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The Importance of a Chief Sustainability Officer

N2Growth Blog

The CSO shapes business strategies that balance economic growth with ecological and social impact, turning sustainability into a powerful lever for innovation and brand strength. This level of innovation sets the company apart as a leader in sustainability and technological advancement.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Put simply, how do you judge the success of a chief human resources officer, and who qualifies for the 2020 Top CHRO List?

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business Review

It could upend supply chains, business models, customer relationships, and even entrepreneurship itself. Innovation, customization, speed, and location are also among the opportunities it offers. The technology is expected to lead to reductions in the cost of employment, capital investment, shipping and inventory as well.

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3 Changes Retailers Need to Make to Survive

Harvard Business Review

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. By streamlining store complexity, the team was also able to slash the retailer’s supply chain costs by 20 percent.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”

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London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials

Harvard Business Review

Rather than panic, London's leaders have been both innovative and fearless in finding ways to "make more from less." Games leaders have worked hard to award contracts to smaller suppliers across the country and tracked this as far down the supply chain as possible. This is no unbudgeted ego statement, but good business.

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Corporate Sustainability Efforts: Feast or Famine?

Harvard Business Review

But sustainability needs to be viewed as much more of a how concept, like quality or innovation. Of course that's true, since detecting risks and innovating around them will often fall to those closest to the ground (hint, that's rarely the c-suite). And these issues require a full-court press from all aspects of operations.