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How to prepare for 
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Reading guide 
1 
Disruptive waves and case studies 
of challengers’ disruptive strategies 
and incumbents’ strategic answers 
in ten markets. 
2 
Three step methodology for gaining 
customer insights, designing value 
propositions and innovating 
business models. 
3 
Three step methodology for 
organizing for disruptive growth by 
balancing resources, power and 
knowledge. 
Learn about the next 
disruptive waves in 
your market 
Learn how to build 
disruptive growth 
strategies 
Learn how to prepare 
your organization for 
disruptive growth
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table of 
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1. The next disruptive waves in media 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
Online journalism platform De Correspondent 
successfully crowdfunded €1 mln. by attracting 
subscribers that pledged €60 for a one-year 
subscription to the site, which is focused on 
context-driven content written and directed by 
established journalists. De Correspondent is 
constantly redesigning it’s publication platform 
and social sharing options. De Correspondent 
remains independent from advertisers. 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
De Persgroep is pursuing a strategy of operational 
efficiency, economies of scale and acquisition of 
leading digital platforms for specials (jobs and 
cars). The overall strategic goal is to become a 
multimedia market leader in its local markets, 
with a strong performance in digital news media 
and television and radio channels. Print and digi-tal 
editorial offices are being merged into brand 
teams to enable digital subscription models. 
1. Disruptive waves in media 
1. Crowdfunded media initiatives 
2. Location-aware media 
3. Mobile media apps 
4. Immersive and augmented media 
5. Personalized media 
6. Interactive and social media campaigns 
7. Real-time data aggregation and reporting 
8. Pay-per-view systems 
9. Limited edition media 
10. Collaborative media production 
Forget information overload: consumers’ 
desire for relevant, useful, timely informa-tion 
is insatiable. Consumers will continue to lap 
up products, tools and services that bring them 
the right information, at the right time, in an 
understandable, intuitive and actionable way. 
Technology will become ubiquitous, 
universal and impossible to live without. 
Why? Quite simply because consumers will 
continue to crave (and build their lives around) 
the unparalleled ‘superpowers’ that technology 
offers them: perfect and instant information, 
absolute transparency and limitless choice. 
+/+76% revenue growth 
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2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in media 
1. Customer insights in media 
Consumers thirst for information as it empow-ers 
them. It puts them in control. It helps them 
make the right decisions, or at least makes them 
feel like they can make the right decisions. The 
prevalence of mobile connectivity and the ex-plosion 
of sites, tools, apps and devices mean 
that consumers can satisfy their cravings almost 
instantly. In fact, consumers now expect to 
access information anytime, anywhere and in 
real-time. But the amount of information out 
there is vast (and growing every second), 
modern life gives off an insane amount of data 
about everything and anything. The challenge is 
helping consumers make sense of it, in a way 
that makes their life better. Satisfying consumers 
is one of the biggest opportunities out there. 
There are endless ways to do so: offering infor-mation 
at just the right time, making it easier to 
understand, offering useful, actionable analysis, 
or even cutting through the torrent of infor-mation 
and just giving consumers that which is 
important (to them). Get it right, and consumers 
will turn to you, thank you, evangelize you and 
more. The prize: becoming a trusted assistant, a 
source of not just knowledge but also insight, 
helping consumers make better decisions. 
2. Designing value propositions in media 
Print and 
broadcast 
content 
3. Innovating business models in media 
Marketing and 
sales 
Creatives 
Intellectual 
property 
Format 
subscriptions 
Interaction 
design 
Media 
production 
Local 
communities 
Online and 
mobile content 
Local 
customers 
Designed by Thaesis, 2013 
Global 
Distributors customers 
Production 
ethics 
Print and 
broadcast 
content 
Media brand 
and reputation 
Production, 
marketing and 
distribution 
Ecosystem 
infrastructure 
Salaries Advertisements 
Ecosystem 
subscriptions 
Smart phones 
Tablets 
Media 
technology 
companies 
Shared status 
stories 
On-demand / 
location-based 
content 
Ecosystem 
development 
Social networks 
Subscriptions 
Online and 
mobile 
ecosystems 
Online and 
mobile content 
On-demand / 
location-based 
content 
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3. How to prepare media organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
For media organizations, their current user base 
is their most important asset. For most media 
organizations however, this asset has not been 
solid for at least a decade. Managing the decline 
is the closest thing to control in this case. Selling 
or discontinuing specific underperforming 
media formats can be a necessary step. The 
next step is to create a compelling growth 
strategy, which envisions the growth aspirations 
and innovation pipeline. Growth can be organic, 
come from acquisitions in the core market or 
into adjacent markets. Disruptive growth how-ever, 
comes from creating entirely new value 
propositions that are undisputedly destructive 
to the current businesses. Next, map out a 
balanced innovation portfolio by analysing the 
gap between aspiration and progress on the one 
hand, and risk versus potential on the other. 
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2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the media industry. Power needs to be distributed 
in order to nourish focus on high-potential initia-tives, 
incorporating those that contribute to 
sustainable competitive advantage. 
Strategic 
intent 
Focus Incubator 
structure 
Growth 
task force 
Incorporate Corporate 
venturing unit 
Business 
development 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
Incumbents in the media industry should focus 
on finance, marketing and leadership. Finance to 
acquire and fuel disruptive initiatives in the 
market, marketing to commercialize them and 
leadership to balance the existing business while 
exploring new opportunities. 
Finance Acceleration Launches 
Marketing Commercialization Sales 
Leadership Balance Profit
Wired Technology magazine features interactive print ads
Blendle Mobile app introduces pay-per-view system for news and media
Getty Images 
35 million photographs released for free use online
Entertainment 
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1. The next disruptive waves in entertainment 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
Netflix is an American provider of on-demand 
streaming media available to viewers in North 
and South America, the Caribbean, and parts of 
Europe. The company was established in 1997 
and has over 50 million subscribers worldwide, 
with 36 million of them being in the United States. 
Netflix is focused on constantly improving the 
user experience by personalized suggestions and 
increasingly offering in-house produced content. 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
RTL Group is a leading European media company 
with three strategic pillars in free-to-air television 
and content production: broadcast, content and 
digital. RTL Group is building new digital growth 
engines, especially for online video (Style Haul, 
BroadbandTV and Divimove). RTL Group realig-ned 
it’s production arm FremantleMedia and 
invests in the existing footprint in Europe and in 
new high-growth Asian markets. 
1. Disruptive waves in entertainment 
1. Unlimited-access subscriptions 
2. Collaborative entertainment production 
3. Online entertainment channels 
4. Interactive and social media campaigns 
5. Entertainment and commerce integration 
6. Personalized entertainment 
7. Real-time format analysis and adjustment 
8. Immersive and augmented entertainment 
9. Game console and mobile device integration 
10. Niche social networks and discovery systems 
Surprise. Entertainment. Amusement. 
People will relish brands that bring some 
much needed fun to the consumer arena. Intro-ducing 
competitive and participatory formats, 
embracing humor, or celebrating the unexpec-ted 
will make content – and consumption – less 
boring and simply more enjoyable. 
Each person has his/her’s own 
consumption realm, where his/her 
preferences and tastes reign. Cater to an 
individual with brilliantly customized content, 
by enabling and encouraging personal expres-sion, 
or by offering protection from harm. 
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2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in entertainment 
1. Customer insights in entertainment 
Play is a fundamental human trait throughout 
history, spanning all cultures and countries. 
Entertainment is fun, and satisfies many funda-mental 
needs and desires: status, achievement, 
self-expression, competition, collaboration, to 
be rewarded, among others. Entertainment 
captures consumers’ scarcest resource – 
attention. Consumers also enjoy the sense of 
connectedness when interacting with others. 
Not to mention that many consumers are blasé, 
jaded, sceptical if not outright bored with the 
seeming endless amount of content on offer. As 
a result, they will rush to embrace content that 
injects some much-needed enjoyment into 
their daily lives, in whatever form that might 
take. At the heart of each consumer is the desire 
to express and be recognized for his/her 
individual tastes, personality and identity 
through consumption. This is driven by the 
belief that this expression will enable consumers 
to shape their own destiny, to be in control. The 
online experience is fueling this: profiles (that 
make it all about the individual) are ubiquitous, 
personalization is rampant and effortless, and 
the expression of one’s likes, dislikes and 
everything in-between is easy and constant. 
2. Designing value propositions in entertainment 
Mobile 
coverage 
(Premium) 
content 
accessibility 
On-demand / 
location-based 
total solutions 
3. Innovating business models in entertainment 
Insight into 
behavioral 
patterns 
Hardware 
suppliers 
Infrastructure 
(license) 
Large volume 
contract 
revenues 
Infrastructure 
maintenance 
Marketing 
and sales 
Licensors 
Installed 
customer base 
On-demand / 
locations-based 
Shared status / 
location-based 
stories 
Retail customer base 
Brand 
(Premium) 
content 
accessibility 
Premium 
content 
revenues 
Infrastructure 
costs 
Marketing and 
sales costs 
On-demand / 
location-based 
development 
Customer 
base 
Total solutions 
development 
Behavioral 
insight 
revenues 
Media 
technology 
companies 
Social networks 
Mass media 
campaigns 
Mobile 
coverage 
On-demand / 
location-based 
revenues 
Smartphones 
Tablets 
On-demand / 
location-based 
total solutions 
Customer 
service 
Customer 
data 
Insight into 
behavioral 
patterns 
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3. How to prepare entertainment organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
To entertainment organizations, the ability to 
produce or buy compelling entertainment 
formats is crucial. By nature, creative (buying) 
power is hard to control. What works now, 
doesn’t automatically work in the future. 
Allowing the customer base a voice in the 
development process is therefor a strong asset. 
To create a compelling growth strategy, which 
envisions the growth aspirations and innovation 
pipeline, entertainment organizations need 
stamina. Whether organic or from acquisitions 
in the core market or into adjacent markets, 
growth is likely to require a minimum operating 
scale. Thinking of lower-quality entertainment 
propositions opens the door to disruptive 
growth. The biggest opportunity lies in winning 
over a new online customer base, that is willing 
to pay for on-demand entertainment. 
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2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the entertainment industry. These structures are 
focussed on supporting new growth initiatives 
and creating focus on high-potential opportu-nities. 
Strategic 
intent 
Support Growth 
council 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
For entertainment organizations, the emphasis is 
on development, finance and marketing. Balan-cing 
internal development and external acqui-sitions 
with the goal to successfully commer-cialize 
new initiatives is the main focus for 
entertainment organizations. 
Intrapreneur 
fund 
Focus Incubator 
structure 
Growth 
task force 
Development Generation Prototypes 
Finance Acceleration Launches 
Marketing Commercialization Sales
Beats by Dre 
Audio brand launches personalized music streaming service
Disney 
Accelerator Disney's accelerator program funds entertainment and media startups
London Live London's first 24-hour TV channel launches
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1. The next disruptive waves in non-food retail 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
Benelux-based Action is the leading non-food 
discount retailer in the Netherlands and Belgium 
with almost 400 stores and over 10,000 employ-ees. 
The business generates revenues of over 
€1bn. per year. Action’s business model differs 
from that of more traditional retailers because 
only 35% of its total product range is fixed. Action 
aims to surprise its customers with a constantly 
refreshed product range at amazingly low prices. 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
HEMA is a general merchandise retailer with more 
than 660 stores across the Netherlands and 
Belgium, selling an extensive product offering in 
every household category under a private brand. 
HEMA’s strategy is focused on international ex-pansion 
and generating more revenues from its 
online store. The extend of HEMA’s product 
offering is proving to be hard to remain profitable. 
1. Disruptive waves in non-food retail 
1. Mobile storefronts and mobile commerce 
2. Real-time dynamic pricing 
3. Producer-to-consumer disintermediation 
4. Interactive in-store technologies 
5. Concept and pop-up stores 
6. Personalized sourcing services 
7. Product customization services 
8. One-hour delivery services 
9. Locally-sourced vending machines 
10. Interactive and social media campaigns 
Consumers have always been concerned 
with price, but thanks to a range of new 
technologies, services and/ or attitudes, their 
perceptions of price have become ever more 
complex. High or low, fixed or fluid, universal 
or personal, retailers must respond by 
deploying price in ever more flexible ways. 
As consumption moves beyond the 
merely transactional, retailers must 
change their attitudes if they are to keep up. 
Consumers will embrace retailers with meaning 
and personality: that are open, honest, gene-rous, 
have some fun and stand for something. 
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2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in non-food retail 
1. Customer insights in non-food retail 
Consumers’ attitudes to pricing are complex 
and fluid. Meanwhile, their notions of value are 
fragmented. Even in an individual, attitudes vary 
depending on time, place, activity, mood and 
product. Always-on connectivity, new techno-logies 
(e.g. location-based services, real-time 
technology, and more) and new business 
models are changing consumer behavior and 
attitudes. With real-time information constantly 
available, consumers can compare prices of the 
same product in various stores, which, on the 
one hand, is driving total price transparency. Yet 
on the other hand, consumers are eagerly 
adopting services and apps that offer everything 
from group deals to flash sales to to negotiated 
bargains to hyper-local offers. Consumers are 
also increasingly aware that personality and 
profit are compatible. As stories spread of 
brands that are successful while remaining 
reasonable, flexible and helpful, consumers will 
be increasingly unhappy if/ when they deal with 
traditional businesses, that are bland or self-serving. 
Consumers live in a world characterized 
by constant change and fluidity. Yet too many 
businesses are still acting as they have been for 
decades. The gap has never been bigger. 
2. Designing value propositions in non-food retail 
Products and 
categories 
3. Innovating business models in non-food retail 
Product 
suppliers 
Shopping 
assistants 
Retail 
margin 
Category 
management 
Marketing 
and sales 
Municipalities 
After sales 
service 
Local 
customers 
Global 
In store, online customers 
and mobile 
Stores 
Products and 
categories 
Property 
value 
margin 
Personnel, 
stores and 
branding 
Interaction 
design costs 
Interaction 
design 
Brands 
Retail 
technologies 
Affiliate 
revenues 
Omnichannel 
customer 
journey 
NFC-technology 
mobile payment 
suppliers 
Touchpoints 
with a human 
touch 
Seamless 
omnichannel 
experience 
Customer 
insight 
Affiliates 
Customer 
loyalty 
programs 
After sales 
service 
Seamless 
omnichannel 
experience 
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3. How to prepare non-food retail organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
Non-food retail organizations have many assets 
to control, albeit control in a non-static kind of 
way. Increasingly fast assortment changes, 
dynamic pricing, constant pressure on customer 
bases related to shifts in channels: few assets 
are safe bets. In designing a compelling growth 
strategy, which envisions the growth aspirations 
and innovation pipeline, an appetite for inves-ting 
in future success is essential. Growth can 
be organic, come from acquisitions in the core 
market or into adjacent markets. Finding disrup-tive 
growth opportunities is the result from a 
thorough customer centric exploration. Omni-channel 
strategies allow for an incredibly larger 
array of opportunities in terms of assortment 
and services. Mapping out a balanced inno-vation 
portfolio is useful: aspiration matched 
with progress and risk matched with potential. 
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2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the non-food retail industry. Selecting and incor-porating 
those initiatives that are aligned with the 
latest customer insights will provide sustainable 
competitive advantage. 
Strategic 
intent 
Focus Incubator 
structure 
Growth 
task force 
Incorporate Corporate 
venturing unit 
Business 
development 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
For non-food retail organizations the emphasis 
should be on research, development, finance and 
leadership, balancing between internal and 
external influences. 
Research Inception Concepts 
Development Generation Prototypes 
Finance Acceleration Launches 
Leadership Balance Profit
Amazon 
Etailer’s smartphone automatically recognizes products and links to store
Walmart 
Retailer’s price comparison service automatically reimburses shoppers
Fetch 
Personal buying app sources lowest-priced garments
Food EPHEMERAL 
TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES 
TRAVELERS 
FSTR retail 
HUMAN BRANDS 
HONEST FLEXIBILITY 
BITTER TRUTHS 
BETTER BUSINESS 
GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 
UBITECH 
UPGRADIA 
BORDERLESS TECH 
INFOLUST 
SIXTH SENSE 
FUZZYNOMICS 
ENTREPRENEURIA 
PRICING 
PANDEMONIUM 
PERKFUNDING 
TRIBES & LIVES 
NEW NORMAL 
REMAPPED 
HERITAGE HERESY 
STATUS SEEKERS 
GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS 
BETTERMENT 
BREAKING BAD 
CURRENCIES OF CHANGE 
YOUNIVERSE 
TWO FACED 
INSTANT MAKERS 
LOCAL LOVE 
BRANDED GOVERNMENT 
FRINGE FEVER 
PLAYSUMERS 
SWEAT EQUITY 
HELPFULL 
PREEMPTFULL 
VIDEO VALETS 
JOYNING 
GET THE MESSAGE
1. The next disruptive waves in food retail 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
Hampton Creek is a food company from San 
Francisco that focuses on finding new ways of 
utilizing plants to replace eggs in a variety of 
different products. Over the next five years, 
Hampton Creek Foods will first hawk its product 
to manufacturers of prepared foods such as pasta, 
cookies and dressings – the processed products 
that use about a third of all the eggs. The com-pany’s 
goal is to replace all factory-farmed eggs. 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
Unilever, founded in 1930, is a British-Dutch 
consumer goods company, specializing in food, 
home care products and personal care products. 
The company holds over 400 brands but focuses 
on only 14 of them, which generate sales excee-ding 
€1bn. per brand per year. The company is 
one of the largest media buyers in the world and 
one of the most innovative corporations. Unilever 
strives to be agile and to source sustainably. 
1. Disruptive waves in food retail 
1. Mobile price comparison services 
2. Same-day (drone) delivery services 
3. Locally produced product platforms 
4. Mobile sales of discounted groceries 
5. Producer-to-consumer disintermediation 
6. Interactive in-store technologies 
7. Transformative food technology 
8. Personalized sourcing services 
9. Innovation incubators 
10. Interactive and social media campaigns 
Despite globalization, despite online; 
place still matters. Whether driven by a 
sense of pride, authenticity, convenience and/ 
or eco-concerns, consumers will continue to 
embrace ‘local’ products, services and 
knowledge. 
Say ‘trends’ and many people instantly 
think ‘demographics’ and ‘customer 
segments’. And yes, there will continue to be 
endless opportunities to identify new tribes and 
dream up products, services and experiences 
that cater to their needs and desires. 
+/+250% revenue growth 
-/-3% revenue growth 
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2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in food retail 
1. Customer insights in food retail 
Don’t forget, for the vast majority of the world’s 
population the vast majority of daily life still 
revolves around a (relatively fixed) location, such 
as a city or a country. Consumers are still by and 
large physical beings. The ‘local’ world is more 
tangible, more accessible, more visible and 
therefore more ‘real’. Locally-produced goods 
offer consumers an antidote to the globalized 
marketplace, and invoke a sense of authenticity, 
community, connection and belonging. Not to 
mention reducing (if not removing) the eco and 
ethical concerns that hang over mass produc-tion. 
And when it comes to information, ‘local’ is 
relevant. While access to the world is great, 
much of the time what consumers really want is 
to know what is happening, has happened or 
will happen right around them. Don’t deny 
place, embrace it. Connecting your products or 
services to specific locales will make them more 
relevant, more exclusive and correspondingly 
more exciting and desirable. The age of mass, 
uniform, global sameness has passed and the 
age of empowering niches and thinking beyond 
stereotypes has entered. Speak to specific tribes 
like women, LGBT’s, men, parents, families, 
urbanites, immigrants, tourists or couples. 
2. Designing value propositions in food retail 
Universally 
uniform 
products 
3. Innovating business models in food retail 
Material 
suppliers 
Patents and 
brands 
Uniform 
product 
revenues 
Supply chain 
management 
Producers Marketing 
Authentic 
eco-friendly 
products 
Global 
customers 
Local 
customers 
Global 
distribution 
networks 
Purchasing 
power 
Universally 
uniform 
products 
Eco-friendly 
product 
revenues 
Materials and 
production 
costs 
Marketing 
costs 
Local 
co-creation 
Local co-creation 
networks 
Local produc-tion 
and co-creation 
costs 
Local 
product 
revenues 
Local 
distribution 
networks 
Media 
technology 
companies 
Reviews 
Locally produ-ced 
co-created 
products 
Local 
production 
networks 
Social networks 
Advertisements 
Local 
production 
Authentic 
eco-friendly 
products 
Locally produ-ced 
co-created 
products 
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3. How to prepare food retail organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
Food retail organizations have to control a 
complex game of logistics, retail and marketing. 
The most important assets of food retail organi-zations 
are the relationships with strategic 
suppliers, the internal marketing power and 
customer relationships. Growth opportunities 
become stronger in co-creation with these 
suppliers and customers. Redeveloping or 
discontinuing specific underperforming food 
categories are an ongoing challenge. The next 
step in creating a compelling growth strategy is 
to find organic growth green fields and evalu-ating 
opportunities for vertical and horizontal 
integration. Disruptive growth starts with the 
identification of overlooked customers in the 
lower-margin segments or lower-service sales-points. 
A balanced innovation portfolio can be 
achieved by carefully drawing the timepath. 
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2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the food retail industry. Creating space for low-margin 
initiatives within the current complex 
incumbent structures is essential to cope with 
the threat of disruption. 
Strategic 
intent 
Initiate Training 
unit 
Advisory 
board 
Support Growth 
council 
Intrapreneur 
fund 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
For food retail organizations the emphasis should 
be on research and development, exploring new 
possibilities to disrupt the industry. Knowledge 
should not be judged based on current metrics, 
leaving room for challenging concepts and 
prototypes to flourish within the organization. 
Research Inception Concepts 
Development Generation Prototypes
FoodLoop 
Food retailers sell discounted groceries direct to shoppers
Instacart 
Groceries delivered in under one hour
Meal in a Jar 
Fresh ready meals made with locally-sourced ingredients
EPHEMERAL 
TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES 
TRAVELERS 
FSTR Education 
HUMAN BRANDS 
HONEST FLEXIBILITY 
BITTER TRUTHS 
BETTER BUSINESS 
GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 
UBITECH 
UPGRADIA 
BORDERLESS TECH 
INFOLUST 
SIXTH SENSE 
FUZZYNOMICS 
ENTREPRENEURIA 
PRICING 
PANDEMONIUM 
PERKFUNDING 
TRIBES & LIVES 
NEW NORMAL 
REMAPPED 
HERITAGE HERESY 
STATUS SEEKERS 
GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS 
BETTERMENT 
BREAKING BAD 
CURRENCIES OF CHANGE 
YOUNIVERSE 
TWO FACED 
INSTANT MAKERS 
LOCAL LOVE 
BRANDED GOVERNMENT 
FRINGE FEVER 
PLAYSUMERS 
SWEAT EQUITY 
HELPFULL 
PREEMPTFULL 
VIDEO VALETS 
JOYNING 
GET THE MESSAGE
1. The next disruptive waves in education 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
Salesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing 
company. Salesforce.com is best known for its 
customer relationship management propositions, 
but is also active in collaborative tools (desk.com), 
social performance management platforms 
(work.com) and data services (data.com). Sales-force. 
com offers industry specific products to a 
number of sectors, including financial services, 
healthcare, life sciences and higher education. 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
Reed Elsevier is a British-Dutch multinational 
publishing and information company operating in 
the science and medical (Elsevier), legal and risk 
(LexisNexis) and business sectors (Reed Business). 
Reed Elsevier is shifting from print to data and 
solutions for professionals in a number of mar-kets. 
It’s venture capital arm, Reed Elsevier Ven-tures, 
has invested >€125 mln. in disruptive 
media, information and technology companies. 
1. Disruptive waves in education 
1. On-demand educational data services 
2. Open-source educational resources 
3. Educational programmes on wearables 
4. Mobile and responsive educational apps 
5. Personalized education curricula 
6. Curated online educational materials 
7. Unlimited educational content subscriptions 
8. Gamified educational programmes 
9. Collaborative education platforms 
10. Free online courses and resources 
The drive to improve oneself can mani-fest 
itself in a number of ways, such as 
the desire for better health, for greater know-ledge, 
and/ or the development of new skills. 
Brands and products that satisfy these needs 
will therefore be ‘better’ than those that don’t. 
Technology will become ubiquitous, 
universal and impossible to live without. 
Why? Quite simply because consumers will 
continue to crave (and build their lives around) 
the unparalleled ‘superpowers’ that technology 
offers them: perfect and instant information, 
absolute transparency and limitless choice. 
+/+37% revenue growth 
+/+2% revenue growth 
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2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in education 
1. Customer insights in education 
Status symbols come in more than just material 
forms: health, wisdom, proficiency. These are all 
appealing attributes, and ones that make consu-mers 
attractive to others. Self-actualization is up 
right up there at the top. Mass affluence, and the 
widespread at-least-partial-satisfaction of con-sumers’ 
lower order needs is causing many to 
demand more. Consumers around the world are 
enthusiastically rushing towards the endless 
new technologies that are improving almost all 
aspects of their lives: reducing the friction of 
daily life, helping save money, or ensuring every 
experience is maximized or shared. For tech-seduced 
consumers (i.e. almost everyone), in 
the months and years ahead a life filled with 
technology – smart phones, ubiquitous infor-mation, 
wearable computers, gadgets, apps, etc. 
– will quite simply appear ‘better’ than one 
without. The effects of technology – connecting 
people, consumers, organizations, and objects – 
are shaping every aspect of culture and society. 
As consumers spend more of their lives immer-sed 
in technology’s ultra-flexible, ultraconnec-ted, 
super-charged embrace, traditional distinc-tions 
(online and offline; real and virtual) are 
increasingly inadequate or even meaningless. 
2. Designing value propositions in education 
Knowledge, 
degrees and 
certifcates 
Skills and 
abilities 
On-demand 
educational 
services 
3. Innovating business models in education 
Public sector 
Staff 
Subsidies 
Education 
Materials design 
Local 
communities 
Skills and 
abilities 
Local 
customers 
Designed by Thaesis, 2013 
Global 
customers 
Courses, guides, 
lectures, classes, 
tutors and tools 
Learning 
intelligence 
Methodologies 
Knowledge, 
degrees and 
certifcates 
Materials 
Buildings 
Licenses 
Content 
management 
Accreditation 
Reputation 
Brand 
Media 
Salaries Fees 
technology 
Subscriptions 
Licenses 
Online and 
mobile learning 
platforms 
Media 
technology 
companies 
Status stories 
Communities 
On-demand 
educational 
services 
Video courses 
Infographics 
Games 
Social networks 
Advertisements 
Fairs 
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3. How to prepare education organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
For education organizations, their current user 
base is their most important asset. For educa-tion 
organizations focused at professionals 
specifically, this asset is under pressure. Mana-ging 
the turbulence is needed. Selling or discon-tinuing 
specific underperforming education 
propositions can be a necessary step. The next 
step is to create a compelling growth strategy, 
which envisions the growth aspirations and 
innovation pipeline. Growth can be organic, 
come from acquisitions in the core market or 
into adjacent markets. Disruptive growth how-ever, 
comes from creating entirely new 
educational services that can be destructive to 
the current businesses. Next ,map out a balan-ced 
innovation portfolio by analysing the gap 
between aspiration and progress on the one 
hand, and risk versus potential on the other. 
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2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the education sector. Focus should be on creating 
support and selection structures in order for high-potential 
initiatives to flourish within the boun-daries 
of incumbent organizations. 
Strategic 
intent 
Support Growth 
council 
Intrapreneur 
fund 
Focus Incubator 
structure 
Growth 
task force 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
Education organizations should emphasize on 
developing, financing and marketing new initia-tives, 
that will keep their user base interested in 
their offering in the years to come. Strategic 
success depends on the ability to do so. 
Development Generation Prototypes 
Finance Acceleration Launches 
Marketing Commercialization Sales
Coursera 
Educational website opens offline learning spaces
Non-profit teams up with Google to expand open source learning platform 
edX
College launches low-cost online graduate program 
Udacity
Healthcare 
HUMAN BRANDS 
EPHEMERAL 
HONEST FLEXIBILITY 
TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES 
BITTER TRUTHS 
TRAVELERS 
FSTR BETTER BUSINESS 
GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 
UBITECH 
UPGRADIA 
BORDERLESS TECH 
INFOLUST 
SIXTH SENSE 
FUZZYNOMICS 
ENTREPRENEURIA 
PRICING 
PANDEMONIUM 
PERKFUNDING 
TRIBES & LIVES 
NEW NORMAL 
REMAPPED 
HERITAGE HERESY 
STATUS SEEKERS 
GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS 
BETTERMENT 
BREAKING BAD 
CURRENCIES OF CHANGE 
YOUNIVERSE 
TWO FACED 
INSTANT MAKERS 
LOCAL LOVE 
BRANDED GOVERNMENT 
FRINGE FEVER 
PLAYSUMERS 
SWEAT EQUITY 
HELPFULL 
PREEMPTFULL 
VIDEO VALETS 
JOYNING 
GET THE MESSAGE
1. The next disruptive waves in healthcare 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
Moderna Therapeutics is a biotechnology com-pany 
that is researching and developing protein 
therapies based on innovative technology. This 
technology is designed to trigger the body’s 
natural processes to produce proteins inside 
human cells, supporting treatment of a wide 
range of diseases. Moderna Therapeutics has 
signed a five-year agreement with AstraZeneca 
to discover and commercialize their therapies. 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
Philips is a Dutch diversified technology company, 
with primary divisions in healthcare, consumer 
lifestyle and lighting. Philips healthcare products 
include clinical informatics, imaging systems, 
diagnostic monitoring, defibrillators and patient 
care informatics. The company builds on its rich 
heritage with innovative healthcare solutions and 
well-being products. Their goal is to improve the 
lives of 3 billion people a year by 2025. 
1. Disruptive waves in healthcare 
1. On-demand health data services 
2. Open-source health resources 
3. Smart and wearable health devices 
4. Mobile and responsive health apps 
5. Personalized online care programmes 
6. Curated online health materials 
7. Gamified health programmes 
8. Collaborative medical platforms 
9. Non-governmental prevention incentives 
10. Drone-delivered medications 
The drive to improve oneself can mani-fest 
itself in a number of ways, such as 
the desire for better health, for greater know-ledge, 
and/ or the development of new skills. 
Brands and products that satisfy these needs 
will therefore be ‘better’ than those that don’t. 
Why the future is in technologies that 
enable consumers to interact more 
naturally with their environment and in inno-vations, 
products and services that make life 
more convenient, simpler, easier or seamless 
will eternally find favor with consumers. 
>$400 mln. in funding 
+/+3% revenue growth 
40
2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in healthcare 
1. Customer insights in healthcare 
Beyond the immediate benefits of maintaining 
peak mental and physical wellbeing, healthy 
consumers also accrue status in the eyes of 
their peers. Products, services, and experiences 
that promise wellbeing and let users tell a story 
will cause delight. An endless supply of scientific 
– and not-so-scientific – studies is published 
(even by the trashiest media) on the boosts to 
quality of life and lifespan that healthy living 
offers. Thanks to wearable tech and an array of 
apps, consumers can track their daily activity, 
diet and happiness. One consequence? Com-parison 
to, and competition with, peers. 10+ 
years of social media has legitimized behavior 
once considered vain or boastful. A workout 
that isn’t captured and shared with a selfie is a 
workout wasted. Consumers who’ve grown 
accustomed to paying a premium for access to 
healthy living, from costly yoga classes to the 
latest superfood, will adore brands that embed 
healthy perks into their offerings at no premium. 
Health providers surely offer instant rewards for 
participation, but what about long-term com-mitments? 
Look for traditionally unwholesome 
activities and transform them into status-boos-ting 
healthy ones. 
2. Designing value propositions in healthcare 
Treatment 
3. Innovating business models in healthcare 
Public sector 
Medical 
knowledge 
Compensations 
Research and 
development 
Production and 
care delivery 
Local 
communities 
Prevention 
Societies 
Designed by Thaesis, 2013 
Individual 
patients 
Medical 
institutions and 
pharmacies 
Medical 
capabilities 
Treatment 
Revenues from 
patents 
Research and 
development 
costs 
Production and 
care delivery 
costs 
Medical 
competencies 
Data and 
technology 
costs 
Monitor and 
control 
revenues 
Online and 
mobile health 
platforms 
Media 
technology 
companies 
Patient 
communities 
Patient 
empowerment 
Self-diagnosis 
methodologies 
Social networks 
Regulated 
relationships 
Big data 
analysis 
Facilitation of 
self-diagnosis 
Prevention 
Patient 
empowerment 
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3. How to prepare healthcare organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
In healthcare, existing assets are mostly know-ledge 
based: medical procedures, specific 
knowledge, patents and patient intelligence. 
Controlling is mostly a matter of long-term 
planning and monitoring. Growth can be diffi-cult 
due to governmental policies restricting 
(local) market domination and growth rates. A 
compelling growth strategy, which envisions the 
growth aspirations and innovation pipeline, 
addresses these assets and restrictions. Growth 
can be organic, come from acquisitions in the 
core market or into adjacent markets. Disruptive 
growth however, comes from creating entirely 
new medical propositions that are undisputedly 
destructive to the common practice: patient 
empowerment is the perfect example. Managing 
risks is inherent to innovation in healthcare, due 
to the potential impact on people’s lives. 
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2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the healthcare industry. Focus should be on 
initiating and supporting initiatives that could 
potentially disrupt the whole industry, funded by 
the optimization of current business. 
Strategic 
intent 
Initiate Training 
unit 
Advisory 
board 
Support Growth 
council 
Intrapreneur 
fund 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
Emphasis for healthcare organizations should be 
on research, development and finance of new 
propositions, based on new assumptions. Health-care 
organizations should be testing which 
propositions have the potential to disrupt. 
Research Inception Concepts 
Development Generation Prototypes 
Finance Acceleration Launches
Be My Eyes 
App helps sighted people assist the blind
Wello 
Smartphone case monitors vital health data
CarePass 
Insurance company’s mobile app allows users to monitor health data
HUMAN BRANDS 
HONEST FLEXIBILITY 
BITTER TRUTHS 
BETTER BUSINESS 
GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 
UBITECH 
UPGRADIA 
BORDERLESS TECH 
INFOLUST 
SIXTH SENSE 
FUZZYNOMICS 
ENTREPRENEURIA 
PRICING 
PANDEMONIUM 
PERKFUNDING 
TRIBES & LIVES 
NEW NORMAL 
REMAPPED 
HERITAGE HERESY 
STATUS SEEKERS 
GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS 
BETTERMENT 
BREAKING BAD 
CURRENCIES OF CHANGE 
YOUNIVERSE 
TWO FACED 
INSTANT MAKERS 
LOCAL LOVE 
BRANDED GOVERNMENT 
FRINGE FEVER 
PLAYSUMERS 
SWEAT EQUITY 
Trans-portation 
EPHEMERAL 
TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES 
TRAVELERS 
FSTR HELPFULL 
PREEMPTFULL 
VIDEO VALETS 
JOYNING 
GET THE MESSAGE
1. The next disruptive waves in transportation 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
BlaBlaCar is a French community platform that 
connects people who need to travel with drivers 
who have empty seats. BlaBlaCar is the largest car 
share service in Europe, with a monthly userbase 
of over 1 mln. BlaBlaCar is active in 12 countries 
with 9 mln. users and an average car occupancy 
of 2.8 people (as opposed to the general average 
of 1.6 people). BlaBlaCar’s name is related to a 
system where users can rate how chatty they are. 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) is the flag carrier air-line 
of the Netherlands. KLM operates scheduled 
passenger and cargo services to more than 90 
destinations worldwide. KLM employs over 
30.000 people. The company focuses on strict 
capacity management, cost reduction and 
innovative initiatives aimed at sustainability and 
customer loyalty. KLM is further unbundling their 
passenger product in order to realize growth. 
1. Disruptive waves in transportation 
1. Smart real-time multimodal solutions 
2. Electric vehicle charging roads 
3. Real-time off-peak travel incentives 
4. Urban ride-sharing tools 
5. Online intermediates for transport services 
6. Real-time dynamic pricing 
7. Consumer-to-consumer transactions 
8. Personalized transport services 
9. Interactive and social media campaigns 
10. Crowd-based recommendation and curation 
The desire for recognition and status is a 
deep and universal human need, and in 
consumer societies, people derive much of their 
social status through the goods, services and 
experiences they consume. With the abundance 
of choice, it becomes a statement of identity. 
Consumers have always been concerned 
with price, but thanks to a range of new 
technologies, services and/ or attitudes, their 
perceptions of price have become ever more 
complex. High or low (if not zero), fixed or fluid, 
universal or personal, companies must respond 
by deploying price in ever more flexible ways. 
>$100 mln. in funding 
+/+2% revenue growth 
47
2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in transportation 
1. Customer insights in transportation 
People are social animals, who crave the respect 
and recognition of others. Now status in society 
was traditionally derived from having, owning or 
buying ‘more’ (either literally accumulating 
things, or consuming that which was rare, or 
expensive). And while that is still the case for 
many consumers and in many societies, 
increasing complexity (in lifestyles, behaviors 
and attitudes) is leading to a fragmentation of 
the sources of social status. Indeed, the conven-tional 
status symbols of mass consumer society 
are losing their appeal for many individuals, 
making for a far more diverse ‘statusphere’ than 
most transportation companies have traditio-nally 
catered for. Consumers’ attitudes to pricing 
are complex and fluid. Meanwhile, their notions 
of value are fragmented. Even in an individual, 
attitudes vary depending on time, place, activity, 
mood and product. With real-time information 
constantly available, consumers can compare 
prices of the same services, which, on the one 
hand, is driving total price transparency. Yet on 
the other hand, consumers are eagerly adopting 
services that offer everything from group deals 
to flash sales to to negotiated bargains to hyper-local 
offers. 
2. Designing value propositions in transportation 
Travel 
destinations 
3. Innovating business models in transportation 
Affiliate 
partners 
Operational 
staff 
Lower 
transactional 
revenues 
Operations 
Marketing 
Local 
communities 
Travel 
experiences 
Mass market 
Online Niche markets 
and mobile 
channels 
Brand 
Travel 
destinations 
Higher 
operational and 
marketing costs 
Service 
development 
Concessions 
Accreditations 
Reputation 
Lower 
entry costs 
Lower 
transaction 
costs 
Higher revenues 
from services 
Local 
communities 
Social networks 
Status stories 
Services in local 
communities 
Network in local 
communities 
Affiliate 
networks 
Travel 
experiences 
Services in local 
communities 
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3. How to prepare transportation organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
For transport organizations, their current market 
share is their most important asset due to the 
buying horizon of its customers. This asset is 
increasingly under pressure however, due to a 
shift from products to services in travel and 
transport. More dynamic value propositions 
require constant customer interaction, which 
increases the importance of marketing assets. 
Value chain networks are the third essential 
asset. Finding growth opportunities starts from 
customer interactions and networks, resulting in 
growth aspirations and an innovation pipeline. 
Growth can be organic, come from acquisitions 
in the core market or into adjacent markets. 
Disruptive growth lies in service propositions 
that lower access barriers for customers. A ba-lanced 
innovation portfolio is the result of an 
analysis of risks versus potential revenues. 
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2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the transportation industry. Focus should be on 
selecting and incorporating high-potential initia-tives, 
hedging the incumbents for the risks of the 
waves of disruption. 
Strategic 
intent 
Focus Incubator 
structure 
Growth 
task force 
Incorporate Corporate 
venturing unit 
Business 
development 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
For transportation organizations emphasis should 
be on finance, marketing and leadership. Optimi-zing 
profit margins by balancing accelerating pro-ven 
propositions on the one hand and (co-)crea-ting 
new added value propositions on the other. 
Finance Acceleration Launches 
Marketing Commercialization Sales 
Leadership Balance Profit
E-volo 
Emission-free air travel possible with electric aircraft
Urban Engines 
App aggregates commuter data and rewards off-peak travel
Volvo 
Automotive brand plans EV-charging roads
HUMAN BRANDS 
HONEST FLEXIBILITY 
BITTER TRUTHS 
BETTER BUSINESS 
GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 
UBITECH 
UPGRADIA 
BORDERLESS TECH 
INFOLUST 
SIXTH SENSE 
FUZZYNOMICS 
ENTREPRENEURIA 
PRICING 
PANDEMONIUM 
PERKFUNDING 
TRIBES & LIVES 
NEW NORMAL 
REMAPPED 
HERITAGE HERESY 
STATUS SEEKERS 
GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS 
BETTERMENT 
BREAKING BAD 
CURRENCIES OF CHANGE 
YOUNIVERSE 
TWO FACED 
INSTANT MAKERS 
LOCAL LOVE 
BRANDED GOVERNMENT 
FRINGE FEVER 
PLAYSUMERS 
SWEAT EQUITY 
EPHEMERAL 
TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES 
TRAVELERS 
FSTR Utilities 
HELPFULL 
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1. The next disruptive waves in utilities 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
ChargePoint is an electric vehicle infrastructure 
company, based in California and active in the US 
and Oceania. ChargePoint has announced expan-sion 
plans in Europe, Middle-East and Africa. Its 
charging stations are public and combined with 
user subscription plans and utility grid manage-ment. 
ChargePoint has allied with Ford Motor to 
provide >5.000 free in-home charging stations for 
the automakers electric vehicle customers. 
>$100 mln. in funding 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
Eneco is an European energy company supplying 
daily energy needs to >2 mln. companies and 
households. Eneco produces, purchases, trades 
and supplies energy with a focus on increased 
sustainability throughout the entire value chain. 
Together with partners, Eneco invests in wind 
parks on land and sea, bio, solar and hydro ener-gy. 
Eneco focuses on continued cost control and 
a ‘customer first’ business model transition. 
1. Disruptive waves in utilities 
1. Hydrogen fuel cell solutions 
2. Space-based solar energy solutions 
3. Highly efficient bio-fuel solutions 
4. Real-time off-peak energy incentives 
5. Decentralized urban energy production 
6. Online intermediates for utilities 
7. Real-time dynamic pricing 
8. Consumer-to-consumer transactions 
9. Personalized utility services 
10. Interactive and social media campaigns 
The rebalancing of the global economy, 
the great convergence, multipolar consu-merism. 
The shifting of the world’s economic 
center of gravity and the rise of emerging 
economies is not just expanding consumer 
markets, it’s creating new business models. 
New tools, platforms and products are 
making the traditional divisions between 
‘consumers’ and ‘producers’ increasingly fuzzy. 
Fueled by the desire for control and involve-ment, 
the participation mega-trend will 
continue to grow as consumers jump into in all 
aspects of the business arena. 
-/-1% revenue growth 
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2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in utilities 
1. Customer insights in utilities 
The biggest economic story of modern times is 
the rise of emerging economies, the (relative) 
stagnation of many developed economies, and 
the subsequent rebalancing of the global 
economic system. This is being driven by the 
epic and seemingly inexhaustible migration 
from rural to urban areas. Cities foster higher 
levels of economic output, unleashing a global 
emerging middle class who are increasingly 
powerful. If you’re not asking yourself which 
business models, strategies, products and 
services will thrive in this global arena, you can 
guarantee that your competitors will already be 
doing so. The convergence of everything from 
urbanization and subsequent greater population 
density, financial and ecological crises, online 
platforms that facilitate education, sourcing and 
strengthening trust mechanisms means that it is 
easier than ever for consumers to turn into 
‘prosumers’. Collaborative consumption and 
sharing economy business models that move 
beyond the traditional buy-own-use-discard 
paradigm use resources more efficiently and 
create a better chance of solving some of 
society’s biggest issues, from employment to 
the search for a sustainable future. 
2. Designing value propositions in utilities 
Legislation 
Public value 
Community 
services 
3. Innovating business models in utilities 
Non-profit 
sector 
Trust 
Taxes 
Public 
representation 
Public tasks 
Private 
sector 
Public value 
Citizens 
Designed by Thaesis, 2013 
Civil society 
Institutions 
Laws 
Legislation 
Elections and 
governance 
and co-creation 
Salaries 
Materials 
Buildings 
Services co-development 
Civil servants 
Media 
technology 
Media 
technologies 
Media 
technology 
companies 
Participation 
Community 
services 
Network 
Social networks 
Communication 
Businesses 
Network 
regulation 
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3. How to prepare utilities organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
Utilities organizations have largely historically 
determined key assets: their infrastructure and 
customer base. Due to governmental policies, 
market positions are only synthetically changing 
as a result of marketing effectiveness. Managing 
this ongoing marketing battle is key to control 
in this case. Creating scale is a necessary pre-condition 
in any growth strategy, based on the 
growth aspirations and innovation pipeline. 
This makes growth for utilities organizations a 
matter of partnerships or acquisitions. Disrup-tive 
growth however, comes from creating 
decentralized business development initiatives 
that include customers and communities. These 
require less investments and can be counter-intuitive 
yet count on widespread support. 
Focusing an innovation portfolio on either scale 
or decentralization is the key question here. 
56 
2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the utilities industry. Focus should be on selecting 
and incorporating high-potential initiatives, 
hedging the incumbents for the risks of the waves 
of disruption. 
Strategic 
intent 
Focus Incubator 
structure 
Growth 
task force 
Incorporate Corporate 
venturing unit 
Business 
development 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
For utility organizations emphasis should be on 
finance, marketing and leadership. Strategically 
balancing building, buying and partnering for the 
successful development of current and new 
propositions will win the battle for market share. 
Finance Acceleration Launches 
Marketing Commercialization Sales 
Leadership Balance Profit
Powersmart 
Solar 
Pacific islands are completely powered by solar energy
Walgreens 
Walgreens store set to supply its own energy
City of Madrid 
Smart parking meters charge energy inefficient vehicles extra
EPHEMERAL 
TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES 
TRAVELERS 
FSTR Financial 
services 
HUMAN BRANDS 
HONEST FLEXIBILITY 
BITTER TRUTHS 
BETTER BUSINESS 
GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 
UBITECH 
UPGRADIA 
BORDERLESS TECH 
INFOLUST 
SIXTH SENSE 
FUZZYNOMICS 
ENTREPRENEURIA 
PRICING 
PANDEMONIUM 
PERKFUNDING 
TRIBES & LIVES 
NEW NORMAL 
REMAPPED 
HERITAGE HERESY 
STATUS SEEKERS 
GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS 
BETTERMENT 
BREAKING BAD 
CURRENCIES OF CHANGE 
YOUNIVERSE 
TWO FACED 
INSTANT MAKERS 
LOCAL LOVE 
BRANDED GOVERNMENT 
FRINGE FEVER 
PLAYSUMERS 
SWEAT EQUITY 
HELPFULL 
PREEMPTFULL 
VIDEO VALETS 
JOYNING 
GET THE MESSAGE
1. The next disruptive waves in financial services 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
American banking company Simple aims to sim-plify 
banking, giving consumers human customer 
service, clear and simple policies, and no hidden 
fees. Simple offers an exclusively online consumer 
banking service proposition without any physical 
branches. Simple earns revenue by collecting 
interest on customer deposits and through the 
collection of interchange fees. In 2014, Simple 
was acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. 
>$18 mln. in funding 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
ABN AMRO is a full-service bank in the Nether-lands 
for retail, private, commercial and merchant 
clients. ABN AMRO admits there is a need for 
greater transparency in the financial industry and 
for a more robust financial system. Their strategic 
answer is a claim for a values-based culture of 
integrity across the organization, in which emplo-yees 
consistently live up to ethical standards. In 
addition, ABN AMRO pursues a growth strategy. 
1. Disruptive waves in financial services 
1. On-demand financial data services 
2. Banking solutions on wearables 
3. Mobile and responsive banking apps 
4. Cash-free systems and markets 
5. Social peer-to-peer initiatives 
6. Peer-to-peer money transfers 
7. Open-source financial expertise platforms 
8. Crowdfunding platforms 
9. Personalized financial services 
10. Interactive and social media campaigns 
Consumers crave business models and 
products that don’t have – or indeed 
associate them with – negative environmental 
or social impacts. Which is why the only long-term 
competitive advantage will be solutions 
that are good for people, society, and the planet. 
People are social animals, and will forever 
enjoy coming together, making connec-tions, 
collaborating and sharing experiences. 
The good news? There have never been more 
opportunities to cater to, benefit from or facili-tate 
this basic desire. All together now! 
0% profit growth 
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2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in financial services 
1. Customer insights in financial services 
For too long, financial institutions allowed 
themselves to be blind to the external impacts 
of their actions. Indeed, this blindness was 
tolerated if not encouraged by consumers who 
were happy to focus on what was in front of 
them: the product, its performance and the 
price. But consumer attitudes have changed. 
Driven by the convergence of greater 
transparency with more progressive socio-environmental 
attitudes, consumers are paying 
more attention to previously invisible elements 
of financial institutions’ processes, behaviours 
and impacts, and they are not afraid to flex their 
muscles if they don’t like what they discover. 
For an increasing number of consumers around 
the world, status is no longer simply about 
accumulating more money or ‘stuff’. Instead, 
these consumers have adopted new status 
symbols, with social value linked to consuming 
financial products and services with ethical or 
sustainable business practices. Conscious 
consumption is replacing conspicuous 
consumption. But whether you call it social 
business, triple bottom line or shared value 
financial institutions that deliver solutions that 
benefit people, society and the planet will win. 
2. Designing value propositions in fin. services 
Banking and 
investments 
Insurances and 
retirement 
services 
Advisory 
services 
Community 
facilitation 
services 
3. Innovating business models in fin. services 
National 
governments 
Financial 
resources 
Operating 
revenues 
Financial 
management 
Community 
management 
Local 
communities 
Insurances and 
retirement 
services 
Businesses 
Communities 
Offices and 
agents 
Trans-parency 
Banking and 
investments 
Supranational 
institutions 
Information 
and media 
technology 
Salaries 
Technology 
management 
Secure 
infrastructure 
and platforms 
Operating 
costs 
Online and 
mobile 
channels 
Advisory 
services 
Reliability and 
reputation 
Relational 
activities 
Consumers 
Community 
costs / 
revenues 
Public 
stakeholder 
management 
Social networks 
Community 
and educational 
activities 
Community 
facilitation 
services 
Financial 
profits
3. How to prepare financial services organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
Controlling financial assets are core activities for 
financial services organizations. A renewed 
customer and community focus results in an 
increase of the importance of customer and 
community relations. By redefining the role 
financial services organizations play in our 
societies, growth opportunities appear. To 
create a compelling growth strategy, which 
envisions the growth aspirations and innovation 
pipeline, financial services organizations have to 
realign with expectations from customers and 
communities. By designing a game plan for 
growth from scratch and possibly in a new 
branch and under a new brand, disruptive 
growth becomes a promising option. By 
mapping out a balanced innovation portfolio, 
risk and potential can be managed, while 
building the financial services of the future. 
63 
2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the financial services industry. Creating power 
structures that support completely new and 
externally driven initiatives is of crucial strategic 
importance for incumbent organizations. 
Strategic 
intent 
Initiate Training 
unit 
Advisory 
board 
Support Growth 
council 
Intrapreneur 
fund 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
For financial services organizations emphasis 
should be on research, development and finance. 
Knowledge strategies should be focussed on 
developing propositions based on external 
insights and supporting high potential initiatives. 
Research Inception Concepts 
Development Generation Prototypes 
Finance Acceleration Launches
American 
Express 
Financial initiatives designed to aid the unbanked
Troco 
Coletivo 
Mobile app introduces pay-per-view system for news and media
bPay Band 
Banking giant introduces wearable payment device
Professional 
HUMAN BRANDS 
EPHEMERAL 
HONEST FLEXIBILITY 
TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES 
BITTER TRUTHS 
TRAVELERS 
FSTR services 
BETTER BUSINESS 
GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 
UBITECH 
UPGRADIA 
BORDERLESS TECH 
INFOLUST 
SIXTH SENSE 
FUZZYNOMICS 
ENTREPRENEURIA 
PRICING 
PANDEMONIUM 
PERKFUNDING 
TRIBES & LIVES 
NEW NORMAL 
REMAPPED 
HERITAGE HERESY 
STATUS SEEKERS 
GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS 
BETTERMENT 
BREAKING BAD 
CURRENCIES OF CHANGE 
YOUNIVERSE 
TWO FACED 
INSTANT MAKERS 
LOCAL LOVE 
BRANDED GOVERNMENT 
FRINGE FEVER 
PLAYSUMERS 
SWEAT EQUITY 
HELPFULL 
PREEMPTFULL 
VIDEO VALETS 
JOYNING 
GET THE MESSAGE
1. The next disruptive waves in professional services 
2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) 
Thaesis, founded in the Netherlands in 2006, 
supports the executive management, share-holders 
and potential acquirers of organizations 
in realising winning strategies that lead to 
sustainable business results. Thaesis focuses on 
rapidly changing markets and delivers results in 
close collaboration with business owners and key 
team members. Unique in their approach is a 
extremely short lead time and deep involvement. 
3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) 
McKinsey & Company has provided strategic 
advice to corporations and other organizations 
since 1926, when James O. McKinsey opened a 
consulting office in Chicago. McKinsey opened its 
first international office in London in 1959, and 
has expanded steadily since. It now has over 100 
offices in over 50 countries, making it the biggest 
pure consulting firm in the world. McKinsey offers 
a portfolio of tools for data-driven analytics. 
1. Disruptive waves in professional services 
1. Mobile professional services apps 
2. Personalized professional services 
3. Interactive and social media campaigns 
4. Real-time data aggregation and analysis 
5. Collaborative services delivery 
6. Unlimited-usage subscriptions 
7. Mobile storefronts and mobile commerce 
8. Real-time dynamic pricing 
9. Professional peer-to-peer initiatives 
10. Open-source professional service platforms 
Whether to satisfy their ever-shorter 
attention spans, their lust for the ‘now’, 
their craving for real, physical interaction, or to 
free themselves from the hassle of ownership, 
consumers are rushing to collect as many 
experiences and stories as possible. 
New tools, platforms and products are 
making the traditional divisions between 
‘consumers’ and ‘producers’ increasingly fuzzy. 
Fueled by the desire for control, involvement, 
authenticity, self-expression and/ or relevance, 
the participation mega-trend will continue to 
grow as consumers jump into the service arena. 
+/+40% revenue growth 
+/+4% revenue growth 
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2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in professional services 
1. Customer insights in professional services 
Modern businesses are immersed in an endless 
sea of potential services. What’s next? Buy more, 
or actually do more? Also, as businesses’ pro-cesses 
become more transient, access to 
experiences is often as good as, if not better 
than, ownership of physical assets. Flexibility, 
convenience, immediacy, participation, choice. 
On the ‘demand’ side, participating in the 
business arena satisfies many fundamental and 
deep-rooted desires: for control, status, 
relevance to name just a few. On the ‘supply’ 
side, the convergence of everything from 
urbanization and subsequent greater population 
density, financial and ecological crises, online 
platforms that facilitate education, sourcing and 
distribution and strengthening trust mecha-nisms 
means that it is easier than ever for 
consumers to turn into ‘prosumers’. There are 
many reasons to celebrate the fragmentation 
and expansion of service delivery beyond just 
traditional ‘businesses’. The diversity, inventive-ness, 
and sheer number of innovations on offer 
in the business arena is now increasingly closer 
to matching the range of desires or imaginings 
of customers, meaning a more satisfying and 
relevant experience. 
2. Designing value propositions in prof. services 
Smartphones 
Tablets 
Laptops 
Touch screens 
Wireless sound 
systems 
3. Innovating business models in prof. services 
Universities 
Developers 
Device sales 
Research & 
Development 
Marketing 
Production 
factories 
Apps 
Local 
customers 
Designed by Thaesis, 2013 
Global 
customers 
Distributors 
(Online) retail 
Resellers 
Patents 
Touch screens 
Wireless sound 
systems 
Production, 
marketing and 
legal costs 
Knowledge of 
technological 
advancements 
Behavioral 
research 
Salaries App sales 
Service fees 
User 
communities 
Semi-automated 
service contact 
Co-creation 
Account 
management 
Smartphones 
Tablets 
Laptops 
Service delivery 
Technology 
research 
Online 
Online media customers 
Responsive 
service 
propositions 
Knowledge of 
behavioral 
patterns 
Apps 
Responsive 
service 
propositions 
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3. How to prepare professional services organizations for disruptive growth 
1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth 
Preparing for disruptive growth consists of 
creating three critical conditions: 
1. Controlling existing assets 
2. Designing a game plan for growth 
3. Mastering resource allocations 
In professional services, the ability to keep track 
with the evolution of clients’ needs is a key 
asset. An increased specialization of high impact 
professional services firms is another key asset. 
By being in control of these drivers for change, 
professional services firms move beyond the 
traditional time and materials based business 
models. A growth strategy that is based on a 
shared ambition to eliminate risks and create 
actual change within clients’ organization is 
needed. Wherever non-standardized problem 
solutions and facilitated networks are central in 
professional services, disruptive growth 
becomes a possibility. Technology and/or net-work 
form the basis of disruptive growth. 
Balancing risk and potential can be achieved in 
collaboration with clients only, there is no such 
thing as stand-alone service innovation. 
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2. Organizing power for disruptive growth 
Introducing new decision structures as part of an 
effort to reorganize power supports incumbents 
in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in 
the professional services industry. Creating power 
structures that support and select high-potential 
initiatives in close cooperation with customers 
and partners is key to incumbents’ strategy. 
Strategic 
intent 
Support Growth 
council 
Intrapreneur 
fund 
Focus Incubator 
structure 
Growth 
task force 
3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth 
To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress 
and gain alignment with growth strategy. 
For professional services organizations emphasis 
should be on development, finance and marke-ting. 
Knowledge strategies should be focussed on 
generating, accelerating and commercializing 
high-potential on the job service propositions. 
Development Generation Prototypes 
Finance Acceleration Launches 
Marketing Commercialization Sales
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for companies in rapidly changing markets. 
Ouke joined Thaesis in 2010 after working 
at PwC Consulting for seven years with a 
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Whenever the characteristics of customers, technology and 
or legislation changes, trends may come to an end. This may 
then form the incentive for new organizations to enter 
existing markets which often puts incumbents, which used to 
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Disruptive Growth

  • 1. How to prepare for Disruptive PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY FUZZYNOMICS STATUS SEEKERS ENTREPRENEURIA GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS HUMAN BRANDS EPHEMERAL HONEST FLEXIBILITY TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES BITTER TRUTHS PRICING BETTERMENT TRAVELERS FSTR PANDEMONIUM BREAKING BAD BETTER BUSINESS PERKFUNDING CURRENCIES OF CHANGE HELPFULL GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION YOUNIVERSE PREEMPTFULL TRIBES & LIVES VIDEO VALETS TWO FACED UBITECH NEW NORMAL INSTANT MAKERS Growth UPGRADIA JOYNING BORDERLESS TECH REMAPPED LOCAL LOVE GET THE MESSAGE HERITAGE HERESY BRANDED GOVERNMENT INFOLUST FRINGE FEVER SIXTH SENSE
  • 2. Reading guide 1 Disruptive waves and case studies of challengers’ disruptive strategies and incumbents’ strategic answers in ten markets. 2 Three step methodology for gaining customer insights, designing value propositions and innovating business models. 3 Three step methodology for organizing for disruptive growth by balancing resources, power and knowledge. Learn about the next disruptive waves in your market Learn how to build disruptive growth strategies Learn how to prepare your organization for disruptive growth
  • 3. EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Media HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Entertainment EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Non-food retail EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Food retail HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Education BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Healthcare HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS 04 BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 39 UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Transportation 11 46 EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Utilities 18 53 EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Fin. services HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS 25 BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 60 UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Prof. services 32 BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION 67 UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE Kickstart table of contents
  • 4. HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Media HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE
  • 5. 1. The next disruptive waves in media 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) Online journalism platform De Correspondent successfully crowdfunded €1 mln. by attracting subscribers that pledged €60 for a one-year subscription to the site, which is focused on context-driven content written and directed by established journalists. De Correspondent is constantly redesigning it’s publication platform and social sharing options. De Correspondent remains independent from advertisers. 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) De Persgroep is pursuing a strategy of operational efficiency, economies of scale and acquisition of leading digital platforms for specials (jobs and cars). The overall strategic goal is to become a multimedia market leader in its local markets, with a strong performance in digital news media and television and radio channels. Print and digi-tal editorial offices are being merged into brand teams to enable digital subscription models. 1. Disruptive waves in media 1. Crowdfunded media initiatives 2. Location-aware media 3. Mobile media apps 4. Immersive and augmented media 5. Personalized media 6. Interactive and social media campaigns 7. Real-time data aggregation and reporting 8. Pay-per-view systems 9. Limited edition media 10. Collaborative media production Forget information overload: consumers’ desire for relevant, useful, timely informa-tion is insatiable. Consumers will continue to lap up products, tools and services that bring them the right information, at the right time, in an understandable, intuitive and actionable way. Technology will become ubiquitous, universal and impossible to live without. Why? Quite simply because consumers will continue to crave (and build their lives around) the unparalleled ‘superpowers’ that technology offers them: perfect and instant information, absolute transparency and limitless choice. +/+76% revenue growth -/-1% revenue growth 05
  • 6. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in media 1. Customer insights in media Consumers thirst for information as it empow-ers them. It puts them in control. It helps them make the right decisions, or at least makes them feel like they can make the right decisions. The prevalence of mobile connectivity and the ex-plosion of sites, tools, apps and devices mean that consumers can satisfy their cravings almost instantly. In fact, consumers now expect to access information anytime, anywhere and in real-time. But the amount of information out there is vast (and growing every second), modern life gives off an insane amount of data about everything and anything. The challenge is helping consumers make sense of it, in a way that makes their life better. Satisfying consumers is one of the biggest opportunities out there. There are endless ways to do so: offering infor-mation at just the right time, making it easier to understand, offering useful, actionable analysis, or even cutting through the torrent of infor-mation and just giving consumers that which is important (to them). Get it right, and consumers will turn to you, thank you, evangelize you and more. The prize: becoming a trusted assistant, a source of not just knowledge but also insight, helping consumers make better decisions. 2. Designing value propositions in media Print and broadcast content 3. Innovating business models in media Marketing and sales Creatives Intellectual property Format subscriptions Interaction design Media production Local communities Online and mobile content Local customers Designed by Thaesis, 2013 Global Distributors customers Production ethics Print and broadcast content Media brand and reputation Production, marketing and distribution Ecosystem infrastructure Salaries Advertisements Ecosystem subscriptions Smart phones Tablets Media technology companies Shared status stories On-demand / location-based content Ecosystem development Social networks Subscriptions Online and mobile ecosystems Online and mobile content On-demand / location-based content 06
  • 7. 3. How to prepare media organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations For media organizations, their current user base is their most important asset. For most media organizations however, this asset has not been solid for at least a decade. Managing the decline is the closest thing to control in this case. Selling or discontinuing specific underperforming media formats can be a necessary step. The next step is to create a compelling growth strategy, which envisions the growth aspirations and innovation pipeline. Growth can be organic, come from acquisitions in the core market or into adjacent markets. Disruptive growth how-ever, comes from creating entirely new value propositions that are undisputedly destructive to the current businesses. Next, map out a balanced innovation portfolio by analysing the gap between aspiration and progress on the one hand, and risk versus potential on the other. 07 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the media industry. Power needs to be distributed in order to nourish focus on high-potential initia-tives, incorporating those that contribute to sustainable competitive advantage. Strategic intent Focus Incubator structure Growth task force Incorporate Corporate venturing unit Business development 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. Incumbents in the media industry should focus on finance, marketing and leadership. Finance to acquire and fuel disruptive initiatives in the market, marketing to commercialize them and leadership to balance the existing business while exploring new opportunities. Finance Acceleration Launches Marketing Commercialization Sales Leadership Balance Profit
  • 8. Wired Technology magazine features interactive print ads
  • 9. Blendle Mobile app introduces pay-per-view system for news and media
  • 10. Getty Images 35 million photographs released for free use online
  • 11. Entertainment HUMAN BRANDS EPHEMERAL HONEST FLEXIBILITY TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES BITTER TRUTHS TRAVELERS FSTR BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE
  • 12. 1. The next disruptive waves in entertainment 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) Netflix is an American provider of on-demand streaming media available to viewers in North and South America, the Caribbean, and parts of Europe. The company was established in 1997 and has over 50 million subscribers worldwide, with 36 million of them being in the United States. Netflix is focused on constantly improving the user experience by personalized suggestions and increasingly offering in-house produced content. 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) RTL Group is a leading European media company with three strategic pillars in free-to-air television and content production: broadcast, content and digital. RTL Group is building new digital growth engines, especially for online video (Style Haul, BroadbandTV and Divimove). RTL Group realig-ned it’s production arm FremantleMedia and invests in the existing footprint in Europe and in new high-growth Asian markets. 1. Disruptive waves in entertainment 1. Unlimited-access subscriptions 2. Collaborative entertainment production 3. Online entertainment channels 4. Interactive and social media campaigns 5. Entertainment and commerce integration 6. Personalized entertainment 7. Real-time format analysis and adjustment 8. Immersive and augmented entertainment 9. Game console and mobile device integration 10. Niche social networks and discovery systems Surprise. Entertainment. Amusement. People will relish brands that bring some much needed fun to the consumer arena. Intro-ducing competitive and participatory formats, embracing humor, or celebrating the unexpec-ted will make content – and consumption – less boring and simply more enjoyable. Each person has his/her’s own consumption realm, where his/her preferences and tastes reign. Cater to an individual with brilliantly customized content, by enabling and encouraging personal expres-sion, or by offering protection from harm. +/+24% revenue growth -/-2% revenue growth 12
  • 13. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in entertainment 1. Customer insights in entertainment Play is a fundamental human trait throughout history, spanning all cultures and countries. Entertainment is fun, and satisfies many funda-mental needs and desires: status, achievement, self-expression, competition, collaboration, to be rewarded, among others. Entertainment captures consumers’ scarcest resource – attention. Consumers also enjoy the sense of connectedness when interacting with others. Not to mention that many consumers are blasé, jaded, sceptical if not outright bored with the seeming endless amount of content on offer. As a result, they will rush to embrace content that injects some much-needed enjoyment into their daily lives, in whatever form that might take. At the heart of each consumer is the desire to express and be recognized for his/her individual tastes, personality and identity through consumption. This is driven by the belief that this expression will enable consumers to shape their own destiny, to be in control. The online experience is fueling this: profiles (that make it all about the individual) are ubiquitous, personalization is rampant and effortless, and the expression of one’s likes, dislikes and everything in-between is easy and constant. 2. Designing value propositions in entertainment Mobile coverage (Premium) content accessibility On-demand / location-based total solutions 3. Innovating business models in entertainment Insight into behavioral patterns Hardware suppliers Infrastructure (license) Large volume contract revenues Infrastructure maintenance Marketing and sales Licensors Installed customer base On-demand / locations-based Shared status / location-based stories Retail customer base Brand (Premium) content accessibility Premium content revenues Infrastructure costs Marketing and sales costs On-demand / location-based development Customer base Total solutions development Behavioral insight revenues Media technology companies Social networks Mass media campaigns Mobile coverage On-demand / location-based revenues Smartphones Tablets On-demand / location-based total solutions Customer service Customer data Insight into behavioral patterns 13
  • 14. 3. How to prepare entertainment organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations To entertainment organizations, the ability to produce or buy compelling entertainment formats is crucial. By nature, creative (buying) power is hard to control. What works now, doesn’t automatically work in the future. Allowing the customer base a voice in the development process is therefor a strong asset. To create a compelling growth strategy, which envisions the growth aspirations and innovation pipeline, entertainment organizations need stamina. Whether organic or from acquisitions in the core market or into adjacent markets, growth is likely to require a minimum operating scale. Thinking of lower-quality entertainment propositions opens the door to disruptive growth. The biggest opportunity lies in winning over a new online customer base, that is willing to pay for on-demand entertainment. 14 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the entertainment industry. These structures are focussed on supporting new growth initiatives and creating focus on high-potential opportu-nities. Strategic intent Support Growth council 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. For entertainment organizations, the emphasis is on development, finance and marketing. Balan-cing internal development and external acqui-sitions with the goal to successfully commer-cialize new initiatives is the main focus for entertainment organizations. Intrapreneur fund Focus Incubator structure Growth task force Development Generation Prototypes Finance Acceleration Launches Marketing Commercialization Sales
  • 15. Beats by Dre Audio brand launches personalized music streaming service
  • 16. Disney Accelerator Disney's accelerator program funds entertainment and media startups
  • 17. London Live London's first 24-hour TV channel launches
  • 18. EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Non-food HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE retail
  • 19. 1. The next disruptive waves in non-food retail 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) Benelux-based Action is the leading non-food discount retailer in the Netherlands and Belgium with almost 400 stores and over 10,000 employ-ees. The business generates revenues of over €1bn. per year. Action’s business model differs from that of more traditional retailers because only 35% of its total product range is fixed. Action aims to surprise its customers with a constantly refreshed product range at amazingly low prices. 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) HEMA is a general merchandise retailer with more than 660 stores across the Netherlands and Belgium, selling an extensive product offering in every household category under a private brand. HEMA’s strategy is focused on international ex-pansion and generating more revenues from its online store. The extend of HEMA’s product offering is proving to be hard to remain profitable. 1. Disruptive waves in non-food retail 1. Mobile storefronts and mobile commerce 2. Real-time dynamic pricing 3. Producer-to-consumer disintermediation 4. Interactive in-store technologies 5. Concept and pop-up stores 6. Personalized sourcing services 7. Product customization services 8. One-hour delivery services 9. Locally-sourced vending machines 10. Interactive and social media campaigns Consumers have always been concerned with price, but thanks to a range of new technologies, services and/ or attitudes, their perceptions of price have become ever more complex. High or low, fixed or fluid, universal or personal, retailers must respond by deploying price in ever more flexible ways. As consumption moves beyond the merely transactional, retailers must change their attitudes if they are to keep up. Consumers will embrace retailers with meaning and personality: that are open, honest, gene-rous, have some fun and stand for something. +/+32% revenue growth -/-5% revenue growth 19
  • 20. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in non-food retail 1. Customer insights in non-food retail Consumers’ attitudes to pricing are complex and fluid. Meanwhile, their notions of value are fragmented. Even in an individual, attitudes vary depending on time, place, activity, mood and product. Always-on connectivity, new techno-logies (e.g. location-based services, real-time technology, and more) and new business models are changing consumer behavior and attitudes. With real-time information constantly available, consumers can compare prices of the same product in various stores, which, on the one hand, is driving total price transparency. Yet on the other hand, consumers are eagerly adopting services and apps that offer everything from group deals to flash sales to to negotiated bargains to hyper-local offers. Consumers are also increasingly aware that personality and profit are compatible. As stories spread of brands that are successful while remaining reasonable, flexible and helpful, consumers will be increasingly unhappy if/ when they deal with traditional businesses, that are bland or self-serving. Consumers live in a world characterized by constant change and fluidity. Yet too many businesses are still acting as they have been for decades. The gap has never been bigger. 2. Designing value propositions in non-food retail Products and categories 3. Innovating business models in non-food retail Product suppliers Shopping assistants Retail margin Category management Marketing and sales Municipalities After sales service Local customers Global In store, online customers and mobile Stores Products and categories Property value margin Personnel, stores and branding Interaction design costs Interaction design Brands Retail technologies Affiliate revenues Omnichannel customer journey NFC-technology mobile payment suppliers Touchpoints with a human touch Seamless omnichannel experience Customer insight Affiliates Customer loyalty programs After sales service Seamless omnichannel experience 20
  • 21. 3. How to prepare non-food retail organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations Non-food retail organizations have many assets to control, albeit control in a non-static kind of way. Increasingly fast assortment changes, dynamic pricing, constant pressure on customer bases related to shifts in channels: few assets are safe bets. In designing a compelling growth strategy, which envisions the growth aspirations and innovation pipeline, an appetite for inves-ting in future success is essential. Growth can be organic, come from acquisitions in the core market or into adjacent markets. Finding disrup-tive growth opportunities is the result from a thorough customer centric exploration. Omni-channel strategies allow for an incredibly larger array of opportunities in terms of assortment and services. Mapping out a balanced inno-vation portfolio is useful: aspiration matched with progress and risk matched with potential. 21 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the non-food retail industry. Selecting and incor-porating those initiatives that are aligned with the latest customer insights will provide sustainable competitive advantage. Strategic intent Focus Incubator structure Growth task force Incorporate Corporate venturing unit Business development 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. For non-food retail organizations the emphasis should be on research, development, finance and leadership, balancing between internal and external influences. Research Inception Concepts Development Generation Prototypes Finance Acceleration Launches Leadership Balance Profit
  • 22. Amazon Etailer’s smartphone automatically recognizes products and links to store
  • 23. Walmart Retailer’s price comparison service automatically reimburses shoppers
  • 24. Fetch Personal buying app sources lowest-priced garments
  • 25. Food EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR retail HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE
  • 26. 1. The next disruptive waves in food retail 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) Hampton Creek is a food company from San Francisco that focuses on finding new ways of utilizing plants to replace eggs in a variety of different products. Over the next five years, Hampton Creek Foods will first hawk its product to manufacturers of prepared foods such as pasta, cookies and dressings – the processed products that use about a third of all the eggs. The com-pany’s goal is to replace all factory-farmed eggs. 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) Unilever, founded in 1930, is a British-Dutch consumer goods company, specializing in food, home care products and personal care products. The company holds over 400 brands but focuses on only 14 of them, which generate sales excee-ding €1bn. per brand per year. The company is one of the largest media buyers in the world and one of the most innovative corporations. Unilever strives to be agile and to source sustainably. 1. Disruptive waves in food retail 1. Mobile price comparison services 2. Same-day (drone) delivery services 3. Locally produced product platforms 4. Mobile sales of discounted groceries 5. Producer-to-consumer disintermediation 6. Interactive in-store technologies 7. Transformative food technology 8. Personalized sourcing services 9. Innovation incubators 10. Interactive and social media campaigns Despite globalization, despite online; place still matters. Whether driven by a sense of pride, authenticity, convenience and/ or eco-concerns, consumers will continue to embrace ‘local’ products, services and knowledge. Say ‘trends’ and many people instantly think ‘demographics’ and ‘customer segments’. And yes, there will continue to be endless opportunities to identify new tribes and dream up products, services and experiences that cater to their needs and desires. +/+250% revenue growth -/-3% revenue growth 26
  • 27. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in food retail 1. Customer insights in food retail Don’t forget, for the vast majority of the world’s population the vast majority of daily life still revolves around a (relatively fixed) location, such as a city or a country. Consumers are still by and large physical beings. The ‘local’ world is more tangible, more accessible, more visible and therefore more ‘real’. Locally-produced goods offer consumers an antidote to the globalized marketplace, and invoke a sense of authenticity, community, connection and belonging. Not to mention reducing (if not removing) the eco and ethical concerns that hang over mass produc-tion. And when it comes to information, ‘local’ is relevant. While access to the world is great, much of the time what consumers really want is to know what is happening, has happened or will happen right around them. Don’t deny place, embrace it. Connecting your products or services to specific locales will make them more relevant, more exclusive and correspondingly more exciting and desirable. The age of mass, uniform, global sameness has passed and the age of empowering niches and thinking beyond stereotypes has entered. Speak to specific tribes like women, LGBT’s, men, parents, families, urbanites, immigrants, tourists or couples. 2. Designing value propositions in food retail Universally uniform products 3. Innovating business models in food retail Material suppliers Patents and brands Uniform product revenues Supply chain management Producers Marketing Authentic eco-friendly products Global customers Local customers Global distribution networks Purchasing power Universally uniform products Eco-friendly product revenues Materials and production costs Marketing costs Local co-creation Local co-creation networks Local produc-tion and co-creation costs Local product revenues Local distribution networks Media technology companies Reviews Locally produ-ced co-created products Local production networks Social networks Advertisements Local production Authentic eco-friendly products Locally produ-ced co-created products 27
  • 28. 3. How to prepare food retail organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations Food retail organizations have to control a complex game of logistics, retail and marketing. The most important assets of food retail organi-zations are the relationships with strategic suppliers, the internal marketing power and customer relationships. Growth opportunities become stronger in co-creation with these suppliers and customers. Redeveloping or discontinuing specific underperforming food categories are an ongoing challenge. The next step in creating a compelling growth strategy is to find organic growth green fields and evalu-ating opportunities for vertical and horizontal integration. Disruptive growth starts with the identification of overlooked customers in the lower-margin segments or lower-service sales-points. A balanced innovation portfolio can be achieved by carefully drawing the timepath. 28 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the food retail industry. Creating space for low-margin initiatives within the current complex incumbent structures is essential to cope with the threat of disruption. Strategic intent Initiate Training unit Advisory board Support Growth council Intrapreneur fund 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. For food retail organizations the emphasis should be on research and development, exploring new possibilities to disrupt the industry. Knowledge should not be judged based on current metrics, leaving room for challenging concepts and prototypes to flourish within the organization. Research Inception Concepts Development Generation Prototypes
  • 29. FoodLoop Food retailers sell discounted groceries direct to shoppers
  • 30. Instacart Groceries delivered in under one hour
  • 31. Meal in a Jar Fresh ready meals made with locally-sourced ingredients
  • 32. EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Education HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE
  • 33. 1. The next disruptive waves in education 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) Salesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing company. Salesforce.com is best known for its customer relationship management propositions, but is also active in collaborative tools (desk.com), social performance management platforms (work.com) and data services (data.com). Sales-force. com offers industry specific products to a number of sectors, including financial services, healthcare, life sciences and higher education. 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) Reed Elsevier is a British-Dutch multinational publishing and information company operating in the science and medical (Elsevier), legal and risk (LexisNexis) and business sectors (Reed Business). Reed Elsevier is shifting from print to data and solutions for professionals in a number of mar-kets. It’s venture capital arm, Reed Elsevier Ven-tures, has invested >€125 mln. in disruptive media, information and technology companies. 1. Disruptive waves in education 1. On-demand educational data services 2. Open-source educational resources 3. Educational programmes on wearables 4. Mobile and responsive educational apps 5. Personalized education curricula 6. Curated online educational materials 7. Unlimited educational content subscriptions 8. Gamified educational programmes 9. Collaborative education platforms 10. Free online courses and resources The drive to improve oneself can mani-fest itself in a number of ways, such as the desire for better health, for greater know-ledge, and/ or the development of new skills. Brands and products that satisfy these needs will therefore be ‘better’ than those that don’t. Technology will become ubiquitous, universal and impossible to live without. Why? Quite simply because consumers will continue to crave (and build their lives around) the unparalleled ‘superpowers’ that technology offers them: perfect and instant information, absolute transparency and limitless choice. +/+37% revenue growth +/+2% revenue growth 33
  • 34. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in education 1. Customer insights in education Status symbols come in more than just material forms: health, wisdom, proficiency. These are all appealing attributes, and ones that make consu-mers attractive to others. Self-actualization is up right up there at the top. Mass affluence, and the widespread at-least-partial-satisfaction of con-sumers’ lower order needs is causing many to demand more. Consumers around the world are enthusiastically rushing towards the endless new technologies that are improving almost all aspects of their lives: reducing the friction of daily life, helping save money, or ensuring every experience is maximized or shared. For tech-seduced consumers (i.e. almost everyone), in the months and years ahead a life filled with technology – smart phones, ubiquitous infor-mation, wearable computers, gadgets, apps, etc. – will quite simply appear ‘better’ than one without. The effects of technology – connecting people, consumers, organizations, and objects – are shaping every aspect of culture and society. As consumers spend more of their lives immer-sed in technology’s ultra-flexible, ultraconnec-ted, super-charged embrace, traditional distinc-tions (online and offline; real and virtual) are increasingly inadequate or even meaningless. 2. Designing value propositions in education Knowledge, degrees and certifcates Skills and abilities On-demand educational services 3. Innovating business models in education Public sector Staff Subsidies Education Materials design Local communities Skills and abilities Local customers Designed by Thaesis, 2013 Global customers Courses, guides, lectures, classes, tutors and tools Learning intelligence Methodologies Knowledge, degrees and certifcates Materials Buildings Licenses Content management Accreditation Reputation Brand Media Salaries Fees technology Subscriptions Licenses Online and mobile learning platforms Media technology companies Status stories Communities On-demand educational services Video courses Infographics Games Social networks Advertisements Fairs 34
  • 35. 3. How to prepare education organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations For education organizations, their current user base is their most important asset. For educa-tion organizations focused at professionals specifically, this asset is under pressure. Mana-ging the turbulence is needed. Selling or discon-tinuing specific underperforming education propositions can be a necessary step. The next step is to create a compelling growth strategy, which envisions the growth aspirations and innovation pipeline. Growth can be organic, come from acquisitions in the core market or into adjacent markets. Disruptive growth how-ever, comes from creating entirely new educational services that can be destructive to the current businesses. Next ,map out a balan-ced innovation portfolio by analysing the gap between aspiration and progress on the one hand, and risk versus potential on the other. 35 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the education sector. Focus should be on creating support and selection structures in order for high-potential initiatives to flourish within the boun-daries of incumbent organizations. Strategic intent Support Growth council Intrapreneur fund Focus Incubator structure Growth task force 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. Education organizations should emphasize on developing, financing and marketing new initia-tives, that will keep their user base interested in their offering in the years to come. Strategic success depends on the ability to do so. Development Generation Prototypes Finance Acceleration Launches Marketing Commercialization Sales
  • 36. Coursera Educational website opens offline learning spaces
  • 37. Non-profit teams up with Google to expand open source learning platform edX
  • 38. College launches low-cost online graduate program Udacity
  • 39. Healthcare HUMAN BRANDS EPHEMERAL HONEST FLEXIBILITY TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES BITTER TRUTHS TRAVELERS FSTR BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE
  • 40. 1. The next disruptive waves in healthcare 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) Moderna Therapeutics is a biotechnology com-pany that is researching and developing protein therapies based on innovative technology. This technology is designed to trigger the body’s natural processes to produce proteins inside human cells, supporting treatment of a wide range of diseases. Moderna Therapeutics has signed a five-year agreement with AstraZeneca to discover and commercialize their therapies. 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) Philips is a Dutch diversified technology company, with primary divisions in healthcare, consumer lifestyle and lighting. Philips healthcare products include clinical informatics, imaging systems, diagnostic monitoring, defibrillators and patient care informatics. The company builds on its rich heritage with innovative healthcare solutions and well-being products. Their goal is to improve the lives of 3 billion people a year by 2025. 1. Disruptive waves in healthcare 1. On-demand health data services 2. Open-source health resources 3. Smart and wearable health devices 4. Mobile and responsive health apps 5. Personalized online care programmes 6. Curated online health materials 7. Gamified health programmes 8. Collaborative medical platforms 9. Non-governmental prevention incentives 10. Drone-delivered medications The drive to improve oneself can mani-fest itself in a number of ways, such as the desire for better health, for greater know-ledge, and/ or the development of new skills. Brands and products that satisfy these needs will therefore be ‘better’ than those that don’t. Why the future is in technologies that enable consumers to interact more naturally with their environment and in inno-vations, products and services that make life more convenient, simpler, easier or seamless will eternally find favor with consumers. >$400 mln. in funding +/+3% revenue growth 40
  • 41. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in healthcare 1. Customer insights in healthcare Beyond the immediate benefits of maintaining peak mental and physical wellbeing, healthy consumers also accrue status in the eyes of their peers. Products, services, and experiences that promise wellbeing and let users tell a story will cause delight. An endless supply of scientific – and not-so-scientific – studies is published (even by the trashiest media) on the boosts to quality of life and lifespan that healthy living offers. Thanks to wearable tech and an array of apps, consumers can track their daily activity, diet and happiness. One consequence? Com-parison to, and competition with, peers. 10+ years of social media has legitimized behavior once considered vain or boastful. A workout that isn’t captured and shared with a selfie is a workout wasted. Consumers who’ve grown accustomed to paying a premium for access to healthy living, from costly yoga classes to the latest superfood, will adore brands that embed healthy perks into their offerings at no premium. Health providers surely offer instant rewards for participation, but what about long-term com-mitments? Look for traditionally unwholesome activities and transform them into status-boos-ting healthy ones. 2. Designing value propositions in healthcare Treatment 3. Innovating business models in healthcare Public sector Medical knowledge Compensations Research and development Production and care delivery Local communities Prevention Societies Designed by Thaesis, 2013 Individual patients Medical institutions and pharmacies Medical capabilities Treatment Revenues from patents Research and development costs Production and care delivery costs Medical competencies Data and technology costs Monitor and control revenues Online and mobile health platforms Media technology companies Patient communities Patient empowerment Self-diagnosis methodologies Social networks Regulated relationships Big data analysis Facilitation of self-diagnosis Prevention Patient empowerment 41
  • 42. 3. How to prepare healthcare organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations In healthcare, existing assets are mostly know-ledge based: medical procedures, specific knowledge, patents and patient intelligence. Controlling is mostly a matter of long-term planning and monitoring. Growth can be diffi-cult due to governmental policies restricting (local) market domination and growth rates. A compelling growth strategy, which envisions the growth aspirations and innovation pipeline, addresses these assets and restrictions. Growth can be organic, come from acquisitions in the core market or into adjacent markets. Disruptive growth however, comes from creating entirely new medical propositions that are undisputedly destructive to the common practice: patient empowerment is the perfect example. Managing risks is inherent to innovation in healthcare, due to the potential impact on people’s lives. 42 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the healthcare industry. Focus should be on initiating and supporting initiatives that could potentially disrupt the whole industry, funded by the optimization of current business. Strategic intent Initiate Training unit Advisory board Support Growth council Intrapreneur fund 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. Emphasis for healthcare organizations should be on research, development and finance of new propositions, based on new assumptions. Health-care organizations should be testing which propositions have the potential to disrupt. Research Inception Concepts Development Generation Prototypes Finance Acceleration Launches
  • 43. Be My Eyes App helps sighted people assist the blind
  • 44. Wello Smartphone case monitors vital health data
  • 45. CarePass Insurance company’s mobile app allows users to monitor health data
  • 46. HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY Trans-portation EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE
  • 47. 1. The next disruptive waves in transportation 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) BlaBlaCar is a French community platform that connects people who need to travel with drivers who have empty seats. BlaBlaCar is the largest car share service in Europe, with a monthly userbase of over 1 mln. BlaBlaCar is active in 12 countries with 9 mln. users and an average car occupancy of 2.8 people (as opposed to the general average of 1.6 people). BlaBlaCar’s name is related to a system where users can rate how chatty they are. 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) is the flag carrier air-line of the Netherlands. KLM operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 90 destinations worldwide. KLM employs over 30.000 people. The company focuses on strict capacity management, cost reduction and innovative initiatives aimed at sustainability and customer loyalty. KLM is further unbundling their passenger product in order to realize growth. 1. Disruptive waves in transportation 1. Smart real-time multimodal solutions 2. Electric vehicle charging roads 3. Real-time off-peak travel incentives 4. Urban ride-sharing tools 5. Online intermediates for transport services 6. Real-time dynamic pricing 7. Consumer-to-consumer transactions 8. Personalized transport services 9. Interactive and social media campaigns 10. Crowd-based recommendation and curation The desire for recognition and status is a deep and universal human need, and in consumer societies, people derive much of their social status through the goods, services and experiences they consume. With the abundance of choice, it becomes a statement of identity. Consumers have always been concerned with price, but thanks to a range of new technologies, services and/ or attitudes, their perceptions of price have become ever more complex. High or low (if not zero), fixed or fluid, universal or personal, companies must respond by deploying price in ever more flexible ways. >$100 mln. in funding +/+2% revenue growth 47
  • 48. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in transportation 1. Customer insights in transportation People are social animals, who crave the respect and recognition of others. Now status in society was traditionally derived from having, owning or buying ‘more’ (either literally accumulating things, or consuming that which was rare, or expensive). And while that is still the case for many consumers and in many societies, increasing complexity (in lifestyles, behaviors and attitudes) is leading to a fragmentation of the sources of social status. Indeed, the conven-tional status symbols of mass consumer society are losing their appeal for many individuals, making for a far more diverse ‘statusphere’ than most transportation companies have traditio-nally catered for. Consumers’ attitudes to pricing are complex and fluid. Meanwhile, their notions of value are fragmented. Even in an individual, attitudes vary depending on time, place, activity, mood and product. With real-time information constantly available, consumers can compare prices of the same services, which, on the one hand, is driving total price transparency. Yet on the other hand, consumers are eagerly adopting services that offer everything from group deals to flash sales to to negotiated bargains to hyper-local offers. 2. Designing value propositions in transportation Travel destinations 3. Innovating business models in transportation Affiliate partners Operational staff Lower transactional revenues Operations Marketing Local communities Travel experiences Mass market Online Niche markets and mobile channels Brand Travel destinations Higher operational and marketing costs Service development Concessions Accreditations Reputation Lower entry costs Lower transaction costs Higher revenues from services Local communities Social networks Status stories Services in local communities Network in local communities Affiliate networks Travel experiences Services in local communities 48
  • 49. 3. How to prepare transportation organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations For transport organizations, their current market share is their most important asset due to the buying horizon of its customers. This asset is increasingly under pressure however, due to a shift from products to services in travel and transport. More dynamic value propositions require constant customer interaction, which increases the importance of marketing assets. Value chain networks are the third essential asset. Finding growth opportunities starts from customer interactions and networks, resulting in growth aspirations and an innovation pipeline. Growth can be organic, come from acquisitions in the core market or into adjacent markets. Disruptive growth lies in service propositions that lower access barriers for customers. A ba-lanced innovation portfolio is the result of an analysis of risks versus potential revenues. 49 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the transportation industry. Focus should be on selecting and incorporating high-potential initia-tives, hedging the incumbents for the risks of the waves of disruption. Strategic intent Focus Incubator structure Growth task force Incorporate Corporate venturing unit Business development 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. For transportation organizations emphasis should be on finance, marketing and leadership. Optimi-zing profit margins by balancing accelerating pro-ven propositions on the one hand and (co-)crea-ting new added value propositions on the other. Finance Acceleration Launches Marketing Commercialization Sales Leadership Balance Profit
  • 50. E-volo Emission-free air travel possible with electric aircraft
  • 51. Urban Engines App aggregates commuter data and rewards off-peak travel
  • 52. Volvo Automotive brand plans EV-charging roads
  • 53. HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Utilities HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE
  • 54. 1. The next disruptive waves in utilities 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) ChargePoint is an electric vehicle infrastructure company, based in California and active in the US and Oceania. ChargePoint has announced expan-sion plans in Europe, Middle-East and Africa. Its charging stations are public and combined with user subscription plans and utility grid manage-ment. ChargePoint has allied with Ford Motor to provide >5.000 free in-home charging stations for the automakers electric vehicle customers. >$100 mln. in funding 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) Eneco is an European energy company supplying daily energy needs to >2 mln. companies and households. Eneco produces, purchases, trades and supplies energy with a focus on increased sustainability throughout the entire value chain. Together with partners, Eneco invests in wind parks on land and sea, bio, solar and hydro ener-gy. Eneco focuses on continued cost control and a ‘customer first’ business model transition. 1. Disruptive waves in utilities 1. Hydrogen fuel cell solutions 2. Space-based solar energy solutions 3. Highly efficient bio-fuel solutions 4. Real-time off-peak energy incentives 5. Decentralized urban energy production 6. Online intermediates for utilities 7. Real-time dynamic pricing 8. Consumer-to-consumer transactions 9. Personalized utility services 10. Interactive and social media campaigns The rebalancing of the global economy, the great convergence, multipolar consu-merism. The shifting of the world’s economic center of gravity and the rise of emerging economies is not just expanding consumer markets, it’s creating new business models. New tools, platforms and products are making the traditional divisions between ‘consumers’ and ‘producers’ increasingly fuzzy. Fueled by the desire for control and involve-ment, the participation mega-trend will continue to grow as consumers jump into in all aspects of the business arena. -/-1% revenue growth 54
  • 55. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in utilities 1. Customer insights in utilities The biggest economic story of modern times is the rise of emerging economies, the (relative) stagnation of many developed economies, and the subsequent rebalancing of the global economic system. This is being driven by the epic and seemingly inexhaustible migration from rural to urban areas. Cities foster higher levels of economic output, unleashing a global emerging middle class who are increasingly powerful. If you’re not asking yourself which business models, strategies, products and services will thrive in this global arena, you can guarantee that your competitors will already be doing so. The convergence of everything from urbanization and subsequent greater population density, financial and ecological crises, online platforms that facilitate education, sourcing and strengthening trust mechanisms means that it is easier than ever for consumers to turn into ‘prosumers’. Collaborative consumption and sharing economy business models that move beyond the traditional buy-own-use-discard paradigm use resources more efficiently and create a better chance of solving some of society’s biggest issues, from employment to the search for a sustainable future. 2. Designing value propositions in utilities Legislation Public value Community services 3. Innovating business models in utilities Non-profit sector Trust Taxes Public representation Public tasks Private sector Public value Citizens Designed by Thaesis, 2013 Civil society Institutions Laws Legislation Elections and governance and co-creation Salaries Materials Buildings Services co-development Civil servants Media technology Media technologies Media technology companies Participation Community services Network Social networks Communication Businesses Network regulation 55
  • 56. 3. How to prepare utilities organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations Utilities organizations have largely historically determined key assets: their infrastructure and customer base. Due to governmental policies, market positions are only synthetically changing as a result of marketing effectiveness. Managing this ongoing marketing battle is key to control in this case. Creating scale is a necessary pre-condition in any growth strategy, based on the growth aspirations and innovation pipeline. This makes growth for utilities organizations a matter of partnerships or acquisitions. Disrup-tive growth however, comes from creating decentralized business development initiatives that include customers and communities. These require less investments and can be counter-intuitive yet count on widespread support. Focusing an innovation portfolio on either scale or decentralization is the key question here. 56 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the utilities industry. Focus should be on selecting and incorporating high-potential initiatives, hedging the incumbents for the risks of the waves of disruption. Strategic intent Focus Incubator structure Growth task force Incorporate Corporate venturing unit Business development 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. For utility organizations emphasis should be on finance, marketing and leadership. Strategically balancing building, buying and partnering for the successful development of current and new propositions will win the battle for market share. Finance Acceleration Launches Marketing Commercialization Sales Leadership Balance Profit
  • 57. Powersmart Solar Pacific islands are completely powered by solar energy
  • 58. Walgreens Walgreens store set to supply its own energy
  • 59. City of Madrid Smart parking meters charge energy inefficient vehicles extra
  • 60. EPHEMERAL TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES TRAVELERS FSTR Financial services HUMAN BRANDS HONEST FLEXIBILITY BITTER TRUTHS BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE
  • 61. 1. The next disruptive waves in financial services 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) American banking company Simple aims to sim-plify banking, giving consumers human customer service, clear and simple policies, and no hidden fees. Simple offers an exclusively online consumer banking service proposition without any physical branches. Simple earns revenue by collecting interest on customer deposits and through the collection of interchange fees. In 2014, Simple was acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria. >$18 mln. in funding 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) ABN AMRO is a full-service bank in the Nether-lands for retail, private, commercial and merchant clients. ABN AMRO admits there is a need for greater transparency in the financial industry and for a more robust financial system. Their strategic answer is a claim for a values-based culture of integrity across the organization, in which emplo-yees consistently live up to ethical standards. In addition, ABN AMRO pursues a growth strategy. 1. Disruptive waves in financial services 1. On-demand financial data services 2. Banking solutions on wearables 3. Mobile and responsive banking apps 4. Cash-free systems and markets 5. Social peer-to-peer initiatives 6. Peer-to-peer money transfers 7. Open-source financial expertise platforms 8. Crowdfunding platforms 9. Personalized financial services 10. Interactive and social media campaigns Consumers crave business models and products that don’t have – or indeed associate them with – negative environmental or social impacts. Which is why the only long-term competitive advantage will be solutions that are good for people, society, and the planet. People are social animals, and will forever enjoy coming together, making connec-tions, collaborating and sharing experiences. The good news? There have never been more opportunities to cater to, benefit from or facili-tate this basic desire. All together now! 0% profit growth 61
  • 62. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in financial services 1. Customer insights in financial services For too long, financial institutions allowed themselves to be blind to the external impacts of their actions. Indeed, this blindness was tolerated if not encouraged by consumers who were happy to focus on what was in front of them: the product, its performance and the price. But consumer attitudes have changed. Driven by the convergence of greater transparency with more progressive socio-environmental attitudes, consumers are paying more attention to previously invisible elements of financial institutions’ processes, behaviours and impacts, and they are not afraid to flex their muscles if they don’t like what they discover. For an increasing number of consumers around the world, status is no longer simply about accumulating more money or ‘stuff’. Instead, these consumers have adopted new status symbols, with social value linked to consuming financial products and services with ethical or sustainable business practices. Conscious consumption is replacing conspicuous consumption. But whether you call it social business, triple bottom line or shared value financial institutions that deliver solutions that benefit people, society and the planet will win. 2. Designing value propositions in fin. services Banking and investments Insurances and retirement services Advisory services Community facilitation services 3. Innovating business models in fin. services National governments Financial resources Operating revenues Financial management Community management Local communities Insurances and retirement services Businesses Communities Offices and agents Trans-parency Banking and investments Supranational institutions Information and media technology Salaries Technology management Secure infrastructure and platforms Operating costs Online and mobile channels Advisory services Reliability and reputation Relational activities Consumers Community costs / revenues Public stakeholder management Social networks Community and educational activities Community facilitation services Financial profits
  • 63. 3. How to prepare financial services organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations Controlling financial assets are core activities for financial services organizations. A renewed customer and community focus results in an increase of the importance of customer and community relations. By redefining the role financial services organizations play in our societies, growth opportunities appear. To create a compelling growth strategy, which envisions the growth aspirations and innovation pipeline, financial services organizations have to realign with expectations from customers and communities. By designing a game plan for growth from scratch and possibly in a new branch and under a new brand, disruptive growth becomes a promising option. By mapping out a balanced innovation portfolio, risk and potential can be managed, while building the financial services of the future. 63 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the financial services industry. Creating power structures that support completely new and externally driven initiatives is of crucial strategic importance for incumbent organizations. Strategic intent Initiate Training unit Advisory board Support Growth council Intrapreneur fund 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. For financial services organizations emphasis should be on research, development and finance. Knowledge strategies should be focussed on developing propositions based on external insights and supporting high potential initiatives. Research Inception Concepts Development Generation Prototypes Finance Acceleration Launches
  • 64. American Express Financial initiatives designed to aid the unbanked
  • 65. Troco Coletivo Mobile app introduces pay-per-view system for news and media
  • 66. bPay Band Banking giant introduces wearable payment device
  • 67. Professional HUMAN BRANDS EPHEMERAL HONEST FLEXIBILITY TRANSIENCE AND TIMELINES BITTER TRUTHS TRAVELERS FSTR services BETTER BUSINESS GUILT-FREE CONSUMPTION UBITECH UPGRADIA BORDERLESS TECH INFOLUST SIXTH SENSE FUZZYNOMICS ENTREPRENEURIA PRICING PANDEMONIUM PERKFUNDING TRIBES & LIVES NEW NORMAL REMAPPED HERITAGE HERESY STATUS SEEKERS GUILT-FREE STATUS SYMBOLS BETTERMENT BREAKING BAD CURRENCIES OF CHANGE YOUNIVERSE TWO FACED INSTANT MAKERS LOCAL LOVE BRANDED GOVERNMENT FRINGE FEVER PLAYSUMERS SWEAT EQUITY HELPFULL PREEMPTFULL VIDEO VALETS JOYNING GET THE MESSAGE
  • 68. 1. The next disruptive waves in professional services 2. Challengers disruptive strategy (case study) Thaesis, founded in the Netherlands in 2006, supports the executive management, share-holders and potential acquirers of organizations in realising winning strategies that lead to sustainable business results. Thaesis focuses on rapidly changing markets and delivers results in close collaboration with business owners and key team members. Unique in their approach is a extremely short lead time and deep involvement. 3. Incumbents strategic answer (case study) McKinsey & Company has provided strategic advice to corporations and other organizations since 1926, when James O. McKinsey opened a consulting office in Chicago. McKinsey opened its first international office in London in 1959, and has expanded steadily since. It now has over 100 offices in over 50 countries, making it the biggest pure consulting firm in the world. McKinsey offers a portfolio of tools for data-driven analytics. 1. Disruptive waves in professional services 1. Mobile professional services apps 2. Personalized professional services 3. Interactive and social media campaigns 4. Real-time data aggregation and analysis 5. Collaborative services delivery 6. Unlimited-usage subscriptions 7. Mobile storefronts and mobile commerce 8. Real-time dynamic pricing 9. Professional peer-to-peer initiatives 10. Open-source professional service platforms Whether to satisfy their ever-shorter attention spans, their lust for the ‘now’, their craving for real, physical interaction, or to free themselves from the hassle of ownership, consumers are rushing to collect as many experiences and stories as possible. New tools, platforms and products are making the traditional divisions between ‘consumers’ and ‘producers’ increasingly fuzzy. Fueled by the desire for control, involvement, authenticity, self-expression and/ or relevance, the participation mega-trend will continue to grow as consumers jump into the service arena. +/+40% revenue growth +/+4% revenue growth 68
  • 69. 2. How to build disruptive growth strategies in professional services 1. Customer insights in professional services Modern businesses are immersed in an endless sea of potential services. What’s next? Buy more, or actually do more? Also, as businesses’ pro-cesses become more transient, access to experiences is often as good as, if not better than, ownership of physical assets. Flexibility, convenience, immediacy, participation, choice. On the ‘demand’ side, participating in the business arena satisfies many fundamental and deep-rooted desires: for control, status, relevance to name just a few. On the ‘supply’ side, the convergence of everything from urbanization and subsequent greater population density, financial and ecological crises, online platforms that facilitate education, sourcing and distribution and strengthening trust mecha-nisms means that it is easier than ever for consumers to turn into ‘prosumers’. There are many reasons to celebrate the fragmentation and expansion of service delivery beyond just traditional ‘businesses’. The diversity, inventive-ness, and sheer number of innovations on offer in the business arena is now increasingly closer to matching the range of desires or imaginings of customers, meaning a more satisfying and relevant experience. 2. Designing value propositions in prof. services Smartphones Tablets Laptops Touch screens Wireless sound systems 3. Innovating business models in prof. services Universities Developers Device sales Research & Development Marketing Production factories Apps Local customers Designed by Thaesis, 2013 Global customers Distributors (Online) retail Resellers Patents Touch screens Wireless sound systems Production, marketing and legal costs Knowledge of technological advancements Behavioral research Salaries App sales Service fees User communities Semi-automated service contact Co-creation Account management Smartphones Tablets Laptops Service delivery Technology research Online Online media customers Responsive service propositions Knowledge of behavioral patterns Apps Responsive service propositions 69
  • 70. 3. How to prepare professional services organizations for disruptive growth 1. Organizing resources for disruptive growth Preparing for disruptive growth consists of creating three critical conditions: 1. Controlling existing assets 2. Designing a game plan for growth 3. Mastering resource allocations In professional services, the ability to keep track with the evolution of clients’ needs is a key asset. An increased specialization of high impact professional services firms is another key asset. By being in control of these drivers for change, professional services firms move beyond the traditional time and materials based business models. A growth strategy that is based on a shared ambition to eliminate risks and create actual change within clients’ organization is needed. Wherever non-standardized problem solutions and facilitated networks are central in professional services, disruptive growth becomes a possibility. Technology and/or net-work form the basis of disruptive growth. Balancing risk and potential can be achieved in collaboration with clients only, there is no such thing as stand-alone service innovation. 70 2. Organizing power for disruptive growth Introducing new decision structures as part of an effort to reorganize power supports incumbents in formulating a strategic answer to disruption in the professional services industry. Creating power structures that support and select high-potential initiatives in close cooperation with customers and partners is key to incumbents’ strategy. Strategic intent Support Growth council Intrapreneur fund Focus Incubator structure Growth task force 3. Organizing knowledge for disruptive growth To organize knowledge: create metrics, track pro-gress and gain alignment with growth strategy. For professional services organizations emphasis should be on development, finance and marke-ting. Knowledge strategies should be focussed on generating, accelerating and commercializing high-potential on the job service propositions. Development Generation Prototypes Finance Acceleration Launches Marketing Commercialization Sales
  • 71. OpenIDEO Freely accessible innovation platform
  • 72. Apollo Education Innovator’s Accelerator teaches emerging leaders innovation skills in an online course
  • 73. trendwatching .com Trend firm helps clients dream up new products, services, experiences and campaigns for their customers
  • 74. Produced by Boardroom acceleration company Ouke Arts (partner) Partner of consulting firm Thaesis and practitioner at the Amsterdam School of Management Consulting. Thaesis chal-lenges assumptions that underly current business models and develops strategies for companies in rapidly changing markets. Ouke joined Thaesis in 2010 after working at PwC Consulting for seven years with a degree in Information Management and Technology from Tilburg University. Ouke specializes in transforming markets, media technologies and disruptive business models. Ouke is an experienced keynote speaker who delivers engaging, inspiring and forward thinking sessions. Whenever the characteristics of customers, technology and or legislation changes, trends may come to an end. This may then form the incentive for new organizations to enter existing markets which often puts incumbents, which used to have an excellent position, under new pressure. Thaesis explains these events and their influence on transforming markets through different means, such as frequent (scientific) publications Our characteristics • Established in 2006 • Independent strategy firm • Located in the Netherlands • Discovery of business logic • Acceleration of new business • Focus on rapidly changing markets Strategic acceleration at the right moment Our services • Growth strategies • Business development • Business model innovation • Management of transitions • Strategic due diligence • Post-merger acceleration strategies Thaesis supports the executive management, shareholders and potential acquirers of organizations in designing and realizing winning strategies that lead to sustainable business results. The activities of Thaesis can be divided into three areas: strategy, transitions and research. Our 150+ client portfolio includes ABN AMRO, BBC, Bruna, Cyrte, IDTV, HP, De Persgroep, ING, Galapagos, Profile Tyrecenter, Rabobank, Reed Elsevier, Sky Radio and WPG. Transaction (Acquisition) Post Transaction Growth Pre Transaction Transaction (Divestment) Company value Investment Stage in portfolio Strategic review based on market expertise or commerical due diligence Plan for first 100 days and support in executing growth strategy Growth strategy in preparation of divestment 1 2 5 3 Growth strategy in close cooperation with executive management Identification and selection of potential buy-and-build candidates 4 Management presentation and information memorandum 6
  • 75. Powered by Established in 2002, trendwatching.com is an independent and opinionated trend firm, scanning the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas. Trendwatching.com identifies global consumer trends, insights and related innovations. 250,000 subscribers and 1,200+ clients turn to trendwatching.com’s trend briefings and premium ser-vice. Trendwatching.com relies on teams and representatives in London, São Paulo, Singapore, New York, Sydney and Lagos, and runs a network of 2,600+ spotters in 100+ countries. Monthly Trend Briefing One Big Unmissable Consumer Trend sent every month to 250,000+ business professionals in 180+ countries. Region-Specific Trend Bulletins Covering South & Central America (available in English, Portuguese and Spanish), Asia and Africa, each of our free Bulletins is written by our local teams, focusing on local trends and innovations. Premium Service A complete online Trend & Innovation solution. Includes 24/7 access to our Trend Framework, Innovations Database, Industry Updates, the 2014 Trend Report and an Apply Toolkit. Speaking Engagements Our experienced presenters deliver 60+ engaging, interactive and intensely practical keynotes, corporate sessions and workshops in 30+ countries a year. Region-Specific Services We offer region-specific services from our South & Central America, Africa & Asia Pacific offices. Henry Mason (managing director) An accomplished trend watcher, consumer analyst, and presenter. After gaining a first class degree in Politics & International Relations and starting his career at KPMG, Henry joined trendwatching.com in 2010. Henry now runs the company on a daily basis, overseeing trend thinking across all trendwatching.com's free publications and paid services. Henry is an experienced and sought-after keynote speaker who delivers engaging, interactive and intensely practical sessions that show organizations how to both understand changes in consumer behavior and how to seize the subsequent innovation opportunities.
  • 76. Rethink Revision Restrategize Thaesis Boardroom acceleration company 's-Gravelandseweg 71 1217 EJ Hilversum, The Netherlands http://www.thaesis.com/en/ Timing Phase Key team members Business owners 1. Gather insights 2. Determine ambition 3. Select options 4. Determine scope and timing 5. Determine long term impact 6. Report findings Rethink Revision Restrategize Determine goals Establish strategic framework Evaluate choices Evaluate findings Week 0 Week 2-3 Week 4-6 Week 6-8 Thaesis facilitates business owners and key team members in creating growth strategies within 6 to 8 weeks. Rethink: we focus on customer trends and customer journeys Revision: we focus on added value growth and business models Restrategize: we focus on clear strategic and execution guidelines Would you like to learn how we can help you formulate your disruptive growth strategy? Get in touch today. In need of acceleration? Get in touch today