If you’ve ever managed a trouble-maker, chances are that managing them was just another problem to be dealt with in the day. Yet the right kind of disruptive person has the potential to be an asset rather than a liability. It’s what you do with them that counts. So? There are many types of trouble-causers. …
Can strategists learn from tech teams? We think so. Global leaders in software development are combining development and operations teams, and using the DevOps approach to increase time to market, improve quality and break down silo-ed disciplines and cultures. Modern strategists can learn much from this approach, not least how to shorten timelines and get …
Starting the new year with a bloated inbox and a saturated newsfeed populated with marketing content? Making space for valuable information could leave you feeling a little lighter. So? Like most in the western hemisphere, chances are you’ll be returning to work this week and doing two things. First you’ll be making a pledge to …
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Right now, you’re looking into a screen to read this blog. Reading this is probably one of at least five things you’re doing at the same time, and you’re already thinking about 10 or 15 things you need to be doing. Tech has developed exponentially over the past decade, spanning almost every interaction in our …
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Breakthrough Strategy is an approach which borrows from lean startup product techniques and design thinking. It works in focused, time-bound “sprint” sessions. We’ve already outlined why it’s needed. Here we look at how a project unfolds and what’s goes on in each sprint in an Upstart session. Breakthrough Strategy is about responding to digital disruption at …
In this last of four posts from D:Health The Annual Strategic Forum In Health Technology Dominic Pride outlines the Upstart view of how strategy should look in the future. So far in previous posts we’ve seen how health is being disrupted by players large and small. We’ve also seen how how denial, defence and deception …
This is the second of four posts adapted from Dominic Pride’s talk at The Annual Strategic Forum In Health Technology on strategies for responding to digital health. We look at some of the common – but fundamentally flawed – ways companies have responded to disruption. In our first post we outlined how health is being disrupted …
