Bamboo-style Innovation - fast to market, lean, advantageous

Bamboo-style Innovation

3 most-appealing brand attributes

Bamboo-style Innovation takes its cue from the competitive advantages that nature has given bamboo, the most important of which is its rapid growth.

The 5 FLAGS characteristics of Bamboo-style Innovation are speed to market, lean production, a bouquet of competitive advantages, green business model, and sustainability.

Successful Qualities of Bamboo

Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better.

Albert
Einstein

I learn as much from a turtle as from a religious text.

Dalai Lama XIV

Bamboo is characterized by rapid harmonious growth, making it a sustainable resource. It is strong yet flexible.

Bamboo's hollow stems are segmented by nodes, and its rhizome system allows for vegetative propagation.

Bamboo is also highly adaptable to diverse climates. Its flexibility and lightweight nature add to its desirability.

Bamboo is often described as 'lean' due to its efficient use of resources and fast growth rate. It offers a range of environmental and economic advantages. Bamboo aligns with lean startup and lean manufacturing principles focused on waste reduction and optimization. It requires minimal inputs and can be processed efficiently.

Lean Production

Applications of Lean

Green Business

Green Startup

A natural response to a natural phenomenon – that is the secret of success in business and management.

Konosuke Matsushita

Panasonic

Bamboo-style Innovation: Fast To Market

Bamboo-style Innovation is advantageous as it offers benefits that give it an edge over competitors. These advantages are diverse, encompassing rapid growth, lean profile, harmonious nature, high RoI, and sustainability.

Among these benefits, speed to market is Number 1 sustainable competitive advantage of Bamboo-style Innovation.

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Harmonious Growth

Speed is vital in the modern rapidly changing economy. Being the first to market brings about huge competitive advantages. Speed to market is a driver of high profits.

Fast to Market: People, Enablers, Boosters, Vadim Kotelnikov

By increasing speed to market and becoming a ‘first mover’ you can present and deliver your product to customers before competitors, gaining a huge competitive advantage.

As Rupert Murdoch put it, "The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.“

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