Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Their greatest fear is no longer their closest competitor, but the startups which, although they live in metaphorical garages and have hardly taken off, have an innovation power that established organizations can only dream of possessing. The Three Tracks of Innovation. Optimizing innovation: Improving the past.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Good business processes serve as the central nervous system for your organization providing a framework for every action, decision, activity or innovation to flow from and through. Process by default will never provide the benefits of good process engineering by design.

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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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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Few organizations have the appetite for change found at Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other innovative firms. Form an innovation team. In 1943, Lockheed Martin commissioned an engineer to create an experimental team to begin work on a secret fighter jet for the U.S. Provide an innovation budget.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2021

This innovative resource features real-life examples of how today’s most successful companies are building upstanding character while increasing employee engagement, happiness, and performance. Expertly reported, Collision Course explores the complex suspicions around what and who was really responsible for Ghosn's ouster.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

Most people tend to look at acquisitions from a rather myopic and traditional M&A perspective: making a strategic or synergistic purchase of an operating entity on an accretive basis. However restricting your view of acquisitions to operating companies is like playing a football game with only one play in your playbook.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Your business now operates as part of a global digital eco-system where leveling the playing field has become a digital impossibility. Don’t attempt to compete with those who are more evolved, piggy-back off of them, partner with them, engineer around them, on move out in front of them. Think next chapter vs last book.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

Furthermore, you are likely just as familiar with my position that a static business, which doesn’t constantly innovate around the changing needs of the marketplace is the same thing as a dying business. From my perspective, I can’t imagine not integrating services throughout the talent management lifecycle.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This emotional shutoff valve could make him callous, but it also made him a risk-seeking innovator. “He A maniacal sense of urgency is our operating principle,” he repeatedly declared. It made his engineers engage in first-principles thinking. He learned to shut down fear,” she says. “If Adversity shaped me,” Musk says. “My

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

"The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. Creativity & Innovation' And the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t create a social network.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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HR Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

The Fairfax Assembly plant, which has been producing the Chevrolet Malibu, is now halting operations to retool the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV. Our future is all-electric , Barra said in a 2024 statement, underscoring the companys shift away from traditional combustion engines. Why are the General Motors layoffs happening?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

If you are responsible for leading teams, how can you be sure that the work being done throughout the day will innovatively increase impact and productivity to make tomorrow a better place? Distinctio: Accept a New Way to Play in the Leadership and Innovation Sandbox – Differentiation. what drives your economic engines (focus areas)?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Unlocking the full potential of your marketing operations requires a precise blend of strategy, technology, and insight. This article provides a blueprint for those looking to refine their marketing engine, ensuring every component is tuned to perfection. It’s about more than just hard work; it’s about working smarter.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2021

To begin: In the digital age, competitive advantage is the ability to win the ultimate prize—the consumer’s preference— repeatedly , through continuous innovation on behalf of the consumer, and to create immense value for the shareholders at the same time. Their decision-making is designed for innovation and speed.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic. My conclusions are drawn from 30 years of observational and experiential analysis.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

From my perspective I’d advise clients to give a bit on valuation, or live with more rigid financial engineering to acquire influence (gain access to markets, knowledge, intelligence, connections or superior business savvy).

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 4, 2013

All companies, no matter the size, need to continually innovate in order to remain competitive. Innovation is a two-part challenge. Organizations are not Structured to Execute Innovation. So why is innovation execution so hard? Quite the contrary, they are built for ongoing operations.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” ” The Value of Innovation at Geneca. I have long felt that companies can’t survive without innovating.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 29, 2025

Why You Need To Play With AI Right Now AI Tools arent just shiny new toys for tech enthusiasts; theyre a transformative force for productivity, decision-making, and innovation. Innovation Engine: Stuck on a problem? AI allows you to pivot, respond, and innovate almost in real time. Need fresh ideas? The bottom line?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Formula 1 racing is an industry built on speed, innovation, and teamwork. Flexible Work Arrangements and Pay Flexible work arrangements are not commonly offered to F1 team employees, especially those in roles that require on-track activities, such as mechanics, engineers, and drivers.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Understanding the Duties of a Chief Commercial Officer In the past ten years, the role of the Chief Commercial Officer has evolved to include more than just sales operations. The CCO often serves as a crucial bridge between a company’s day-to-day operations and long-term goals, offering valuable insights that influence its direction.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Most people assume that successful entrepreneurs are created solely based on how innovative and groundbreaking their new idea is. Ford did not think up the combustion engine or automobiles, Edison did not think up incandescent light bulbs, Larry Page did not think up search engines. The following is a guest piece by Derek Lidow.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

Innovate more: Employees who know the boss has their back think outside the box without fear of failure or retribution. DaVita operates more than 1,800 dialysis centers and employs over 40,000 people domestically. Execute faster: Stephen Covey calls it “The Speed of Trust”. Speed = productivity.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

This is particularly true in today’s complex and uncertain operating environments in which a culture of solidarity and knowledge sharing become critical drivers of staying relevant. To this end, humor engineered by leaders can shape a culture of empathy and relationship satisfaction and be a foundation for greater alignment.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 3, 2020

After developing a clear strategy and setting its direction throughout the organization, we quickly evaluated our operations and moved to reorganize around the client into one company. First, I had to align our leadership team to drive the service-oriented, flexible and innovative culture. Make Innovation Everyone’s Job.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 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? and any number of other appearance specific issues can add to, or detract from, the strength of your personal brand. I Think Not.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 18, 2024

Cross cultural leadership to build better teams Cross cultural leadership is a fantastic chance to broaden your impact and develop teams that excel in performance and innovative problem-solving. Reduced Innovation and Creativity A failure to address cross-cultural leadership challenges stifles the creative potential of a team.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

To rise from the ashes, our young management team made several tough sacrifices to transform a multi-product, multi-brand operation from generalist to specialist. This turnaround occurred at Jacobs Suchard’s North American operation, eventually sold to Kraft/Mondelez after many years of profitable growth as a coffee specialist.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

With One Ford, he put the purpose and values of the Ford brand at the center of the organization and unified the company’s people, plans, operations, and products to restore the brand to automotive leadership. But one angle that hasn't yet been covered is the brand-inspired cultural revolution he led inside the organization.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

For a seemingly multitude of reasons women have failed to gain a foothold in the growing industries of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or more commonly known as STEM jobs. Guest Post By Meghan Hall, Business Management Blogger (Learn more about Meghan at the end of this post).

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The four elements in the diamond collectively specify the opportunity : what the venture will offer and to whom; its plan for technology and operations; its marketing approach; and how the venture will make money. Entrepreneurs can avoid false starts by undertaking a thorough and thoughtful design process before commencing engineering work.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 20, 2017

The captain may be in the bridge, but is the engine room operating on all cylinders? Last week I wrote about the importance of leadership and change. Nothing happens until the top leadership says so. Leaders have this organisational power because they choose the incentive systems, the values and behaviours that create cultural norms.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

With so much stuff coming at me from all angles, daily prosperity relies on spam filters, Internet search engines, and personalized music and movie recommendations. Predictions drive how organizations treat and serve an individual, across the operations that define a functional society. These predicaments matter.

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