Look at any industry, in any market, and you’ll find
the same strategy playing out everywhere. Companies compete with one another in
a mindless race to the bottom, matching products and services feature for
feature, competing primarily on price. This commoditizes markets and drives
down prices and margins. But ultimately, no one wins—not even the consumer--as
quality, service and differentiation suffer. We call this senseless strategy
“attrition competition”, and it is derived from prevailing military strategy,
which seeks to overwhelm competitors.
There must be a better way.
Joining
us for our discussion on Doing More With Less are
Jeffrey Phillips and Alex Verjovsky who are in studio. Jeffrey Phillips leads Ovo Innovation, an innovation
consulting company in Raleigh, North Carolina. Jeffrey has led strategy and
innovation projects in a number of industries including pharmaceutical, high
tech, financial services, insurance and medical products. He is the author of
three books, including relentless innovation, and writes the popular innovate
on purpose blog.
Alex Verjovsky
brings over twenty years’ experience in the consulting and technology sectors
as both a consultant and entrepreneur. His most recent company, Castor Fields
Sapi, reached over twelve billion dollars in sales. Prior to Castor Fields, Alex
founded biofuel alternatives, a pioneer in the biodiesel market. Alex is a
graduate of Columbia business school. Their latest book is
“Out Maneuver: Outthink, Don’t Outspend”
