How to Prepare Now for What's Next : a Guide to Thriving in an Age of Disruption

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Disruption is changing the playing field - keep your successful business on top Thriving businesses on top of their game are targets for disruption. But for savvy business owners and managers who understand the coming changes, the time to future-proof their successful companies is now. Following over a decade of research into future trends, business reinvention and disruptive innovation, author Michael McQueen presents How to Prepare Now for What's Next, a blueprint for top companies to thrive in turbulent times. McQueen brings rare insight to the topic of business disruption. The book first explores the notion of disruption itself, and confirms that the term is much more than just guru-speak. The book outlines the four primary forms of disruption that McQueen sees playing out over the next 5-10 years, and quickly moves on to the in-depth tools, tips and techniques that healthy businesses will need to stay on top.-Use a simple tool to assess just how vulnerable to disruption your company is -Read case studies, research and trend reports that highlight real-world examples to complement the book's concepts -Understand the four forms of disruption, namely widescale automation, empowered consumers, unconventional competition and emerging generations -Apply the 9 keys to future-proof your business against disruption and make it impervious to change The time to act is now for the businesses who want to keep their edge, and How to Prepare Now for What's Next is the guide to continue thriving.  Read more... Abstract: Disruption is changing the playing field - keep your successful business on top Thriving businesses on top of their game are targets for disruption. But for savvy business owners and managers who understand the coming changes, the time to future-proof their successful companies is now. Following over a decade of research into future trends, business reinvention and disruptive innovation, author Michael McQueen presents How to Prepare Now for What's Next, a blueprint for top companies to thrive in turbulent times. McQueen brings rare insight to the topic of business disruption. The book first explores the notion of disruption itself, and confirms that the term is much more than just guru-speak. The book outlines the four primary forms of disruption that McQueen sees playing out over the next 5-10 years, and quickly moves on to the in-depth tools, tips and techniques that healthy businesses will need to stay on top.-Use a simple tool to assess just how vulnerable to disruption your company is -Read case studies, research and trend reports that highlight real-world examples to complement the book's concepts -Understand the four forms of disruption, namely widescale automation, empowered consumers, unconventional competition and emerging generations -Apply the 9 keys to future-proof your business against disruption and make it impervious to change The time to act is now for the businesses who want to keep their edge, and How to Prepare Now for What's Next is the guide to continue thriving Content: Intro HOW TO PREPARE NOW FOR WHATâ#x80 #x99 S NEXT Contents About The Author Introduction Stunned by the pace of progress The perils of prediction A unique time in history Part I The Four Key Disruptions Chapter 1 Widescale Automation The attraction of automation Enabler 1: Ubiquitous data Enabler 2: Artificial intelligence The AI spectrum AI in everyday life The impact of automation Transportation Retail Personal and professional services Logistics and distribution Medicine Communication Chapter 2 Empowered Consumers Real challenges for real estate The empowered audience. The three sources of consumer poweri. Information ii. Options iii. A voice 3D printing and the rise of the prosumer Printing a new pair of shoes Will 3D printing live up to the hype? Chapter 3 Unconventional Competition Lessons from history Media and entertainment Automotive Energy Travel and tourism Banking and finance When money no longer exists Mobile phones and a cashless world The changing landscape of lending Responding to unconventional competition Chapter 4 Emerging Generations Which demographics now dominate The Millennial mindset Retail Automotive. Banking and financeTravel Sport Engaging Millennial consumers Market through them, not to them Millennials as a disruptive workforce Millennials in the workplace Part II 9 Keys to Thriving in an Age of Disruption Chapter 5 Dig the Well Before You Get Thirsty With businesses as it is with bunnies Three ways to dig the well before you get thirsty i. Watch the tides ii. Cannibalise your own business iii. Identify your sources of unfair advantage What do you know? What do you own? What can you do? Chapter 6 Fail Fast, Frequently and Frugally No licence for recklessness. Destigmatising failure at FordFailing slowly is painful Magnitude matters Three ways to build a risk-taking culture i. Incentivise boldness ii. Build high trust and empowerment iii. Give access to capital and resources Chapter 7 Donâ#x80 #x99 t Pave the Cattle Track What needs a fundamental rethink, not a superficial retread? The power of a new paradigm The Kodak mindset that ended the Kodak Moment The shift to a subscription model The blessing of isolation More than just a mindset A new-look library Microsoft gets back on track The dangerous attraction of cattle tracks. Chapter 8 Foster Healthy Paranoia1. Resist the intoxicating effects of success Like a Virgin Swiss watchmakers almost miss the obvious (again) The iPhoneâ#x80 #x99 s success â#x80 #x94 blessing or curse? How to know if youâ#x80 #x99 re drunk on success 2. Prioritise the peripheral Three Ways to Develop Your Peripheral Vision i. Look outside your industry ii. Look outside your context iii. Look outside your assumptions 3. Encourage diversity and dissent The permission to speak up Chapter 9 Focuson Friction When friction becomes a foothold The most powerful innovation skill begins with an â#x80 #x98 eâ#x80 #x99.