N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 11, 2017

The special ones, they see it as a chance to create advantage, to deliver value and to innovate at scale. Innovation has always been synonymous with business survival and that hasn’t changed. What has changed is the pace and scale at which businesses must innovate to remain competitive in a digital world.

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Insourcing CEO Business Model Outsourcing 150

Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

The tight timeframe and “what must we all start working on” clause pushed people from platitudes like ‘working smarter’ or ‘being more innovative’ into concrete actions, including which sacred cow projects to stop. Good execution requires a “Sharp focus and commitment to a few clearly identified goals.”

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Sull How To Insourcing Sharpe 73

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

This ensured their commitment to the effort and created support for tough decisions—even when those decisions directly affected their own bailiwicks. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation. Britain’s Patient-Safety Crisis Holds Lessons for All.

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Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. A design studio is geared for collaboration and innovation work with customers and partners. The first step was to hire someone to run it.

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