Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2011

[As a leader], you—not the IT department, nor the VP of IT, nor the chief information officer (CIO)—must understand, drive and be accountable for how technology is structured in order to reach the strategic goals of the operation….Technology The thing you want to be these days is a “fast follower.”

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Chief Information Officer CIO ROI Technology 284

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

In the text that follows, I’ll provide you with 4 constructs to help you evolve your thinking around digital transformation. Your business now operates as part of a global digital eco-system where leveling the playing field has become a digital impossibility.

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Leadership Business Model Engineering Fast Follower 346

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The mobile devices that have been most affected by the jury's decision are a combination of the Android operating system, physical product design that's reacting to current market trends, and a hodgepodge of third-party apps and software. Samsung has built its name over the past two decades on being the world's greatest Fast Follower.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Short-term Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies. If you want to affect customer engagement, for example, you will need to develop or adapt multiple AI applications and tasks that relate to different aspects of marketing, sales, and service relationships.

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Company Maturity System Engineering 8