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N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 9, 2010
Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots. Well actually, no it’s not. Moving on…Believe it or not, CEO is not always synonymous with all knowing business guru.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
One of the challenges with disruption is the 'cultural' balancing act required to attend to a core competency (primary revenue driver) while simultaneously recognizing that disruption must occur at the borders. I’d be interested in your comments… Share and Enjoy: View Comments Mark Oakes Mike, Good Post!
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 8, 2018
Through his academic research and teaching at HBS, Jensen promulgated a new financial orthodoxy that corporate managers should avoid diversification and instead focus on the firm’s core competencies. In another supplementary analysis, we used the rankings of finance departments in business schools.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Sensors on locomotive and jet engines, for example, generate data that can be used to predict the degradation of parts — saving GE customers billions on maintenance and lost operating hours. And a new ecosystem of finance, insurance, energy, infotainment and maintenance services has emerged based on the data-driven, app economy.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
The rising ability to identify, capture, and repurpose the data byproducts of an ongoing business is coming to rival the perceived "core competence" of the core business itself. But that mind-set's simply too focused and operational. The proliferation of digital media means that all organizations are becoming data-rich.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 26, 2013
With the swipe of a credit card, the customer support team can move to Zendesk or Desk.com; the HR team lives on Workday; the business intelligence group moves to GoodData or Domo; the finance team logs into Netsuite; the marketing department orbits around Marketo and Salesforce''s marketing cloud.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 18, 2011
They can launch new for-benefit ventures by leveraging their products and services, know-how, core competencies, and assets to develop market-based solutions to particular social or environmental challenges. Here are a few suggestions: Lead by Example. They can invest in for-benefit enterprises. Change the Rules.
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