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Estrategia Conectada - Como Construir Relacionamentos Continuos com Clientes e Alcancar Vantagem Competitiva

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The Internet of Things, robo investment advisers, wearable fitness devices, remote health care operations . . . business executives in many industries are currently being inundated with a confusingly and exhaustingly broad range of technological developments that enable new business models.

There is, however, a common thread among all of these developments: firms are fundamentally changing how they connect with their customers. Rather than having occasional, episodic interactions--where customers realize they have an unmet need and then look for ways to fill it--firms are striving to be continuously connected to their customers, providing services and products as the needs arise, even before customers become aware of them.

Firms such as Nike, Disney, Progressive Insurance, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Medtronic, Hewlett-Packard, and Tesco are developing and competing on connected strategies: creating superior customer experiences through connectivity while simultaneously driving dramatic improvements in operational efficiencies and reshaping their industries.

Strategy and operations experts Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch reveal the emergence of connected strategies across a broad array of industries and show how these strategies work, how they eliminate the trade-off between superior customer experience and low cost, and how companies can formulate, design, and implement them. In showing how to create a connected strategy, the authors reveal the four pathways--respond-to-desire, curated offerings, coaching, and automatic execution--for turning occasional, episodic interactions into continuous relationships. Siggelkow and Terwiesch show you how to:

Reshape the connections between customers, suppliers, and your firm Create the right revenue model Make the best technology choices to support your strategy

Integrating rich examples, how-to advice, and tools in the form of "workshop chapters" throughout, this book is the ultimate resource for creating connected relationships with your customers and redefining the connections in your industry.

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Profile Image for Greg Hawod.
365 reviews
May 11, 2019
Many of us are aware that our world is increasingly getting more connected. Thanks to the power of the internet the global reach of many companies has increased exponentially over the last decade. However, it is not just the global presence of these companies are becoming more evident these days. More personally, we also sense the increasing reach of these instituion towards our private lives.

This book does an amazing job of helping executives on how to develop connected strategies in their respective organizations. If you are someone looking to redefine your business model by taking advantage of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning, this book will guide you through the thinking process on how to start planting the seeds of connected strategy. Moreover, this book also addresses the privacy concerns of the customers involved.

One of the things I really like about this book is how they infuse their explanations with real life examples on how companies such as Uber, Disney, Amazon, etc used the ideas to take their respective businesses to success. The authors illustrated it really well that this book would appeal not only to business leaders but to every day consumers. I find the examples of latest technological as well as business model innovation really entertaining as much as educational.

Another useful aspect of this book are the workshops. This is a business book anyway so this is written to help business executives to start putting the ideas in these book into proper perspectives. I like that the authors provided sample tables on how executive teams can do actual workshops. This book also has a website where you can get tons of resources like worksheets and podcasts. (www.connected-strategy.com). Simply put, as Reid Hoffman says, read this book if you want to build a business model of the future.
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38 reviews1 follower
October 17, 2019
such an amazing book and I would recommend this to anyone who got an interest in applied economics. easy to understand and get the point of the authors. when I bought this book at WHSmith I just thought this book was about customer relationships only, based on what was written on the cover. but it turned out to be much more than that and exceeded my expectations completely!! this book mainly talks about how to form a sustainable business model with customers as the core center. in the context of fierce competition between firms, it is customer relationships that make the difference and keep them loyal to your business. this book has em all you need and you won't ever be dissatisfied!

I still believe it is God's plan that I happened to come across and buy this book among hundreds of options! thank you, two authors, for having established such a great work like this!
Profile Image for Carlos Vitoria.
4 reviews
April 9, 2020
This is neither a book for those looking for a primer on corporate strategy nor a typical book from two academics full of theories but with limited or no application in the real world. Siggelkow and Terwiesch did a good job in laying out the fundamentals of their connected strategy framework, but what stands out to me is the workshop material (chapters 3, 6 and 10) which bring all the concepts together and walk you through the steps and the thinking process to apply the framework in a real world situation, this builds credibility in the framework as it becomes apparent that it has been generated and refined through application in real business situations.
I miss, however, that even though the connected strategy framework is applicable to almost any company size the authors insist on using just large corporations (the likes of Uber, Disney, Rolls Royce or Nike) to illustrate their points and there are limited or no references to smaller players.
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January 27, 2024
Connected Strategy by Nicolaj and Christian is a quick and efficient read. He provides his insight into how competitive advantages change throughout a business. It is largely opinionated, and his opinions are on point. It's the equivalent of reading Andy Grove's self-written book about strategic inflection points. There are moments in which a business, large or small, deals with a series of problems that can solve a business' issues, if handled correctly. It basically discusses ways to impact your business. It also does not get into math or numbers. Nicolaj and Christian, though Christian is a teacher at a reputed school, it discusses a series of tips on how to adjust one's skills in business to beat its competition. His second book is more comprehensive. For more information on step-by-step information on strategic business, read Christian's other book.
Profile Image for Ondrej Lokvenc.
3 reviews
February 8, 2020
Disruptive Business Strategy

Very structured framework linking business strategy of continuous customer relationship based on new data driven way approach. Supported with new revenue models and technologies - becoming a trusted partner model rather than transactional partner competing in commodities. Real eye-opener and step-by-step inspiration supported by tools, structured workshops and x-industry applications/analogies. My best business strategy book so far.
1 review
December 18, 2019
Clear message and most importantly practical advice, which is quite rare for business books. More usefu for higher level managers, but it's great to be aware of the strategies and how they are chosen.
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September 28, 2020
Clear picture with real case senarios

I would recommend this to who is interesting​ to understand more on business today in 2020. With real case senarios from start-up around the world.
Profile Image for Spencer Brauchla.
79 reviews
September 9, 2023
Increased my appreciation for business strategy by expanding my understanding of the topic. I didn’t realize how significant my gaps in strategy knowledge are until this deep dive into connected strategy and value creation.
Profile Image for Frederik Lierde.
52 reviews5 followers
July 12, 2020
It explains well what you have to do with your business as a strategy
Profile Image for Baigali.Bjw.
6 reviews
June 23, 2020
If you are familiar and have studied strategy before, this book is exactly a repetition of a whole lot of same ideas of Uber Airbnb and Food delivery businesses etc.
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753 reviews21 followers
May 24, 2019
Good strategy overview and interesting business cases. High quality approach to the analysis of new technologies and trends in the times of emerging trends that shape new businesses and business models. Still customer focus is very important and the book uncovers the topic. I think it is indeed very useful to shape a strategy of continuous customer interaction and this is what the future of any business is about. Recommend this book as a thoughtful reading with a lot of interesting examples of big corporations.
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