leapfroggers
Backs-hopping game participants
Leapfroggers are people or entities that leap ahead by skipping intermediate stages.
In development economics, leapfroggers are countries that bypass older technologies—adopting mobile phones without building landline infrastructure, for instance.
In competitive contexts, leapfroggers overtake rivals through innovation rather than incremental progress: The startup positioned itself as leapfroggers in the electric vehicle market.
Those who pass others
- disruptorsThose who destabilize systems
- challengersThose who compete against
- upstartsPresumptuous newly successful people
- rivalsThose who compete
innovators · competitors · frontrunners · game-changers · usurpers · newcomers · contenders · surpassers
Avoiding by going around
- shortcutsQuicker methods or paths
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- fast-trackingAccelerating a procedure's timeline
- advancementForward movement or promotion
maneuvering · positioning · opportunists · strategists · nonlinear · unconventional · outmaneuvering · expediting
Young human beings
- jumpingPropelling oneself airborne
- crouchingBending low, knees bent
- backsRear surfaces or supports
- bendingCurving from straight
playground · recess · game · hopping · vaulting · players · schoolyard · tumbling
Those who take in
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
- fintechTech-driven monetary services
- connectivityState of being linked
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
overtakers
Those who pass others
- disruptorsThose who destabilize systems
- challengersThose who compete against
- upstartsPresumptuous newly successful people
rivals · innovators · competitors · frontrunners · game-changers · usurpers · newcomers · contenders · surpassers · bypassing
bypassing
Avoiding by going around
- shortcutsQuicker methods or paths
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- fast-trackingAccelerating a procedure's timeline
advancement · maneuvering · positioning · opportunists · strategists · nonlinear · unconventional · outmaneuvering · expediting · workarounds
children
Young human beings
bending · playground · recess · game · hopping · vaulting · players · schoolyard · tumbling · hands
adopters
Those who take in
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
- fintechTech-driven monetary services
- connectivityState of being linked
leapfroggerslaggards
Those who trail behind
gradualists · stragglers · also-rans · incumbents · traditionalists