Hurdles of a Red Ocean Platform
Kim (2005) writes of four organizational hurdles in a Red Ocean platform. The hurdles are cognitive, resource, motivational, and political. The cognitive hurdle is about an understanding through communication being achieved. Management must clearly and concisely communicate to its staff and employees. Both management and employees must be able to understand and answer questions Read the rest of this entry »
Why does fair process matter in a Blue Ocean platform?
Decrease cost; increase buyer value, this leads to value innovation. Fair process allows for this to occur. Circ de Soleil created their own blue ocean based on a unique fit of drama, music, and special effects in the form of space, dance, lighting, sound, humor, sport, and theater in contrast to a dying yet honorable theme… the circus. The strategy, created by Guy Laliberté, was far from perfect but Circ de Soleil became a blue ocean. However, without fair process Laliberté could still be in Canada. He might never had the opportunity to create and cast a vision not only for his company, but also for audiences across the globe to experience Read the rest of this entry »
online [blue] ocean
Maintain a sustained competitive advantage through value innovation. This is accomplished by decreasing cost and increasing buyer value. Here is some teaser information on this project:
![online [blue] ocean presentation by Ryan Lowe](http://blog.ryanlowe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/obo_screenshot1.jpg "obo_screenshot")
This presentation was made for Strategic Planning and Implementation. Online blue ocean was presented on June 12, 2010.
Thanks to Shenghung Lin for use of an amazing shot of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. View Shenghung’s flicker page here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shenghunglin/242339059/
Strategy in Chess Pinning
I quite like this move used below in which the white Queen makes a great move to relatively pin the black rook. How can strategy of pinning be used in the business world? Critical thinking and aggressive moves afford the ability for business to function with agility. The strategy to be attacking while seemingly on the defense is a simple and focused strategy that businesses can use in keeping their competitive advantage over their competition.
This video is from Chess-Game-Strategies.com:
Conventional Wisdom Red to Blue Ocean
In a Blue Ocean construct how do you turn conventional wisdom on its head from a Red Ocean strategy to a Blue Ocean Strategy? Kim (2005) states accurately, that most companies strategic plans keep them wedded to their Red Ocean strategy. “Executives are paralyzed by the muddle. Few employees deep down in the company even know what the strategy is. And a closer look reveals that most plans don’t contain a strategy at all but rather a smorgasbord of tactics that individually make sense but collectively don’t add up Read the rest of this entry »
B7223-NOTES-leadership and strategy
Course Notes:
Transformational Leadership – heirarchy is in the form of teamwork. How do you hold team members accountable?
Transactional Leadership – heirarchy is up and down and everyone has a boss and a structure
MODEL ONE – Basic Strategic Planning
This very basic process is typically followed by Read the rest of this entry »
iPhone 4 – gizmodo is the best
Posted by Ryan in Technology, Tools on April 20, 2010
Check out this article released on gizmodo.com
Mod Nation Racers
Some games in life remind me of the first time I played Mario Kart (the classic). This game looks like pure fun. Right up there with Little Big Planet for best party games of all time. http://www.modnation.com/
How Cool will Mod Nation Racers be?
