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Blue Ocean Strategy’s Innovation Advice for Standing Out

Do you want your product to be the best in the market? What are Blue Ocean Strategy‘s recommendations for boosting innovation in business? In Blue Ocean Strategy, innovation is described as one of the most important factors to consider when creating a product that acts as a better alternative to your competitors. Coming up with innovative products is easy when you carefully examine what your target audience is looking for. To give your product a unique edge, keep reading.

The 2nd Way: Create Feedback Cycles (The Phoenix Project)

What is The Second Way from The Phoenix Project? Why is a quick feedback cycle essential to IT departments? In The Phoenix Project, Kim, Behr, and Spafford demonstrate how work management principles developed on factory production lines can be applied in an IT environment. The three foundational pillars of production can be summed up as 1) fast workflow, 2) quick feedback, and 3) continual improvement. Continue reading for an overview of The Second Way and how to implement it.

How to Reverse Engineer Anything to Recreate Greatness

What work do you admire? What if you could make your own version of it? How does reverse engineering enhance creativity? Ron Friedman argues that doing great work isn’t just about being talented or working hard. It’s about learning from the greats in your field by reverse engineering their creations. He explains how to reverse engineer the work you love and make it your own. Read more to learn how reverse engineering works and how to make it work for you.

The 2 Innovation Challenges That Are Hurting Businesses

What are the biggest innovation challenges? How are these issues undermining business projects? Some experts have sought to explain why so many innovation projects fail by examining market mechanisms that work against innovators. Geoffrey Moore’s Crossing the Chasm and Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma offer two such explanations. Keep reading to learn about innovation challenges that arise while marketing to customers.

Productivity Paranoia: Experts Explain the Challenges

What is productivity paranoia? What problems does it cause? How can we overcome it? While 87% of employees in hybrid jobs feel they’re working productively, only 12% of leaders agree. Experts claim that productivity paranoia is driving this discrepancy, causing employers to rely more heavily on tracking software to monitor workers’ every move. Read on to learn more about productivity paranoia and the challenges it presents, according to experts.

How to Get Advice From Your Professional Network

Has your career come to a halt? Where you can find advice that is worthwhile? Making a change in your career is a big step, and having other people’s insight can help you navigate tricky decisions. In The Startup of You, Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha suggest looking for advice within your professional network because those people may have gone through the same thing. Here’s how to get advice that is worth your time and will get you the best results.

How to Improve a Skill: 3 Strategies for Skilling Up

The 25 Cognitive Biases: Use-It-or-Lose-It Tendency

What would you like to know how to do well? What would you try if you had a plan to succeed? You could have the best ideas in the world, but they’d amount to nothing without execution. Implementation takes skills, and Ron Friedman shares three strategies for developing skills: practice effectively, track your progress, and mitigate your risks while experimenting and innovating. Read more to learn how to improve a skill and, ultimately, implement your ideas.

The 3 Essential Components of a Story: What an Audience Expects

What makes a story a story? What does your audience expect from your narrative? In his 2018 book Unleash the Power of Storytelling, speechwriter-turned-actor Rob Biesenbach asserts that you can make any message much more compelling by simply telling a story. Whether you’re writing a novel or preparing a toast, you can learn from his advice. Keep reading to learn the three necessary components of a story, no matter what your message is.

How to Adapt to Changes in Your Career Plans

What are the benefits of being flexible with your career? How do you adapt to change in the work world? When you prioritize adaptability, you can not only survive unpredictable challenges but also seize unexpected opportunities. The Startup of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha says that to fashion a flexible career, you must follow three steps. Check out these three steps so you know how to adapt to change.

Hypothesis in Business Research: How to Make & Use One

Are you scared to try something new for your next innovation project? Why is a hypothesis in business research important? The uncertainty of how customers will react to your new product may scare you from even trying to create it. But if you create a hypothesis, just like you would with the scientific method, you’ll have a better chance of succeeding because you’re testing the waters. Check out how a hypothesis will improve the chances of your business research pulling out a win.