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Lessons from Porsche: Why Strategy Must Be Built to Learn, Not Just to Declare

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 31/12/2025
Disruption is rarely about technology itself. What truly disrupts companies is the speed at which markets, customer expectations, and competitive dynamics change—and whether an organization can adapt at the same pace. As the saying goes, “if the speed on the outside is greater than the speed on the inside, the end is near.” Porsche’s recent struggles illustrate this clearly. The challenge was not electrification as a concept, but over-committing to a strategic path before customer desirability was fully validated. By the time real feedback emerged, capital had already been locked in, limiting strategic flexibility. In an environment defined by constant change, strategy can no longer be a static declaration. It must be treated as a series of testable assumptions—designed to learn quickly, adapt continuously, and align innovation with real customer demand.
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From Vision to Value: Why Innovation Strategy Must Be More Than a Strategic Pillar

  • Posted by Cris Beswick
  • On 16/12/2025
In many organisations, innovation gets declared a strategic priority yet still fails to deliver real value because leaders can’t explain how innovation tangibly advances core business goals. Despite widespread agreement that innovation is essential, executives often lack strategic clarity on linking innovation efforts to outcomes like competitive advantage, growth, or operational performance.
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Three Reasons to keep Investing in Ideas not Aligned with Strategy

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 12/11/2025
Smart leaders know that strategy and innovation must align—but sometimes growth demands exceptions. Learn when to invest beyond the plan.
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Growing out of a crisis: five strategy lessons from Garmin

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 13/06/2025
When disruption hit, Garmin didn’t try to outmuscle its competitors—it outlearned them. By turning R&D into a tool for exploration rather than just execution, Garmin used innovation to test new markets, understand shifting customer behaviors, and validate its next growth curve. Its pivot to wearables wasn’t a gamble; it was a strategic evolution rooted in experimentation, learning, and focus.
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Building Strategy as a Series of Experiments

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 09/06/2025
Forward-thinking companies are replacing rigid roadmaps with continuous experimentation—treating strategy not as a fixed plan, but as a series of testable hypotheses. This shift enables faster learning, smarter decisions, and tighter alignment between innovation and strategy—essential for thriving in uncertainty.
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What Is The Role Of Strategy?

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 06/05/2025
It took the telephone 75 years to reach 1 million users. Television did it in about 13 years. Netflix reached the same milestone in just 3.5 years—and ChatGPT did it in only 5 days. We are living in a world where the pace of change and the speed at which information spreads are accelerating exponentially. […]
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Why Disruptive Innovation Is A Bad Business Idea. And What Can You Do Instead

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 28/03/2025
Selling a company on the need for disruptive or transformative innovation has always been a challenge. Some businesses simply don’t need it, others can’t afford it, and most struggle to justify investing in something inherently high-risk. The instinct to protect the core business—its efficiencies, margins, and financial predictability—often overrides the desire to explore bold new […]
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Building the Right Innovation Portfolio

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 19/11/2024
The 70-20-10 portfolio distribution rule isn’t universal. While popularized by companies like Google, the 70-20-10 innovation model is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Companies need to customize their innovation portfolios based on unique factors like market conditions, financial health, competitive landscape and strategic goals rather than adopting this model outright.
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Ways of Mapping Your Innovation Portfolio

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 09/10/2024
Innovation-led growth, at its core, hinges on how resources are allocated; it’s not simply a matter of creativity or generating new ideas. The challenge lies in prioritizing a portfolio of initiatives in a way that aligns with a company’s strategic goals and prepares it for the future. Often, companies fall into the trap of using […]
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Having Goals Doesn’t Mean You Have a Strategy

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 10/09/2024
Sadly, in many board conversations, the terms “goals” and “strategy” are often thought of as interchangeable probably due to the fact that one can’t exist without the other, yet they represent fundamentally different concepts. If goals are the desired outcomes or targets a company aims to achieve, strategy refers to the plan or approach the […]
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