N2Growth Blog

JULY 28, 2019

Does the company purchase an off-the-shelf solution, utilize a SaaS, ASP or cloud-based solution, or embark upon developing a custom application? Moreover, if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced? Oh, and what about development methodology?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 2, 2020

In my work with SalesGlobe I’ve developed Sales Design Thinking SM to help sales leaders solve problems around any sales or business challenge, like sales strategy, organization design, sales capacity, sales compensation, change management, and of course quota setting. As I’m fond of saying, “You can’t offshore, automate, or AI creativity.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Here you’ll find more than 1500 articles and mini-sagas on entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity and simply how to distinguish yourself. We had offshored our development team but when we did a rightshoring exercise, we found that a dual-shore approach works better. HELLO THERE AND WELCOME. You are a new visitor to this blog.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2012

She was a training manager for a large corporation, advising middle and senior managers on career development. Located at the home office, she developed long-term relationship with her clients. Learning about new developments in your field will be more engaging than pounding the pavement for your old job. Become a contractor.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Having a strong domestic manufacturing base is vital to the United States maintaining its world leadership in innovation. R&D and manufacturing must be located close to each other so their people can together figure out how to develop a product that can be manufactured at a cost and level of quality that will make it a commercial success.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

Faced with rapid evolution in their industry, the executive team of a large energy company had decided to transform their solid but complacent organization into a high-tech, sustainability-oriented firm, a key element of which was the completion of a multibillion dollar offshore energy project.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2014

As an example, a recent job posting on the website of a global healthcare company seeks an individual for a sales operations leadership position who can do the following: Strategy: •Contribute to the 1- and 3-year business vision as a member of the executive leadership team. What does this mean for sales ops leaders?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

Here, too, start-ups are the driving engine of our nation's global innovation leadership. Without those patents and the funding they attract, few start-ups can afford to hire the people they need to develop their new products, services and medical treatments for the public. million patent applications waiting for review.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

To find out, we developed a measure and coined the term Global Engineering Intensity (GEI) as the ratio of the headcount of R&D staff in India plus China to a company’s current annual R&D expense. .” They believe in strong, empowered global leadership, at both HQ and at remote sites.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

For some time now, it has been obvious that these companies will have to go beyond the offshoring model that served them well in the past and develop innovative new ones. Moreover, governments, concerned about job-creation, data-security, and user-privacy, are challenging the offshoring model.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

It developed my confidence so that I now think I can do higher-level work. Challenging and higher-level responsibilities not only helped women to develop confidence in their potential but also enhanced their social networks and profiles within the organization; women became more firmly embedded within their engineering community.

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Engineering Management Learning-by-Doing Offshoring 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

In the early 2000s, as part of a huge offshoring trend in the business economy, GE shifted manufacturing to suppliers such as Samsung and LG. By the summer of 2008 GE leadership wanted to sell the appliances business or spin it off. GE needed to reduce new product development cycles from 3-4 years to 1-1.5

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Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support. Although the United States maintains world leadership in many advanced industries, that leadership position is eroding. Yet, there is a problem.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

To that end, managers should develop a list of 10 to 15 processes that bots can quickly improve. Blueprint the broader impact on roles, skills, controls, leadership, workforce and talent management, and social contracts. Start early to shift the leadership mindset. Simultaneously test and learn on the soft side of automation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. In the past, economic development has prioritized big businesses. For each city or region the right mix of programs depends on what outcomes the leadership of that area is trying to achieve.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In the developed world, we enjoy better medicines, connectivity, and mobility than most of us could have imagined even 20 years ago. Toward a New Leadership Agenda. The effects of technology on humans depends on how we choose to develop and use it. In emerging markets, billions of people have moved out of extreme poverty.

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HR Digest

JULY 22, 2019

Developments in telecommunications, computing technologies, and electronic sensors are inspiring less of human intervention in controlling some sensitive equipment including vehicles, planes, helicopters, trains, etc. The company is currently developing autonomous technology to make the service a reality in the next few years.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

“What companies want is a leadership base that at least somewhat parallels their customer base. See More Videos > See More Videos > For individuals, younger workers see a flatter world and prioritize international experiences and mobility for career development. ” Related Video.

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Metrics Comparison Globalization Cost 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Yet, the imperatives of offshore facilities and employees are — and will remain — central to American companies' international competitiveness. Offshoring and outsourcing today are like sex in the Victorian era: repressed or criticized in public discussion, much practiced in private behavior. Business Purpose.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At the state level, New Jersey passed a big new gas tax , and Oregon , Illinois , and California developed robust energy and climate policies. finally got into offshore wind near Rhode Island. Big themes are great, but periodically a specific example of leadership seems worthy of extra attention.

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