N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Instead, it has evolved into an indispensable leadership position encompassing digital innovation, organizational change, and business model reinvention. These executives must consider technology investments as catalysts for broad transformation rather than discrete technical upgrades.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

There is friction between globalization and regional autonomy, a conflict between the desire for sustainability and the lure of rapid development, ongoing political uncertainties, and the ever-increasing impact of digital technology. It is the driving force behind the shift from traditional brick-and-mortar businesses to the virtual world.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 8, 2020

Once you know who they are, you can optimize not just your products, but your whole business—how you market, how you onboard, and how you support these people. Step 3: Make sure your product market (PMF) fit starts at the moment of transaction (and doesn’t end there) Most organizations understand the concept of PMF.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Chief Employee Experience Officer harnesses these tools and emerging trends to meet employees where they are, ensuring the organization remains agile and relevant in a competitive labor market.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 24, 2014

Thanks to Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard University and his 1997 landmark book, The Innovator’s Dilemma , we have a new way of understanding the life cycle of companies and why some market leaders maintain their dominant position and other one-time market leaders disappear. semiconductors (disrupted vacuum tubes).

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

From orchestrating integrated sales and marketing strategies to nurturing high-value customer relationships, this role extends well beyond traditional oversight of revenue goals. These proficiencies enable clear, data-driven insights into shifting consumer demands and evolving market conditions.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This position is often seen as the linchpin of a company’s commercial strategy, controlling marketing, sales, and customer service efforts to achieve optimal success. In addition, the CCO manages and implements strategies to drive revenue growth, break into new market segments, and foster customer engagement.

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad. I could see there was something new about this book and how the authors thought about business models.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

They say business leaders tend to “underestimate Africa’s size and potential as a market, and overestimate the challenges of doing business there.”. And technology? Africa is the next growth market. High volumes—low margins—cost-effective—technology driven.

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Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

This was because the market for mobile games had become more competitive, making it difficult to acquire users cheaply. Traditionally, entrepreneurs love to talk about their product, but investors need to know about more than just the product - the market, the team, competitors, business model, etc. This was too much.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. From experience keeping an eye on a candidate’s knowledge of how a specific business model works are essential and non-negotiable. Compromises can include not being business school all-stars or even graduates.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2022

The evolution of new technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have greatly influenced consumer habits worldwide, consumers are becoming more demanding, and companies are working on efficiencies to offset the negative impact of inflation on their P&Ls. Physical skills are steadily declining as automation technologies become more advanced.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

The Holy Grail of enterprise sustainability is business model reimagination and reinvention – not digital transformation – at least how many businesses are attempting it. If you’re stuck in the purgatory of a legacy based business model, don’t transform – reinvent.

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Leading Blog

JULY 19, 2019

How true disruptors use innovation, including digital, to grow the market and create new business models. F OR YEARS I was taught that growing the business in an industry with strong competition was mostly a zero-sum game. Or else, you took on the hard work of growing the entire market. It created a new one.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2024

CROs oversee marketing, sales, and customer relationship teams to ensure they work together effectively. They are skilled at developing strategies, understanding the complexity of the business, and paying attention to the details of how revenue flows through the organization.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 12, 2024

They strive for business models that not only drive economic value but also make a positive impact on the environment. Innovative Approaches to Green Environmental Performance In pursuing environmental stewardship, businesses invest in innovative strategies to minimize their ecological impact.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

Fintech, as this sector is colloquially referred, focuses for the most part on disrupting the state of affairs induced by the use of technology. I think the real disruption does not derive from technology, but from the changes technology brings to business models. As such it is all about innovation.

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Technology disrupts markets. However, when I need to decide whether to focus on a market (like Christensen does) or focus on the technology, I will focus on the technology every day of the week, and twice on Tuesday. I agree with that. Continue reading →

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

At the same time, the advent of new ground breaking technologies such as electricity and motorization – today we would call them disruptive – allowed the estates to operate with significantly less staff. The fundamental business model that had sustained the great estates for hundreds of years was unraveling. Don’t wait to act.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

I N THE AGE of digitization, businesses face a critical imperative: to adapt and embrace innovation or risk being left behind in a rapidly evolving world. This force is called creative destruction, which is the process where innovation and technology advancements are reshaping industries and business models.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Extensive networks, data streams, and state-of-the-art digital technologies are increasingly becoming the foundation of modern operational strategies. The rapid development and widespread adoption of new technologies present both opportunities and challenges for leaders to manage.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

At the peak, Alibaba’s technology platforms processed 325,000 orders and 256,000 payments every second. Singles Day is a technological marvel. To think of it this way “ obscures Alibaba’s breakthrough business model and the window it provides on how the economic scene is evolving.” billion dollars. Before 9:30 a.m.,

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2024

Businesses must adapt to survive and thrive, whether driven by technological advancements, economic shifts, or global crises. This essay explores the concept of resilience in the context of business and outlines strategies for building a sustainable business model that can withstand and even capitalize on change.

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Leading Blog

MAY 16, 2020

Technology is the raw material that 21st-century innovators need to build new business capabilities, to develop exciting new products and services, and to create workarounds for the physical distancing measures we will likely endure for the foreseeable future. In a world of pandemic, it’s the only way forward.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Sign 1: A change in the business environment The most obvious signal that it’s time for a change is a large-scale shift in the business environment. In recent years, many industries have been disrupted by technological change. Take, for instance, the automotive industry.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 18, 2019

When faced with a potential threat of technology or business model disruption, you need to consider two things. If you adopt the technology or business model, will you achieve a reasonable profit? First is the nature of the threat. How certain are you of the threat and is it imminent or distant?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 29, 2020

Make no mistake; Covid-19 has the potential to change virtually all aspects of society, particularly in terms of the structure of the labor market and developed economies across the globe. For example, companies are constantly looking to update and revise their approach to SEO and online marketing, but often within relatively narrow channels.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 14, 2020

Presuming your role as a business leader is to drive your team towards a measurable and sustained improvement in business performance, then what conditions support that success? Successful businesses change their business strategy in response to market challenges. How does that affect me as a leader?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. By Vera Sharova & Teodora Cosic.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 13, 2024

By strategically focusing on all revenue-related aspects, they bring cohesion to sales, customer relationship management, revenue management, marketing, and customer service. Their capacity to understand and leverage various market dynamics aids an organization in navigating an ever-changing business environment.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

In fact, I would go so far as to say that CEOs who are not consistently reengineering elements of their business fall into one of the following two camps; 1) They have a perfect business, or; 2) They are an ineffective CEO. Current or anticipated changes in market conditions that will adversely impact your business model.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Evolving Role of the CMO Previously, a Chief Marketing Officer’s or CMO role mainly involved traditional marketing activities like brand management, public relations, and market research. However, recent technological advancements and industry shifts have expanded and evolved this role significantly.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 30, 2021

Technology is a massive advantage for any business. However, there are so many types of technology available that it can be daunting to know where to start. You could do this by keeping up with the latest technology news and find innovative ways to apply new tech. Use Marketing Tools.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A recent paper from Ivey Business School highlights how the regulators are often one (or more) steps behind the tech firms at all times. These born-digital founders moved quickly, and they took advantage of the ambiguous rules in their respective markets to colonize the new market opportunities that had opened up,” the authors continue.

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The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 5, 2022

The report reveals that while the majority of unicorns remain based in the United States, the emerging market is rapidly catching up, with China alone home to around 40% of the unicorns in existence today. Much of this investment is concentrated in Brazil, which has captured over half of the market.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Their crucial role in shaping business strategy is their ability to bridge the gap between tactical operations and strategic goals. They must constantly evaluate and re-evaluate business models, market trends, the competitive landscape, and organizational dynamics.

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