Introduction

Incremental innovation helps existing firms improve their business position, access to customers through cost reduction or value addition. Consequently, innovation may require changes in customer behavior, changes in the form of the product, or an adjustment to business operations. An example of disruptive innovation is when Apple introduced the iPhone. u00a0Apple changed its product promotion, delivery, user behavior. Disruptive innovation changes customer behavior and, at times, supplier’s business approach.

This often means that disruption changes customer behaviours by attracting new types of customers or persuading existing customers to change. Like Netflix and Blockbuster’s case, organizations build the infrastructure to deliver on existing business models; they could be reluctant to change because of their existing investment or because the infrastructure offered competitive advantage in the past.

Successful organizations are always open to take risks, understand customer needs, and are not limited by existing customers, resources, or business models. This explains why disruptive innovations often come to the market and entrepreneurial ventures, despite those ventures’ initial lack of resources. All those classes are not focused exclusively on entrepreneurship. It turns out that most modern perspectives argue that entrepreneurship and innovation are nearly synonymous. Whether you want to be a high-growth entrepreneur, a lifestyle entrepreneur, an entrepreneur that makes a positive social or environmental impact of corporate entrepreneur and innovator, creativity and innovation are critical to your success in these endeavours.

Emmanuel Addo

Founder

Emmanuel Addo is the founder of the Young Global Leaders Network, an international non-governmental organization registered in six (6) countries namely, Ghana, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan and has a membership strength of over 15,000 young black professionals, students, graduates, and aspiring leaders.

The organization also operates in 25 other African countries. Emmanuel also doubles as the chief convener and founder of the Young African Leaders Summit, one of the largest continental youth summits in Africa.

Currently works at Kingston University as a Business Engagement Team Member in their Partnerships and Engagement Department.

He characterizes energy, integrity, result-oriented, and ground-breaking service in each detail of strategic management, change management, stakeholder management, and leadership acquaintances.
Emmanuel owns a core background in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Ghana.

Leveraging his experience as a youth activist and a dynamic young man, Emmanuel founded the Young Global Leaders Network, a youth organization that comprises young diplomats, young politicians, and aspiring politicians, business/entrepreneurial business leaders with the aim of championing a mutual agenda for the African youth and promoting youth participation in governance as well as promoting entrepreneurial culture.
Emmanuel nurtures an environment of teamwork and has expertise in data collection and analysis as well as both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Emmanuel worked as an Associate Lecturer at the London College of Advanced Management where he delivered a wide range of business management courses that involved principles of marketing, leadership, operation management, and research methods. Emmanuel has always maintained high teaching and learning standards to ensure that his students’ stand out in academic achievements and successful progression. As a stout believer and passionate key player in volunteering; Emmanuel creates quality time to giving back gladly to his community what he has learned and to educate individuals with free consultancy on career development. He is a leader anyone would love to look up to and with great integrity, commitment, and passion to make the world a better place.
Emmanuel worked as Qualifications Manager at the Open University in the UK.

Emmanuel is also the founder of Kickstart Innovation Hub Ltd, the entrepreneurial hub of Young Global Leaders Network.