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. Have a great Thanksgiving Sir.

Diversity 350

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Having a strong domestic manufacturing base is vital to the United States maintaining its world leadership in innovation. The best factories routinely conduct scientific experiments to improve their processes, and the best factory managers are teachers and innovators as well as leaders of people.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Offshoring Engineering Pharmaceuticals 15

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.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. 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.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

As “better, cheaper, faster, smaller, more convenient, and more personalized” became the new norm, the ability to innovate with committed employees and agile processes became critical. They constitute a coherent constellation of leadership and management practices, as described by more than a score of books.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2011

In your address last night, Mr. President, you correctly noted that, "The first step in winning the future is encouraging American innovation." Here, too, start-ups are the driving engine of our nation's global innovation leadership. In other words, Mr. President, everything depends upon start-ups: Job creation.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur Venture Funding Policies Offshoring 15

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.

Blue Ocean Strategy 30

Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, innovations in digitization and robotization are quickly laying the foundation for another disruptive corporate transformation. Blueprint the broader impact on roles, skills, controls, leadership, workforce and talent management, and social contracts. Start early to shift the leadership mindset.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. For each city or region the right mix of programs depends on what outcomes the leadership of that area is trying to achieve.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. Toward a New Leadership Agenda. Such ecosystems even the playing field for individuals and small firms to participate in technological progress, catalyzing both employment and innovation.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Then China’s President Xi said he’ll be attending the annual bigwig gathering in Davos for the first time, with reports of China’s interest in filling trade gaps left by Brexit and possible leadership gaps on climate left by Trump. finally got into offshore wind near Rhode Island. days of innovation).

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8