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S.O.L.V.E.S. is a book about exploring the tension between exploitation and exploration of business capabilities within an organization. The primary academic underpinnings include the theory of contextual ambidexterity. The most accepted definition of ambidexterity is a balance between explorations and exploitation resulting in an organization being capable of exploiting their existing competencies while simultaneously exploring new opportunities. James March refers to this as the exploration of new possibilities and the exploitation of old certainties. Exploitation includes such things as choice, refinement, production, selection, execution efficiency and implementation. While exploration encompasses knowledge creation and analysis of future opportunities. The book gives many examples of large organizations that have explored successfully and some that have exploited to their ultimate detriment.

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S.O.L.V.E.S. offers us a framework for understanding, and guiding, actions to resolve the eternal tension between innovating and exploiting existing competencies. --Daniel Robey, Emeritus Professor, Georgia State University Design thinking reframed. S.O.L.V.E.S. breaks innovation down into 6 steps, creating opportunities with the end user in mind. And as in Design Thinking, it won't stop after one iteration. --Dr. Tobias Strobl, Strategy Consultant, Aerospace & Future of Mobility Evangelist, Author, Startup Advisor

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Dr. Alexandro F. Armour is Founding Director and CEO of a technology professional services firm, BoldBrix, LLC, specializing in application modernization, infrastructure (cloud) modernization, enterprise systems engineering, and data management. Dr. Armour currently leads an executive board specializing in technology, healthcare, finance and accounting, legal, mergers and acquisitions. Dr. Armour's academic research interests include strategic innovation at the intersection of the technology and healthcare industries. He has served a diverse client base including commercial, higher education, and federal and state government organizations. Prior to BoldBrix, Dr. Armour's positions included Senior Product Consultant at PeopleSoft, Inc. (now Oracle), Senior Consultant with KPMG Consulting, LLC (formerly BearingPoint), and U.S. Air Force officer, honorably discharged at the rank of Captain. Dr. Armour received his BS in Management from the U.S. Air Force Academy, MBA from Saint Mary's University in San Antonio, and an In-Residence Executive Doctorate of Business (EDB) from Georgia State University. A polymathic and polyglot aspirant, he enjoys research and development (R&D) activities in emerging technologies and the lifelong pursuit of dot-connecting.

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