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The increased pace of technology innovation means that innovation in business is key to thriving in the 2020s and will become essential for surviving the 2030s and beyond. The 2020s and 2030s will be characterized by innovative leaps (which are really many incremental innovations noticed at one time) similar in size to the adoption of the internet. With any large innovative leap, the ripple effects force companies to innovate or risk falling behind, and many companies are feeling this pressure now with Generative AI. The rise of AI and its inevitable intersection with robotics decreases the barrier to create high quality tools and automations. The pace of technology innovation will be unlike any time we have seen before, meaning the pressure on businesses to innovate will also be unlike any time we have seen before.Technology innovation creates space in markets where other businesses refuse to adopt key technology that has market demand, allowing new gaps to be filled by other businesses. This change is best observed through the lens of product-market fit. Product-market fit is a yes or no question with a static answer that addresses a point in time. Product-market fit is to what extent your solution matches the problem the market demands at that time. However, in order to be a successful business you need continuous product-market fit, meaning your solution matches the problem the market demands and has the flexibility to ensure that you have the same or better fit in the future in the ever changing market. Continuous product-market fit is about maintaining the relationship between product and market. Markets are not static, they are dynamic, therefore work must be done to continue to match product and market. A neglected product-market pair is almost always noticed by the market and if left unaddressed a new market alternative will step in to complete the pairing. Innovation in a capitalist economy is the matchmaker between product and market. Just like a tailor matches clothing to the wearer, innovation matches product to the market, therefore I think of it as the product-market tailor, as it serves to improve and maintain the fit. In the same way tailoring is a skill, so is innovation. Innovation is a skill to be taught and refined. My goal is to become a leading expert in business innovation and if you got to this point, let’s connect!

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