing systems, characterized by agencies that wall off their in-house talent (creating a scarce and expensive resource), open marketing systems seek talent from anywhere in the world to solve problems, and then curate the best answers. All of these are taking a piece of the traditional marketing spend.

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Marketing Disintermediation Brand Hotels 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Strategic plans are often filled with empty phrases such as “Leverage our World Class Operating Capabilities” or head-scratching aspirations like “Reshape Our Pricing and Trade Strategy to Effectively Drive Demand While Maintaining Market Access.” Escape from template tyranny. Templates are often a standard fixture of strategic planning.

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