N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

These seasoned professionals step into senior roles within an organization on a temporary basis, engaging in strategic decision-making, crisis management, turnaround schemes, or filling gaps due to sudden departures or absences of incumbent executives.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

New technologies, shifting regulations, and a heightened focus on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals meant that professionals needed to stay ahead of the curve. Suddenly, my heart—both metaphorically and literally—was in crisis. Believe in yourself, trust in your journey, and never quit.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

This broader perspective means staying abreast of shifting regulations, disruptive technologies, and market trends. Indicators such as crisis management skills, communication style, and adaptability are equally crucial. During the screening process, technical prowess is just one aspect of evaluation.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Resilience goes beyond crisis management; it’s about anticipating change and transforming potential disruptions into opportunities for innovation and growth. We prioritize candidates who demonstrate operational insight, innovation, and the ability to lead through challenging scenarios.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 31, 2024

Harnessing the Power of Interim Management in Uncertain Times Over the years, the role of interim executives has transformed from temporary fill-ins to strategic agents of change and innovation, especially in times of uncertainty. Interim management provides stability, innovation, and insightful direction to businesses in need.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 29, 2020

Despite the status of the Covid-19 outbreak as the single biggest health and socio-economic crisis since the Second World War, it’s also hard to dispute the transformative power of coronavirus across the board. But what’s the relationship between leadership and innovation and why exactly should you care?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Having a CFO with a “head in the cloud” might be a good thing if we’re talking about cloud computing, cognitive technologies, and AI that has significantly influenced this role. Even though many are still behind the curve, there has been a considerable technological evolution of finance function.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Whether expanding into new markets, managing crises, or driving innovation , they bring insight and clarity, combining data with intuition. Every decision—big or small—creates a ripple effect across the company, impacting everything from employee motivation to customer satisfaction, competitiveness, and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Interim executives are experienced professionals who can step in to fill a sudden leadership gap, manage a crisis, guide a merger, or spearhead a new initiative. The Impact of Interim Management on Business Continuity In a rapidly evolving business landscape shaped by technology and market shifts, interim executives provide crucial stability.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 27, 2020

In this episode you’ll get several ways to ensure that your remote meetings are the best use of everyone’s time – including how to take advantage of technology to do […]. Even after social distancing ends, remote meetings are here to stay. Even after social distancing ends, remote meetings are here to stay.

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HR Digest

MARCH 11, 2025

Analysts warn of a potential funding crisis that could jeopardize NASAs leadership in space exploration and research. Established in 2021, the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy was designed to provide evidence-based insights to NASAs leadership. The news of NASAs policy office closure hasnt been well-received either.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

If you follow this blog, it is obvious to you that this impacts relationship, creativity and innovation, energy, and trust. Gallup found that “almost all forms of social time boost mood, but technological remote forms such as texting and social media have thresholds—mood drops after moderate amounts. Social time builds friendships.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything. Thanks for sharing Peter.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2024

Interim executives are highly skilled and experienced individuals brought in at short notice to lead organizations during times of crisis, management transitions, or to spearhead major strategic initiatives. They provide rapid and effective leadership solutions during uncertain times and offer guidance to organizations.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Learners gain a lifelong readiness to push themselves outside of their comfort zones, using setbacks as launchpads for learning and innovation. Managing outrage has moved from being an occasional leadership challenge, like handling a PR crisis, to a necessary and critical leadership capability, like strategic thinking or financial acumen.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 23, 2020

We will beat the COVID19 virus, and innovation will play a key role in that victory. We will reapply existing technology to mass produce respirators. Nothing spurs innovation like a crisis, or a war, and we are in the middle of.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Why the Best Leaders Ask For Help In A Crisis by @LollyDaskal Lego CEO Niels Christiansen On Play During Covid-19 Pandemic via @TIME #Lego makes a hundred billion bricks a year. How to Create a Permission Structure for Innovation by @ScottEblin. It’s Not Technology via @HarvardHBS. Want to understand someone?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These companies have placed themselves far behind the technology curve because tenured managers hire employees with obsolete skill sets and together they create mediocre solutions. Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Today, the CCO oversees various aspects of business operations, such as strategy development, customer relationship management, product development, and crisis management. Moreover, a CCO plays an instrumental role in driving marketing innovations. A Chief Commercial Officer also plays a significant role in post-crisis recovery.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 12, 2023

The Covid pandemic had a significant impact on innovation in healthcare, but there are signs that the changes might be proving short-lived. A recent study suggests, however, that the collaborative and open approach to innovation that came to the fore during the pandemic might have a better chance of enduring.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While AI can enhance decision-making, streamline operations, and drive innovation, it also brings challenges such as ethical concerns, job displacement, and data privacy issues. Investing in Continuous Learning Programs to Stay Current with AI Trends AI technology evolves rapidly, and staying current with its developments is essential.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 21, 2021

ReInA (Rural European Innovation Area) aims to provide resources, attract investment, support startups, and ultimately create employment in rural communities. This, coupled with a decline in rural entrepreneurship is creating an innovation gap between urban and rural areas.

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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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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The need for collaboration is driven by the issues arising from the current economic crisis and supported by the opportunities afforded by advances in technology, specifically Web 2.0. Technology has created the opportunity to know. Diversity is the bedrock of innovation. . It will be one the best 10 minutes you spent.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 20, 2024

Simultaneously, technological-induced disruptive innovations and the climate crisis impact every aspect of our daily lives. GUEST POST from Janet Sernack We live in a world, with less stability, certainty, simplicity, and predictability, where regional conflicts, societal divisions, and civil unrest have increased globally.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 7, 2011

Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson makes that cut. I’d recommend it to anyone who’s ever had bursts of inspiration and wondered why they haven’t been able to replicate those circumstances, or anyone who wants to innovate at all. Candidly, I’m blown away.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We are living in a new era of technology and understanding and Pete has his finger on the pulse of how to relate/reach individuals. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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