Vadim Kotelnikov    

Develop a Technological Vision

Ensuring the Clarity of Approach and Focus

    

Business e-Coach     

 

 

Cause Big Enough for a Crusade

  • Causes come from the heart, not from the mind: Causes appeal to the → emotional man

  • Causes are big, bold, and aspirational: If you want to move organization from 'what is' towards 'what you want', the cause should be able to attract the kind of great talents who want to move fast... More

→ Inspiring People: 4 Strategies

 

Examples Far-Reaching Meta-Technologies

that Can Influence Development of Your Technological Vision

  • Information and communication technologies (ICT) – spreading new means of managing great volumes of information in real time, computerized design, automation, process control, and communication throughout the production and service sectors  → ICT Trends

→ Modern ICT-powered Value Chain

→ Benefits of e-Business

→ The Tree of Online Success

→ How To Create Greater Value Online

→ Internet Business Models

→ IT Leader: New Roles of a CIO

→ Value Created by Social Networks

  • Nanotechnology – molecular manufacturing that can make technically feasible extremely novel inventions, computers billions of times faster, and self-assembling consumer goods

  • New biotechnologies – revolutionizing the agriculture, chemicals, food and health industries

  • New synthetic materials – substituting for natural and old synthetic materials

  • New energy technologies, both production and transmission – affecting the use of energy and its economics

Why Technological Vision?

Studies of → successful large innovative firms conclude that all of them had found ways of overcoming the problem of short-term pressures. However, not all companies with a long-time horizon are → innovative and long-term horizons alone do not lead to innovativeness. Success comes from the fact that a few →  key individuals have a broad →  vision of what their organizations can accomplish for the world.

→ Articulate Your Vision

Successful companies would also have a strong market orientation at the top of the organization and explicit mechanisms to force market-technical interactions lower down.

→ Surprise To Win: 3 Strategies

→ Blue Ocean vs. Red Ocean Strategy

→ Sustainable Competitive Advantage

It is the clarity of approach and focus, and the ability to communicate this to other stakeholders, which helps to obtain strategic investments required for long-term success in acquiring and exploiting technology.

→ Systemic Innovation: 7 Areas

→ 10 Commandments of Innovation

Impact of Meta-Technologies on Your Vision

Meta-technology are those which have the capacity to radically transform many sectors of the global economy. Meta-technologies can create both → problems and → opportunities for your organization as their potential application spreads through different industries and countries.

→ Turn Problems to Opportunities: 6 Tips

These technologies can change patterns of supply and distribution, bases of competition, and your company's core products and processes.

Examples of meta-technologies include information and communication technologies; nanotechnology; new biotechnology; new synthetic materials; and new energy production and transmission technologies.  >>>

 

 

Strategic Intent

Strategic intent is a high-level statement of the means by which your organization will achieve its vision... More

Strategic Alignment Defined

Strategic alignment is the process of linking innovation strategy with corporate → vision, goals, objectives, and → strategy... More