The key takeaways from the Blue Ocean Shift that can be actionable for entrepreneurs or managers in making strategic decisions are:

1. Understanding the current red ocean reality: This involves assessing the competitive landscape and identifying the challenges and opportunities.

2. Creating strategic options: This involves brainstorming and developing different strategies that can potentially create a blue ocean shift.

3. Evaluating the benefits: This involves analyzing the potential benefits of each strategy for the buyers or users and the organization.

4. Engaging stakeholders: This involves presenting the strategies to stakeholders, getting their feedback, and understanding their preferences.

5. Making the decision: The final step involves the executive team deciding which strategy to pursue based on the feedback and analysis.

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Give an overview of the current red ocean reality in the industry and make the case for a Blue Ocean Shift. The team presents each of the strategic options they created, summarizing the benefits for buyers or users and outlining the economic benefits to the organization. Attendees move around the room, visiting a display station for each option with poster-sized versions of the to-be Canvas from Step Four and the Eliminate-Reduce-Raise-Create grid. The attendees vote for the options they consider most compelling. One this is complete, ask attendees for the rationale behind their votes. The executive team decides which Blue Ocean option to pursue.

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Blue Ocean Shift

Released in early-October 2017 — Blue Ocean Shift — is the continuation of the award-winning Blue Ocean Strategy, a bestselling strategy book based on...

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