Seeing Around Corners
eBook - ePub

Seeing Around Corners

How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Seeing Around Corners

How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen

About this book

The first prescriptive, innovative guide to seeing inflection points before they happen—and how to harness these disruptive influences to give your company a strategic advantage.

Paradigmatic shifts in the business landscape, known as inflection points, can either create new, entrepreneurial opportunities (see Amazon and Netflix) or they can lead to devastating consequences (e.g., Blockbuster and Toys R Us). Only those leaders who can “see around corners”–that is, spot the disruptive inflection points developing before they hit–are poised to succeed in this market.

Columbia Business School Professor and corporate consultant Rita McGrath contends that inflection points, though they may seem sudden, are not random. Every seemingly overnight shift is the final stage of a process that has been subtly building for some time. Armed with the right strategies and tools, smart businesses can see these inflection points coming and use them to gain a competitive advantage. Seeing Around Corners is the first hands-on guide to anticipating, understanding, and capitalizing on the inflection points shaping the marketplace. 

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Index

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Page numbers in italics refer to figures.

A

Abraham, Jack, 30
acceleration, 125
actions, staggered, 104–8
Acton, Brian, 21
addiction, Facebook, 23
Adobe, Kickbox program, 31–32
The Advantage (Lencioni), 175
advertising. See also privacy
AdWords (Google), 105–6
Aereo, 35
Aetna, 170
agile methodology, 29–31, 38, 112–13. See also discovery-driven planning
AI (artificial intelligence), 141
Airbnb, 146
Allard, J, 130–34
Allen, James, 30
Allgood, Greg, 121
Alvarez, Cindy, 159
Amazon
America Online (AOL), 41
Andreessen, Marc, 198
Anthony, Scott, 36, 153
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Taleb), 103–4
Antioco, John, 82–83
antitrust allegations, 23–25
AOL (America Online), 41
Apatoff, Robert S., 35–36
apparel industry, 71–75
Apple
apprenticeships, 59
arena-based analysis, 10, 208. See also customers
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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Author’s Note
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Snow Melts from the Edges
  9. Early Warnings
  10. On the Lookout for Weak Signals: Defining Your Arena
  11. Customers, Not Hostages
  12. What Must Be True? Creating a Plan to Learn Fast
  13. Galvanizing the Organization
  14. How Innovation Proficiency Defangs the Organizational Antibodies
  15. How Leadership Can and Must Learn to See Around Corners
  16. Seeing Around Corners in Your Own Life
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Notes
  19. Index
  20. About the Author
  21. Connect on Social Media