7 Ways to Dramatically Advance Your Career

7 Ways to Dramatically
Advance Your Career
Bruce Kasanoff and Michael Hinshaw


They didn’t waste time updating their resumes…


The fastest way to advance your career is to drive innovation, rather than
fall victim to it.

Copyright 2006 Rocket Raccoon


1. Eliminate your
industry’s
persistent pain
points


2. Dramatically reduce complexity


3. Cut prices 90% or more… find a cheaper and better solution to an existing
problem

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$427 - $854

iNav X iPad app vs. Garmin chartplotter. Images from iNav and Overton.

4. Make stupid objects smart

PlantLink lets flowers text you when they need water.


5. Teach your company to talk

Apple, Google and Amazon are doing this already.

Source: Ubergizmo


6. Be utterly
transparent… be more
open and honest than any
of your competitors


7. Make loyalty dramatically easier than disloyalty

Source: Origins.com


Don’t bet your career on a company that hasn’t
changed its business model since before cell phones
were invented.

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For more information…

Based on this LinkedIn article:
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Adapted from Smart Customers, Stupid Companies by
Michael Hinshaw and Bruce Kasanoff. You can download
the Introduction and 1

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chapter for free here:

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Thanks to Flickr members John Jack Rice (cover) and
Metro Transportation Library and Archive (#1).

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