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Growth Strategy in the Age of Smart Systems

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Software and digital technologies are displacing physical hardware and replacing labor-intensive services in nearly every market and application imaginable, and it shows no signs of slowing down. The traditional differences between so-called high technology companies and the remaining product and service businesses that utilize the innovations that tech-focused developers provide is fading away. In one form or another, every company is becoming a technology developer which is forcing businesses to re-think how they approach growth.

In a mere two decades, the digital transformation of every aspect of human affairs has been profound enough to make silicon-based computation seem almost as important to our evolution as DNA itself. The undeniable and irreversible effects are visible everywhere.

However, somewhere along the digital transformation journey many companies have become confused.  Transformation is not monolithic nor an end unto itself. Transformation is the process that enables new growth opportunities and unlocks paths to long term value creation. Digital transformation is a means to an end, but not the end state itself.

The growth opportunities that software and digital innovations enable, what we like to call Smart Systems, are creating unimagined new solutions based on new customer experiences, new business and revenue models and new service delivery modes. As the cyber-physical world continues to dovetail with IoT, machine learning and artificial intelligence, Smart Systems will enable previously unimagined capabilities. The question is whether business leadership really understands the new dynamics driving value and are ready to grasp its potential.

EVOLUTION OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH STRATEGY

EVOLUTION OF CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT and GROWTH STRATEGY - Image by Harbor Research

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Established product manufacturers and services providers, what many people often refer to as “old economy” or “bricks and mortar” businesses, are operating with outdated growth strategies and innovation models that were conceived in the post-WWII era and cannot serve the needs of a truly connected world.

DRAGGING GROWTH STRATEGY BAGGAGE INTO A NEW ERA

When we coined the term Smart Systems our intention was to highlight two important trends driving future information systems innovations: the first trend was that innovations would accelerate exponentially, and the second trend was that interrelated combinations of compute, network, sensor and software innovations would reinforce one another and multiply their impacts.

Evidence of these two concepts surrounds us daily. Technology is blurring the traditional distinctions between products & services, value chains and entire industries. New innovations are forcing companies to rethink not only business processes but business models, operating models, domain focus and even the scope of their core businesses. All of these impacts represent new growth opportunities and are driven by the following market forces:

Most importantly, these changes are not one-time events. Technology advances will force corporations to continuously evolve their growth strategies. To succeed, companies must become more flexible and adaptive and will need to continuously reshape their businesses to address changing market and competitive structures.



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