N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

It is simply a more intelligent approach to consistently manage brand exposure than it is to let your brand run wild and then attempt to triage overexposure. Once a brand’s appeal begins to erode, it will require significant time and expense to recover. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Yet in business, leaders too often feel as though they’re operating under life and death conditions. Failure supports innovation and improvement. Wild conditions are the time when paddling firmly with intention can establish momentum and create a welcome sense of stability during the turbulence. Mistakes fuel progress.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Wilde Follow-up 260

Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 24, 2023

Future success and innovation require genuine conversation, even when it’s hard. Your Amazing SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) Yes, yes, yes. If your good team’s results are the outcome of a deliberate strategy, well executed. Congratulations! They dance around conflict or stuff it in the diaper genie.

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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. Whether new or old ideas, all successful entrepreneurs ultimately operate under the same guiding principle: They make their customers so happy that they gladly give them money in return.

Succession 271

Succession Entrepreneur Real Estate Engineering 271

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 13, 2014

He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. Special Operations Command UChicago University of Chicago USSOC Voltaire Western Union The Wall Street Journal Whirlpool Corporation'

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Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Drucker 93

Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

They create the openness, engagement, and collective thinking that drives innovation and greater business success. Their enterprise goals platform, based on “Goal Science” thinking, is designed to engage, empower, and cross-functionally align workers. There are five key pillars to goal management: Connected.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

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CIO Enterprise Architecture Review CFO 80

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Despite a natural tension between the front of the house and the kitchen (in other industries, that tension is between operations and sales) his retention rate is unusually high, over 80% of employees have been there over five years. Can you have it all? I recently interviewed restaurant co-owner Rob Evans. His motivation? “I

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Executive Coaching Self-aware Entrepreneur Wilde 159

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 28, 2014

He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. Special Operations Command University of Chicago USSOC Western Union Whirlpool Corporation'

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Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Wilde 75

LDRLB

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

As I reported here previously , there is very credible evidence that a narcissistic leader will take a company on a wild ride that won’t result in any better or worse performance. It’s not often that we see a well designed study that tries to explain how a leader’s personality affects the performance of a company.

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CEO P&L Company Venture Capitalist 118

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 22, 2024

Whereas when the term was first coined, there were less than 40 unicorns, there are now reported to be around 2,500 in the wild. Indeed, analysis from consultancy firm Bain suggests that there are only a handful of firms that have been created over the past 20 years that are actually generating operational profits at any kind of scale.

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P&L Business Model Wilde Incentives 119

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

And, you operate in a fishbowl. He is graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business’s LEAD program in Corporate Innovation. We’ve actually seen founders and the people who were drawn to the early stage company create crises that don’t need to happen just to feel that rush again. You are always in the mix.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 249

CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2010

A few days later, his horse came back with twenty wild horses. One of the wild horses kicked the man’s only son, breaking both his legs. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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Executive Coaching Wilde Strategic Planning Taylorism 87

CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2010

A few days later, his horse came back with twenty wild horses. One of the wild horses kicked the man’s only son, breaking both his legs. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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Executive Coaching Wilde Strategic Planning Taylorism 87

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

In 1891, the Anglo-Irish playwright and author, Oscar Wilde, wrote, “We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.” On the other hand, innovative technology has brought huge advances to our lives. Is that what you want?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2020

What is more, the adoption of new technologies will facilitate oil and gas operations. We should never underestimate the potential for technological innovation. Adoption will take operational efficiency to the next level and across the entire lifecycle. Even offshore drilling hasn’t delivered on its potential yet.

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Industry Energy Offshoring Technology 74

CO2

JANUARY 5, 2011

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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Executive Coaching Blog Execution Strategic Planning 90

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This can prevent the “wild goose chase” scenario in ride-hailing, where cars must travel long distances without passengers to meet demand. Teledriving can let platforms operate with fewer drivers while keeping or even improving service quality, lowering operational costs and making these services more accessible.

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Transportation Wilde Travel Efficiency 69

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 26, 2015

In this competitive marketplace, an organization’s ability to innovate by staying ahead of the competition and delivering products that command the market’s attention is more important than ever.

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Chief Operating Officer Operations Innovation Products 70

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 3, 2023

“Credentialism runs wild in slack labor markets, ratcheting up qualifications well beyond what is genuinely needed to do a job,” explains Johns Hopkins University’s Katherine Newman in her recent book Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the Poor.

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Participative Benchmarking Education Wilde 96

Chartered Management Institute

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It celebrates impactful works, cutting-edge research and innovative thinking – from books and blogs to podcasts – that address the critical business and economic challenges of our time. A broader audience The awards are divided into three broad categories: Sustainable Futures, SME Growth, and Social Enterprise and Innovation.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 12, 2022

Always open to new challenges, he seized the opportunity to lead a university with facilities that were a bit long in the tooth and that lacked any signs of innovating in the future. . So how did he meet the challenge of changing the staid academic culture to one that is today unique and innovative? As Roger Clodfelter, Senior V.P.

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Case Study Education Learning-by-Doing Brand 91

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Which leads me to this conclusion; one of the healthiest habits you can operate in is healthy thinking! This has been the biggest contributor to how I operate now. A healthy dose of nature helps me maintain a healthy perspective and keep day-to-day challenges from running wild. What is that!?” As a man thinketh, right?

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Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Entrepreneurship has seldom been sexier, with the press overwhelmed with stories of technological disruption and the tremendous changes emerging across society as a result of the bold and courageous innovators that are bucking the norm. Hype run wild. Are we all entrepreneurs now? in 1985 to just 5.3% A decline in disruption.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. But giving up the pursuit of innovation seems less than satisfying, if not unrealistic.

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Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 16

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Press Release Discount Advertising Sharpe 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

Any promising new initiative — a stand-alone business venture or an innovation in an established organization — hits roadblocks and unexpected obstacles. Recently I''ve advised entrepreneurs and innovators about a different, seemingly better, dilemma: pop-up opportunities that look like short cuts to success.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. I innovated programs which brought acclaim, prestige, fund-raising, community collaborations and more to that organization. How Quickly They Forget Some people are creative and innovative. Spot them and avoid them.

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Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 51

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2012

Tomas* is a regional vice president in Santiago, Chile He works for a European company with operations throughout the globe. We've heard from countless managers like him who have seized on what they believe to be a game-changing innovation that they cannot get senior leaders to pay attention to. One recent interview stood out.

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Marketing Wilde Innovation Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? As leaders see their risks to current operations increase, and expected returns from planned investments decrease, it’s likely they’ll face larger growth gaps than they had expected. Growth strategy Innovation' Once again this sounds straightforward.

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Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget. It's just that they're often busy doing what they've always done, maintaining operational systems while reacting to the demands of an increasingly tech-savvy user community.

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Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

As Quartz reported last year: Members of the Glass operations team have been on the road showing it off to companies and organizations, and they told Quartz that some of the most enthusiastic responses have come from manufacturers, teachers, medical companies, and hospitals. When Innovation Is Strategy. How Boards Can Innovate.

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Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

I'm sure many supervisors at American would have issues with their colleague's innovative, if mildly deceptive, solution. It's hard to cite many businesses that make kindness the bedrock of their operating strategies. He also made the meeting on time — and told the entire board about the "miracle" he'd experienced at DFW.

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Strategy Airlines Hotels Heskett 21

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

It’s very rare that innovation decisions are black and white. The executive sponsor felt the frustration that is common to companies that are used to the certainty that tends to characterize operational decisions, where historical experience has created robust decision rules that remove almost all need for debate and discussion.

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Marketing Constraint How To Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The term corporate entrepreneur devalues what real entrepreneurs do, and it creates a haze of hokum around people trying to innovate in large companies that sets them up to fail. There is an ocean of difference between people innovating or designing new offerings inside a large company, and actual entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Innovation Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

The traditional advice, from Clayton Christensen’s work on disruptive innovations and Michael Tushman’s on organizational ambidexterity , is to set up the new activity as a separate unit, reporting to a manager at the corporate headquarters who can sponsor the new activity and help to integrate it with the rest of the company. Strategy'

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Mass Marketing Brand Disruptive Innovation Advice 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Walgreens, for instance, which has widened its mission from operating pharmacies to improving people’s overall wellness, would naturally want people to get more exercise and live healthier. Innovation Marketing' This sounds straightforward, and in a company with a clear strategy it is. Finally, make the data actionable.

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