N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Creator: Innovators and Visionaries Creators are the pioneers of new ideas and visionary strategies– naturally inclined towards innovation, thinking outside the box, and envisioning future possibilities. Their leadership style is often characterized by: Creativity and Innovation: Generating groundbreaking ideas and solutions.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

Meaningful and ambitious plans were disclosed: getting a new job, losing weight, traveling to Europe, writing a book, being more patient, spending more time with family, getting organized. Connect with Jane on her LeadBIG blog , Braithwaite Innovation Group or @thehrgoddess on Twitter.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 16, 2021

The Covid pandemic has seen international travel grind to a halt, so visa concerns have been shunted onto the backburner by more pressing events. Travel costs. The researchers gathered data on visa costs when travelling between countries across the world. And our data clearly shows that these barriers include visa costs.”

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Each generation, from Baby Boomers to Generation Z, contributes unique strengths, perspectives, and work styles that, when acknowledged and harnessed, can propel a team toward greater productivity and innovation. Customizing your workplace to fit each generation’s preferences can significantly enhance team cohesion.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Team members who approach obstacles with a positive, determined mindset are more likely to innovate and persevere under pressure. Teams that embrace their unique backgrounds while working toward a common purpose become more innovative, resilient, and capable of achieving extraordinary results.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The tourism industry has ground to a halt as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that has severely limited international travel. The pandemic has been the making of many technologies, and new research from Augusta University explores whether it might do likewise for virtual travel. first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 18, 2015

Aiming to jump start innovation in your organization? Innovation is a necessity, a way of life for mountaineers. Climbers plan meticulously then innovate their way through unexpected challenges to reach a summit. Negative talk—such as, “I’m not qualified” or “It’s too big and messy”—is an enemy of innovation.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 18, 2015

Aiming to jump start innovation in your organization? Innovation is a necessity, a way of life for mountaineers. Climbers plan meticulously then innovate their way through unexpected challenges to reach a summit. Negative talk—such as, “I’m not qualified” or “It’s too big and messy”—is an enemy of innovation.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2021

Supporting innovation. Recent research from Harvard Business School explores how our commute affects not only our productivity but also our creativity and innovation. They found a clear correlation between the length of our commute and the quality of innovative output from that firm. It’s amazing how robust the results are.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s the ROI that comes from curated conversations and spontaneous interactions, those electric moments of innovation that happen when your team is in the same room. A side conversation can lead to the next big idea or micro-innovation, and a shared laugh can forge a bond stronger than any Slack thread.

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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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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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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Kilimanjaro and spent more than a decade traveling the world. At age nineteen, Shannon Huffman Polson became the youngest woman ever to climb Denali, the highest mountain in North America. She went on to reach the summits of Mt. Rainier and Mt.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

These technologies are advancing rapidly and redefining the line between human potential and technological innovation. Disruptive Innovations: A Deeper Dive The rise of digital technology has ushered in a new era of disruptive innovations , fundamentally changing traditional business practices, models, and industries.

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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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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2024

. “The computer revolution and the rise of the Internet has connected talent from all around the world yet, rather than accelerating as many predicted, studies have shown that breakthrough innovation is in decline,” the researchers explain. “True innovation often has a hometown,” the researchers conclude.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 13, 2020

Business travel during the Covid-19 pandemic has ground to a halt, with many arguing that it’s unlikely to truly recover again, as the business world gets used to conducting business virtually rather than face-to-face. The researchers used transaction data from Mastercard to map the global flow of business travel.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Think Outside the Building : How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (PublicAffairs, 2020) One of the leading business thinkers in the world offers a bold, new theory of advanced leadership for tackling the world’s complex, messy, and recalcitrant social and environmental problems.

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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. Again, innovation requires deviation from the norm in all areas, but mostly in what you do and how you do it.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 21, 2024

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken I experienced something worth sharing recently, and we can take at least three lessons from it. I’m always looking for good customer service stories that teach or remind us about creating an amazing customer experience. I experienced something worth sharing recently, and we can take at least three lessons from […]

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Still, his active imagination conjured up a world of time machines, space travel and genetic engineering. GUEST POST from Greg Satell When H.G. Wells was born in 1866, there was no electricity or cars or even indoor plumbing. This was all completely fantasy, but his books foresaw many modern inventions, such as email, lasers and […]

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Examples include healthcare services, food and beverage products, lawn care, construction, clothing, lodging, entertainment and travel services, utilities and police protection. Our vision at E Pluribus Partners is “unlocking productivity and innovation for good.”. Goodness is reflected in organizations that help and serve people.

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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. They say that training, mentoring, innovation, and company culture suffer when employees are not in the office five days a week.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 31, 2013

From @KevinEikenberry Innovation Requires Structure. 5 Changes I Made to Improve My Productivity While Traveling by @JasonWomack. Mindful Mondays: Three Things Mindful Leaders Do by @ScottEblin. How would you behave differently if you OWNED the outcome? by Mark Miller aka @LeadersServe. Lift Your Leadership With These Top CEO Secrets.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Bobby is the Pastor and Innovation Leader at LifeChurch.tv. We’re predictable… How To Think About Innovation Differently. If you have limited resources, you have one of the key ingredients for innovation. When you have all the resources, there’s no need for innovation. Then innovation struck.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

They need to learn to launch new initiatives, inspire others, and champion innovative approaches. These kinds of leaders make important contributions but rarely leave a mark on the businesses they serve. For those wanting to make a lasting impact, new skills are required.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed via rules and processes. A shining testament to the value of being an authentic leader and never sacrificing your integrity, Lutoff-Perlo details the ins and outs of her extraordinary 40-year career.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 24, 2013

We live in a world where information travels quickly and powerfully. “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. Your organization’s growth and success will increase as you apply these principles.

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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. Additionally, job-sharing opportunities for women could be explored to reduce travel and attract top talent.

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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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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress? But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel.

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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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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 16, 2025

But for it to travel one light year would take roughly 3000 yearsbasically, the length of recorded human history. GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore Item 1. The fastest human-created spacecraft goes 165,000 mph. Pretty amazing. The closest star system that hosts an earth-like planet (Alpha Centauri) is 4.4 light years away.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 16, 2017

As Christopher Bishop, head of Herman Miller’s Innovation lab has said, "The war for talent is over, talent has won." Leaders who fail to invest in skill development for team members implicitly enforce a rigid hierarchy that inhibits innovation. Investing in colleagues does not need to be expensive.

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Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

People Who Stick Their Necks Out – Innovation and growth require courage. As a successful basketball coach, Sean gained valuable insights on turning talent into teamwork and now he travels around the country to share those lessons. They help drive consistency and ensure that standards arent just words but daily practices.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 5, 2024

American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) and Harvard Business Review Analytic Services just released a new report that looks into the impact remote work has on employee connectivity. “Travel is a sign of commitment; by being there, you’re showing that you care enough about the relationship to be there in person.”

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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.

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