Larosa Group Looking for Start Ups That Embrace Disruptive Innovation and Change Disruptive innovation and change have become the norm.
Most of us know that if we don't proactively innovate and change the game, someone else will rewrite the rules for us. Just think Blockbuster, Borders, Blackberry, and Kodak.
- (1888PressRelease) December 11, 2014 - At the same time, business culture reinforces the idea that uncertainty should be avoided at all costs. Control is the goal. No wonder every management book on Amazon that uses the word "surprise" in its title focuses on preventing the phenomenon from occurring.
But here's the problem. Disruptive innovation and change aren't formulaic. Whether we're intentionally innovating or responding to competitive threats, today's leaders (and most employees) must live with constant uncertainty and continually respond to the unpredictable.
Larosa Group believe the companies that embrace the following five key areas will flourish. A Leapfrogging Mindset. Leading disruptive innovation and change involves leapfrogging-creating or doing something radically new or different that produces a significant leap forward. People who possess an unyielding desire to create a breakthrough ensure that everything they do focuses on adding a whole new level of value to customers, the market, and the organization.
Boundary Pushing. Pushing boundaries is important on two levels. On the personal side, people who live abroad, work across multiple functions, and surround themselves with diverse team members continually broaden their mindsets and enhance creative problem solving skills. From a strategic perspective, they push the limits of their colleagues, teams, organizations, and partners.
Data-Intuition Integration. Most leaders demand hard data when making critical decisions. In times of disruptive change, robust data rarely exist. Leaders must use any information they can obtain from any source inside and outside the company-but then complement that data by using their gut to round out the equation.
Adaptive Planning. Leading disruptive innovation requires managing unsurpassed levels of uncertainty. Adaptive planning involves taking action to drive results, learning from them, and then modifying assumptions and approaches accordingly. Whether these "results" are good or bad, they bring us closer to our breakthroughs since they result in new insights-just like Gatorade experienced. These new insights shape our future strategies, plans, and actions, which are better aligned to the needs of the market.
Savoring Surprise. Disruptive innovation and change is a process chock full of surprise-failures, successes, unexpected technological advancements, competitive moves, customer feedback, political and regulatory shifts, and other unforeseen events. Most leaders assume surprises always should be avoided. But those who realize that surprises are an inevitable part of business (just like life) are best equipped to actually use surprise as a strategic tool-which makes them the most agile and fastest to respond to or capitalize on unforeseen events.
In today's turbulent environment, disruptive innovation and transformational change go hand in hand. Companies that want to proactively drive game-changing breakthroughs must give their leaders and employees the requisite mindsets, skills, and tools to actually break through-personally and on behalf of the business.
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