Making business decisions is getting more and more critical for all firms, whether they are in Brazil, Germany, or China. The best method to spur innovation and gain a sizable competitive edge is for businesses to build experimental processes.
Any good leader who wants to keep their business relevant in an increasingly digital world must rely on experimentation. “Big data and experience by themselves are ineffective. What works, then? carrying out systematic business experiments. And businesses end up acting blindly if they introduce new products or client experiences without first conducting these tests.”
A book by Harvard Business School professor Stefan H. Thomke, “Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments,” explains how these practices function in organizations and responds to the following questions: A good experiment is what? How should tests be done in both offline and online businesses? How about B2C and B2B? How may a culture of experimenting be created? Success stories may be found from organizations like Amazon and Booking, which run tens of thousands of trials annually, attracting millions of users, and demonstrating how this culture gives them a considerable competitive advantage.
By putting experimentation at the center of their innovation process, managers may help their organizations develop this competence. This does not imply that you are limited to a single manager and his team. Instead, it ought to penetrate all divisions and organizational levels of the business, forming a culture. This will enable everyone to make wiser decisions and contribute to the company’s excellent financial results.
HYER´resenha: Book recommended