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Professor Rita Gunther McGrath at Business of Software Conference 2013. A talk on the rise of transient advantage in business and what that means for entrepreneurial software businesses.

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Rita Gunther McGrathrdm20@columbia.eduwww.ritamcgrath.com Follow me @rgmcgrath

CONTACT RITA

A Tale of Two Companies, two oil billionaires, a Japanese innovator and a whole lot of denial

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New forms of competition that we never considered!

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The new playbook for strategy

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i Continuous Reconfigurationi Healthy Disengagementi Deft Resource Allocationi Innovation Proficiencyi Discovery Driven Mindseti Entrepreneurial Career Management

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 organization

Careers managed by the individual

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A recipe for disruption

Implications from the book for would-be disruptors

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What does their customer really need?

i Same need that the incumbent provides, but with a twist?

i Making what the incumbent provides unnecessary?i Doing the same thing, but at a fraction of the price?i Customer need that is not being met, is being met

badly or expensively, or is being met in such a way that infuriates customers?

i Might they reward you for making their experience better?

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US Banks raked in $45.3 Billion in fees from merchants in 2008 & its gone up since then

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Here’s the disruptor

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Time & Interest permitting

Implications for leaders in large organizations

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From Stability to Continuous Reconfiguration

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From resources held hostage to deft reallocation

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• Textiles• Chemicals

1940s-1960's

• Advanced Materials

• Flameproof Products

1980s-1990s• Specialty

Materials• High-IP specialty

chemicals

2000s on

From episodic innovation to a sustained capability

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Rita Gunther McGrathrdm20@columbia.eduwww.ritamcgrath.com Follow me @rgmcgrath

CONTACT RITA

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