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Blue Ocean Strategy

A blog by INSEAD professors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.

Developed by INSEAD Professors of Strategy W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, Blue Ocean Strategy provides theoretical and scientific contributions to the fields of strategy and management that companies, governments and non-profit organisations can use to improve their practice and performance.  

This series showcases the two professors’ thought leadership amid their work as Co-Directors of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. They are also the authors of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Blue Ocean Shift - Beyond Competing, the international bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy and Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth Without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs

A blog by INSEAD professors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.

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Leadership & Organisations

The Mind Map of Blue Ocean Leadership

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne

Releasing the ocean of untapped talent and energy of employees is something few companies can afford not to do. Visualising blue ocean leadership in comparison to conventional leadership practices will help you with implementation.
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Leadership & Organisations

A Conversation on Blue Ocean Leadership

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne

INSEAD Knowledge interviews Professors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.
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Leadership & Organisations

How to Institutionalise Your New Blue Ocean Leadership Practices

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne

After identifying what leadership acts and activities should be eliminated, reduced, raised and created to achieve a step change in leadership strength in your organisation, it’s time to institutionalise your new leadership profiles.
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Leadership & Organisations

How to Develop and Select Your New Leadership Profiles

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne

The Blue Ocean Leadership Grid can be used to identify what leadership acts and activities should be eliminated, reduced, raised, and created in pursuit of high impact at low cost.
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Leadership & Organisations

How to See Your Current Leadership Reality

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne

Without a common understanding of where leadership stands today and is falling short, a forceful case for change cannot be made.
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Leadership & Organisations

The Four Pillars of Blue Ocean Leadership

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne

To unleash employees’ untapped talent and energy, leaders need a strong repertoire of actions, not just better awareness and empathy.
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Leadership & Organisations

From Blue Ocean Strategy to Blue Ocean Leadership

W. C. Kim, R. Mauborgne

The same way that Blue Ocean Strategy can create uncontested market space, Blue Ocean Leadership can unleash oceans of untapped talent and employee potential in organisations.
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