1. Strategy creates competitive advantage, while a culture of innovation sustains it. Technology and communications deliver strategy.
2. The document discusses digital business strategy and transformation. It presents frameworks for planning actionable strategies, including the Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant.
3. Key aspects of digital strategy addressed include resources, customers, market position, and tactics to achieve goals like doubling business in 18 months or growing to €4,000,000 in one year.
3. Strategy creates competitive advantage
People and a culture of innovation sustains it
Technology & Communications is the means
by which it is delivered
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ResourcesMarketplaceCustomers
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THERE IS A FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING
ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES
FOR INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL
15. The Principle Disciplines Leading Digital Transformation
Digital
Transformation
Communications Technology
Leadership
Technology
Support
Rapid
Solution
Builders
Marketing
Tactics
Communications
Leadership
Short Term
Management
Leading Step
Change
16. Crying baby
Kitchen fire
Some calls
Interruptions
Distractions
Most calls
Trivia
Busy Work
Browsing
Planning
Strategy
Exercise
Change
Urgent Not Urgent
ImportantNotImportant
Put First Things First
17. 7 Principles of Digital Business Strategy
Resources4
Market
position
5 Engine
of growth
6 Tactics7
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or limited Audience Mass MarketMainstream
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Customer
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How Customer Perceives
Your Business
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Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
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LENS LOCK [Ireland sport]
Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
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or limited Audience Mass MarketMainstream
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(Rational)
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Volume
How Customer Perceives
Your Business
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LENS LOCK [UK/Sport]
Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
22. Exclusive
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or limited Audience Mass MarketMainstream
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(Comforted)
Mild
(Informed)
Cold
(Rational)
Customer
Volume
How Customer Perceives
Your Business
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5 7
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Hot
(Passionate)
LENS LOCK [ Vertical or Geographic]
Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
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23. Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
Yourself
Customer
Market
Resources
Diagnosis
Strategic Ambition
Competitors
Proposition
Force=ma
Volume Time
Talent
Cash
1 3
2 4
Task
Intent
Unique Value Proposition
25. Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
Yourself
Customer
Market
Resources
Diagnosis
Strategic Ambition
Competitors
Proposition
Force=ma
Volume Time
Talent
Cash
1 3
2 4
Task
Intent
Unique Value Proposition
26. Exclusive
Niche
or limited Audience Mass MarketMainstream
Warm
(Comforted)
Mild
(Informed)
Cold
(Rational)
Customer
Volume
How Customer Perceives
Your Business
6
5 7
3
1
2 4
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PrimeAuthority
AttentionAdvocacy
All Media
Bought MediaOwned Media
Earned Media
Hot
(Passionate)
LENS LOCK [ ]
Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
27. Exclusive
Niche
or limited Audience Mass MarketMainstream
Warm
(Comforted)
Mild
(Informed)
Cold
(Rational)
Customer
Volume
How Customer Perceives
Your Business
6
5 7
3
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2 4
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PrimeAuthority
AttentionAdvocacy
All Media
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Earned Media
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(Passionate)
LENS LOCK [ ]
Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
Builder
Story Teller Defender
Scientist
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or limited Audience Mass MarketMainstream
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(Informed)
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(Rational)
Customer
Volume
How Customer Perceives
Your Business
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2 4
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(Passionate)
LENS LOCK [ ]
Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
StrategiestServicing Demand
Price/Product
People
Opinion
29. Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
Yourself
Customer
Market
Resources
Diagnosis
Strategic Ambition
Competitors
Proposition
Force=ma
Volume Time
Talent
Cash
1 3
2 4
Task
Intent
Unique Value Proposition
30. Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
Yourself
Diagnosis
Strategic Ambition
1
Unique Value Proposition
“We are the _______ in ______ for _____ because
we do _______ better than anyone else”
Only/Fastest Ireland Service/Product
CONCREATE
31. Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
Yourself
Customer
Market
Resources
Diagnosis
Strategic Ambition
Competitors
Proposition
Force=ma
Volume Time
Talent
Cash
1 3
2 4
Task
Intent
Unique Value Proposition
33. Exclusive
Niche
or limited Audience Mass MarketMainstream
Warm
(Comforted)
Mild
(Informed)
Cold
(Rational)
Customer
Volume
How Customer Perceives
Your Business
6
5 7
3
1
2 4
8
PrimeAuthority
AttentionAdvocacy
All Media
Bought MediaOwned Media
Earned Media
Hot
(Passionate)
LENS LOCK [ ]
Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
34. Exclusive
Niche
or limited Audience Mass MarketMainstream
Warm
(Comforted)
Mild
(Informed)
Cold
(Rational)
Customer
Volume
How Customer Perceives
Your Business
6
5 7
3
1
2 4
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PrimeAuthority
AttentionAdvocacy
All Media
Bought MediaOwned Media
Earned Media
Hot
(Passionate)
LENS LOCK [ ]
Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
35. Exclusive
Niche
or limited Audience Mass MarketMainstream
Warm
(Comforted)
Mild
(Informed)
Cold
(Rational)
Customer
Volume
How Customer Perceives
Your Business
6
5 7
3
1
2 4
8
PrimeAuthority
AttentionAdvocacy
All Media
Bought MediaOwned Media
Earned Media
Hot
(Passionate)
LENS LOCK [ ]
Ionology Digital Strategy Quadrant
48. Digital
Innovator
Characteristics
Digital Innovators Doing Digital
Set destinations Set targets
Create action based strategy
and guiding policy
Manage people against
targets
Sell the productSell the innovation
Bolt it on to ‘business as
usual’
Create capacity, capability and
fund transformation
Subjective decision making
Outcomes based data driven
decision making
Articulate outcomes in terms
of technology
Constantly articulate the
‘human changed state’