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26Nov/110

“Staying Power”: Six Principles for Managing Strategy and Innovation in an Uncertain World

Michael Cusumano, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, had his book Staying Power: Six Enduring Principles for Managing Strategy and Innovation in an Uncertain World reviewed recently in Strategy + Business.  While it's billed as a study of the high-tech sector, I believe it's more generally applicable.

Cusumano summarizes his ideas into six principles, and while they may seem like bland truisms or cryptic consultant-speak, they're worth sharing:

  1. Platforms, not just products
  2. Services, not just products (or platforms)
  3. Capabilities, not just strategy
  4. Pull, not just push
  5. Scope, not just scale
  6. Flexibility, not just efficiency

 

For a bit more detail on these principles without having to read the book, there's a presentation by Cusumano on SlideShare.

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15Nov/110

“Crowd Accelerated Innovation” and the game-changing rise of web video

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Zo53M0lcY[/youtube]

Journalist and publisher Chris Anderson, and one-time curator of the TED Conference, share in this video how the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation - a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. This dates from July 2010 and was much talked about, but somehow I completely missed it until my friend Mark Organ, Founder and CEO of Influitive, told me about the application Prezi.com today.  Anderson used Prezi for his presentation, and that in itself caused a bit of a buzz and is worth checking out.

Best part of the talk, however, is in the last two minutes.  Really inspiring.

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10Nov/110

Comparing Consumer Attitudes on Loyalty Across Cultures: BRIC vs. North America

 

COLLOQUY, a resource for the global loyalty marketing industry owned by LoyaltyOne, recently published a cross-cultural study on consumer attitudes towards loyalty.  Comparing India, China and Brazil to the US, Canada and Australia, the study points out some salient differences in consumer perspectives, ranging not only from optimism and receptiveness to global brands, but also to views on privacy and higher engagement with electronic media.  Worth a flip through.

 

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