Your company is a First Mover
current approach to strategic innovation
First Movers are open to experimentation, fast-paced, strive to be on the leading edge, and are “rule breakers.”
First Mover Operating Strategies
Build production and service capabilities that explore and pivot with market shifts created by experimental products and services
Create strong customer listening and an anticipation process that link with rapid prototyping capabilities
Create a flexible, learning mindset; failure teaches across all functions
desired approach to strategic innovation
Based on your selection, your desired future approach to strategic innovation is to become a Fast Follower.
Fast Followers monitor trends, look for opportunities and ideas that fit capabilities, and move quickly to address those opportunities.
Fast Follower Operating Strategies
Respond quickly to leading competitors’ new products and services
Build flexible, rapid, precise production, logistics and service capabilities with the ability to rapidly scale
Change existing products, services and logistics, introduce new offerings based on market opportunities
to be a fast follower, you must change your operating strategy
Increase continuous improvement efforts
Build on current experimental capability
Maintain or increase work pace
Focus on understanding and meeting customer needs
All recommended changes are unique to your company’s operating strategy based on the results of our proprietary assessment.