Even Eagles need a push

Something wonderful shared by a dear friend...

The eagle gently coaxed her offspring toward the edge of the nest. Her heart quivered with conflicting motions as she felt their resistance to her persistent nudging. "Why does the thrill of soaring have to begin with the fear of falling?" she thought. This ageless question was still unanswered for her.

As in tradition of the species, her nest was located high on the shelf of a sheer rock face. Below there was nothing but air to support the wings of each child. "Is it possible that this time it will not work?" she thought. Despite her fears, the eagle knew it was time, her parental mission was all but complete. There remained one final task – THE PUSH.

Democratization of Innovation

Schumpeter model of Innovation states that . ‘a disruptive innovation is a technological innovation, product, or service that uses a “disruptive” strategy, rather than a “revolutionary” or “sustaining” strategy, to overturn the existing dominant technologies or status quo or products in a market’.

In many ways innovation is the single most important building block of competitive advantage… giving a company something unique that its competitors lack.

Innovations can be thought of as falling onto a continuum from evolutionary to revolutionary and therefore categorised into two groups:(1) Incremental or evolutionary innovations that improve the performance of established products, services or business models; or(2) Disruptive breakthroughs which lie at the core of entrepreneurial activity and serve as the basis of future technologies, products, services and industries.