N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. All of these traits preclude the advancement of change initiatives and cripple innovation. often evoke feelings of hatred at the mere mention of their name. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future Emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are revolutionizing the digital landscape and already have numerous applications in the market. These technologies are advancing rapidly and redefining the line between human potential and technological innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 25, 2021

For all the narrative around the disruptive nature of innovation, it’s fairly rare for innovators to fully capture the value of their invention. It has long been argued that this mismatch disincentivizes innovation, which in itself creates a mismatch between the potential benefits we could see from an innovation and the reality.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 2, 2021

In 1962 Everett Rogers famously described the journey innovations go on as they travel from obscurity to mass market success and through to obsolescence. It’s a process that remains largely observed to this day and being able to spot where an innovation is on the lifecycle is pretty valuable. Spreading change.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Playing for parity by traveling the traditional path of best practices just ensures one thing; you will spend great amounts of time and money failing slowly, publicly, and painfully. Start thinking about opportunities based on insights, customers, markets, and business models.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 14, 2020

The best strategy & innovation books deliver new insights, examples and tools for reinventing business. I’ve recently written about the disruptive change and innovation upending markets like product packaging, travel and hospitality, management consulting, construction, healthcare, and manufacturing.

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Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

People Who Stick Their Necks Out – Innovation and growth require courage. In todays competitive job market, leaders who invest in culture will reap the rewards of a committed and high-performing workforce. They help drive consistency and ensure that standards arent just words but daily practices.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. link] Diploma in Digital Marketing Qualification – MMC Learning | Digital Marketing [.] link] mikemyatt One of my favorite Churchill quotes (of which I have many).

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Guest post from Rowan Gibson : Not since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution has there been a greater need to learn the art of innovation leadership. But as execution capabilities become commodities, and the life cycles of new offerings get increasingly shorter, it’s precisely these innovation skills that need to be learned.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 24, 2013

We live in a world where information travels quickly and powerfully. Take Mr. Shankman’s words to heart as you take your next product to market. “There’s no way to institutionalize or “corporatize” niceness…. It has to come from the top, and from there it will filter down…”. Nothing happens—good or bad—without the world knowing it.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Everyone wins The study, which saw over 1,600 workers in a large online travel company analyzed, found that hybrid schedules tend to benefit both employees and managers. Many of these hybrid workers are professionals like lawyers, accountants, marketers, and software engineers, most with a college degree or higher.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 21, 2013

It’s called “beginner’s mind”, a child-like state of curiosity that will allow continuous learning to help you stay agile, to be able to respond to the changes around you, and to foster innovation in yourself and others. I’m sure you’ve seen the opposite; leaders who are skeptical naysayers are everywhere.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

AI is breaking down the limits that are inherent in traditional operating models to drive new value, growth, and innovation. The authors provide case studies from the travel industry to the retail, entertainment, and automotive industries. From Constrained Operations to Frictionless Impact. “As

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Formula 1 racing is an industry built on speed, innovation, and teamwork. These roles typically involve significant travel and on-site work, making implementing remote work options challenging. They must adapt to changing market conditions and shifting consumer demands.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 8, 2012

In most cases, any thoughts or discussions about the role dreams play in today’s business world tend to focus more on innovation and creativity; of how dreams of making a better product/service or learning to see the world differently has lead to so many of the breakthrough innovations that have changed and shaped the world we live in today.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The BoP markets are a hotbed for innovation and companies that are able to mold their business models to fit within this paradigm can truly alter traditional business models. Common marketing theories from the 4Ps to the 5Cs have failed when trying to engage the BoP. Innovation Sandbox” was the term coined by C.K.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Most companies can claim an element of success in some aspect of CRM proficiency such as sales force automation, database marketing, development of a knowledgebase, etc., I'm traveling this week, but will follow-up with you next week to arrange the Skype call. I'd love to schedule a skype call at some point if possible BTW!

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

When it comes to innovation, there are countless ways things might go wrong. If you manage to get the timing just right, your innovations will obviously benefit from huge tailwinds when entire industries are transitioning from the old to the new with you riding at the top of the wave. The importance of timing in innovation.

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Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Collaboration enables teams to innovate, stay accountable, and navigate setbacks effectively. When team members share ideas, insights, and client experiences, they uncover innovative solutions that wouldnt be possible in isolation. Sales team performance thrives when they share challenges and insights.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 25, 2021

“Across labor market segments, mothers appear to be similarly disadvantaged at the hiring stage.” The bias against mothers was particularly strong when the job ad emphasized things like the time pressure of the role or the travel requirements of the job. ” The tip of the iceberg. ” Realistic expectations.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 22, 2011

Obviously this blog isn’t about the future of air travel, and none of the submitting companies are clients of ours (yet). I can’t remember the contents of the article, but I remember the headline of “Obliterate, don’t innovate&#. Still, this post caught my attention and reminded me of a very important point.

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CEO Blog

JULY 21, 2012

I am traveling. The chapter describes that winning culture is one of the three pillars to business success (marketing and innovation are the other 2). It can be because growth or market changes require a change. Mini-brothers' weekend. Solving the problems of the world - climate change, wealth gaps, unemployment.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

The principle then travels down through the various functions, and ends at sea level with an individual’s daily “to do list.” The essence of sacrifice in her mind was giving up something of value for another consideration; when people are together they are more collaborative and innovative. This journey isn’t an easy one.

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QAspire

JANUARY 17, 2022

Personally, I have seen friends in industries like travel and hospitality whose businesses and hence careers were suddenly disrupted with no where else to go. There are two types of risk – competitive risk, which involves head-to-head competition, and market risk, which creates a new field of play. Embrace your constraints.

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Lead from Within

MAY 17, 2024

Information often needs to travel through multiple layers of management before reaching the front-line employees who need it. Lack of Innovation: When leadership is concentrated at the top, innovative ideas from employees lower down the hierarchy may go unheard.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 16, 2022

When we think of digital nomads, we perhaps have an image of a young, single person who is taking an extended gap year type experience to travel the world and support themselves by working online. Instead, people are committed to their work but are using remote working opportunities to travel at the same time.

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CEO Blog

JANUARY 28, 2011

A good present-day example of this type of leadership can be found in Virgin Group Ltd, a very successful corporation renowned for its presence in a wide variety of global markets. Though busy, Art enjoys meeting new people and clients when traveling to sites throughout Tennessee like the Memphis self storage center.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 25, 2017

Take a look at any successful enterprise and you’ll find innovation at its core. That was just as true a hundred years ago when Henry Ford perfected the assembly line as it is today, when modern day giants like Elon Musk bring cutting edge technology to market. Innovation, as I’ve written before, is how people.

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CO2

AUGUST 31, 2010

The book that is being presented is written by Aaron Goldman entitled Everything I Know about Marketing I learned from Google. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 Technology and its role in travel 2.0 I bet the book is great too. Notice when you watch the video the ability to put hyperlinks embedded in the video.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

The Future Picture represents time travel allowing you to determine how the objective will be on your arrival to it later. They must be bold in their actions, willing to take calculated risks together that will have the greatest potential to achieve major, market?shifting The key is to behave opposite of what most people are taught.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 10, 2017

It’s about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. Discover how you can create multiple passive income streams that work for you so that you can have the time and freedom to do what you love, whether it’s traveling the world, or just living comfortably at home.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 20, 2019

Having worked with more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, innovators, inventors, hobbyists and side hustlers, they often struggle with when it is appropriate to leap from the job environment into the entrepreneurship maze. When she is not running around as a live superhero, she enjoys time with her family and traveling the world.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

To say travel has been disrupted this year is perhaps something of an understatement. While newspaper headlines have examined the travails of the tourism industry and the impact reductions in business travel is having on the sector, they are not the only group for whom travel restrictions have had a profound impact.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

I left my son’s graduation in Florida on Sunday evening headed for Dallas and then traveling on to San Antonio. 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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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 26, 2012

A = Adapt – How about adapting the successful drive-through services that the fast food companies offer to the fast-casual market? P = Put to Other Uses – use the restaurant as a market research center. Renters will travel to a central location where DVDs are stored -renters will come to the DVDs. ? Or vegetarian or even vegan?

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Needing a way to capture and document this event, I recruited Dan Evans , our Chief Marketing Officer , to join me on a journey that would span over 42,000 miles on four continents ( 11 countries total, including stops ) to interview and record sessions with experts in the science and art of leadership. Johannesburg, South Africa. Conclusion.

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