N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2012

When a new industry surfaces, the early adopters (first-movers) set-up shop, validate proof of concept, carve out their niche, and build very strong, if not in some cases, category dominant brands. Many successful bloggers today were not necessarily first-movers, but rather fast-followers able to leap frog the early adopters.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Left-Siders by Simon Sinek ( blog ). The world is a bell curve. Class room test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you’re studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Early adopters and mainstream customers have different needs, and both need to be tested. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. False Positives.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 17, 2013

I was not one of social media’s early adopters. I finally got on Facebook in 2009, roughly the same time as your grandmother. Not until 2011. All those hashtags and short URLs confused me. BTW, my first-ever tweet: [link] I quickly discovered that social media isn’t rising so quickly because the tech is sexy. […].

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 26, 2016

” Early Adopter vs. Early Innovator. People might describe me having “an early adopter problem,” but I disagree (unless they are trying to describe my audience and not me): being an early innovator is not the same thing as being an early adopter.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

Clearly and concisely, it focuses on the nine actions leaders need to take in order to successfully preside over the transition to a more AI-centric future that will lead to growth for all—companies and workers—and avoid the kinds of mistakes that author David De Cremer has seen many early adopters make.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 30, 2013

I often see products that sell lots in the first few week - this is normal early adopter. Lots of apps, lightning fast surfing etc. The device looks like a winner - but will it be? I think the next 90 days will tell. Then the sales either grow exponentially or fizzle. Largely depending on how well the market accepts the product.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MAY 17, 2021

Individuals will always have different levels of hesitancy when it comes to change. Learn how to address skepticism in a way that makes change easier for everyone at your organization. Today’s post is by Dr. Sarah Stebbins, author of From Fire to Water: Moving Through Change: Six Elements for Personal Resiliency (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 9, 2019

There’s no need for leaders to be early adopters of technology, though that would be great. How else could he have endeavored to create something as seemingly preposterous as a phone that could play music, take pictures and access the Internet–and make a go of it? Technology Adept.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Once these early adopters are moving product, others will not be able to blame anyone but themselves for missing targets. One blames poor salesmanship while the other blames the product. The easiest way to sidestep this situation is to find people to play "hero" during the initial roll-out and focus on them.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

While older generations have much to learn from the millennials, the fact that they are early adopters doesn’t mean they necessarily know how to adapt that technology in an organizational setting. The focus for all needs to be on lifelong learning. Even for the digital natives, time marches on.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 25, 2020

When the COVID quarantine began, the early adopters/adapters on his team realized that since connecting with people is the central part of their job, they were going to have to find new ways to do it.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 24, 2013

In any organization, there’s always going to be about 10% early adopters, 80% that will eventually get on board if you can convince them and show them how, and 10% that are just going to dig their heels in and refuse to try anything new or different. They just don’t want to.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 18, 2023

You may have even be an early adopter of these technologies. GUEST POST from Greg Satell Imagine yourself as the CEO of a Dow component company in 1919. You are fully aware of the technological forces that would shape much of the 20th century, electricity and internal combustion.

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 8, 2024

Change agents, peer leaders and early adopters, communicate, listen, and demonstrate desired behaviors. Executive sponsors share the vision, rationale, and commitment. Senior leaders reinforce the change’s importance, while managers and supervisors interpret the change for their teams.

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Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2019

The alternative you present must be better not just for the believers but for those outside the early adopter group. “Yet to succeed, you must go beyond grievance to identify an affirmative vision for what you would like to be different and then identify a single, fundamental change that will bring that vision about.”

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This article was inspired by a recent blog by Seth Godin, where he discussed some challenges that start-ups who rely on early adopters may face when they scale up. link] a start-up, early adopters who are highly engaged in a category, and/or know they have a problem, often represent easy sales.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 19, 2023

It’s all about finding the early adopters and getting them to help you provide social proof and spread the word to encourage others to try out new behaviors. One of the best ways to do this is to find peers and colleagues working to lead similar change efforts on their teams.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 6, 2023

He was not only an immensely powerful financier with access to the great industrialists of the day, but also an early adopter of new technologies. GUEST POST from Greg Satell Take a moment to think about what the world must have looked like to J.P. Morgan a century ago, in 1919. One of the first […]

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 26, 2012

This will appeal to both early adopters (who can spread the word) and customers not being served by current DVD rental businesses. No late fees, as a business model where the renter must replace each returned DVD benefits from tardy returns. ? See what happened there?

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 19, 2013

As individuals, we take our cues from the early adopters and we learn what to do – and what not to do. It’s a different world. It changed. And it changed fast. But the good news is that, for the most part, we’re able to figure it out. If only businesses were able to adapt that easily.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 21, 2023

Seeing this, the director helped the team identify and establish best practices from early adopters. So, they were understandably reluctant to have a dip in their commissions while using an unfamiliar process. How to Hold a Micro-Motivation, Confidence Burst Day Here’s a step-by-step process for creating a confidence burst day.

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Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 29, 2019

You may have even be an early adopter of these technologies. Imagine yourself as the CEO of a Dow component company in 1919. You are fully aware of the technological forces that would shape much of the 20th century, electricity and internal combustion. Still, everything seems like business as usual. What you don’t see, however,

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

But what are early adopter companies really doing with Apple’s new hardware, and what do they hope to get out of these investments? The piece examines efforts from Lowe’s, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Hanifa, and the PGA Tour to understand these companies’ strategies.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2015

Empower Willing Change Leaders: The most successful change efforts include the early adopters and use internal, front-line change agents to sway the majority. Change Barriers Removed to Keep Momentum: When barriers arise that block progress, leaders are quickly made aware and actions are taken to ensure momentum is maintained.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 24, 2017

People who are early adopters of the execution need encouragement to take risks. Leaders keep the fire of enthusiasm alive by funneling the flames with regular reinforcement and review. It’s essential to reinforce the right actions when they are taken.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Early adoption. Perhaps unsurprisingly, many of these investments centered around things such as remote working technology and associated technologies, such as cybersecurity and cloud. The study also revealed innovations in non-technical fields, such as the introduction of new management practices and business models.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Acknowledge early adopters and celebrate their results All these activities will help your team successfully implement the new software. And, they are one-time activities. You don’t need to schedule training repeatedly, but you do need to make sure you get that done sometime in the next month.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 29, 2009

However, five weeks ago I purchased an iPhone 3GS (granted, I’m not an early adopter) and the experience has been phenomenal. In only a few short weeks I have come to depend on its functionality for my work in product management and product marketing.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The research examines the Product Hunt platform, where entrepreneurs can test out their concept among early adopters, who offer feedback on whether the product is good or not. Recent research from Harvard Business School suggests this might even extend to the feedback they receive.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 2, 2021

The early adoption of any innovation comes with inevitable risks that can complicate its diffusion. Uncertain spread. For instance, the paper cites the example of the L-1011 and DC-10 aircraft.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Celebrate early adopters and AI-driven achievements within your team. Make sure the training is accessible and tailored to different skill levels within the organization. Foster an AI-Friendly Culture: Encourage a culture of innovation where the use of AI is seen as a positive step towards growth.

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LDRLB

APRIL 10, 2014

Here’s how to start: Identify the leading edge customers (customers that think creatively, ask for new things, or are your early adopters). Through rapid prototyping, the bank was able to bring a mobile banking application to market in just 60 days (versus the typical 12-18 months), and at approximately one-tenth of the cost.

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Management Excellence

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Moore, the renowned high-tech strategist and author, perhaps best known for his book, Crossing the Chasm, a guide to helping firms move from early adopters across this fateful and often fatal canyon, is back with his latest book, Escape Velocity-Free Your Company's Future from the Pull of the Past. Geoffrey A. Geoffrey A.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 9, 2014

Business Model: As an early adopter and co-creator of Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas (BMC) , I use it the most. The corporate designation B-Corp allows a company to blend doing well and doing good in a for-profit structure.

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Tim Milburn

MARCH 10, 2011

I’m an early adopter. I figure I’ll have it for awhile so I want as much storage as I can get. I pay for 3G access on my iPhone. I don’t want to add another subscription on top of that. This may sound like an argument against #1, but I think the iPad hasn’t gone mainstream yet.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 5, 2022

There have also been fears among some early adopters that they provide information too easily, and therefore inhibit the critical thinking skills of users. It’s also important to clearly document how the data submitted to the chatbot will be managed, especially if it is being used to discuss potentially sensitive topics.

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