Strategic Depth

Strategic Depth

The Alchemy of the Edge: How Gold-diggers Forge Innovation and Redefine the Map

The Gold Rush Strategy Series

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Ileana Scemtovici
Apr 29, 2025
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The Unrest of the Unsatisfied

What if innovation isn’t about making things better, but about making the current irrelevant?

That question haunts the “gold-digger”, not the get-rich-quick caricature, but the strategic archetype: the one who’s deeply, almost irrationally, dissatisfied with the status quo.

They’re not content tweaking the system. They want to

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