This document discusses strategies for managing disruption and careers in a transient economy. It suggests moving from organizational career management to individual career management with a focus on continuous learning. Leaders need to shift from defending past advantages to continuously reconfiguring and reallocating resources, developing innovation capabilities, and seizing new opportunities. The new playbook involves healthy disengagement from the past, deft resource allocation, and an entrepreneurial and discovery-driven mindset.
3. A Tale of Two Companies, two oil billionaires,
a Japanese innovator and a whole lot of
denial
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4. New forms of competition that
we never considered!
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5. The new playbook for strategy
Continuous Reconfiguration
Healthy Disengagement
Deft Resource Allocation
Innovation Proficiency
Discovery Driven Mindset
Entrepreneurial Career Management
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6. What does it all mean for
individual careers & talent?
From
To…
Organizational systems
Individual skills
A stable career path
A series of ‘gigs’
Hierarchies and teams
Individual superstars
Infrequent job hunting
Permanent career
campaigns
Careers managed by the
individual
Careers managed by the
organization
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7. A recipe for disruption
Implications from the book for
would-be disruptors
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9. “I don’t want any surprises
and don’t bring me bad news”
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10. What does their customer
really need?
Same need that the incumbent provides, but with a
twist?
Making what the incumbent provides unnecessary?
Doing the same thing, but at a fraction of the price?
Customer need that is not being met, is being met
badly or expensively, or is being met in such a way
that infuriates customers?
Might they reward you for making their experience
better?
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