N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. and a development manager at Oracle Corp.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2024

Managers, peers, work friends, mentors, frenemies, annoying people, romantic interests, your boss's boss, and so on. Alex Dang has witnessed up close how VCs’ thinking and mechanisms can create successful businesses at companies like Amazon and McKinsey. We probably spend more hours with our coworkers than with anyone else.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2013

10 Reasons why Managers are Clueless about Leadership by @greatleadership. Leading in the 21st century: An interview with Ford’s Alan Mulally | McKinsey & Company. Smoothing the Creases : 5 Ways to Manage Conflict in the Workplace by Eunisse De Leon. The Dark Side of Technology by John Hagel. link] by @tshnall.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 14, 2013

While you might hear these statements from any manager, they all have one thing in common: the lack of specificity. Organizations need good managers and exceptional leaders (at all levels of your business). Test your management strategies. How are you managing your team? That’s why most managers don’t risk doing it.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Vrio Corp has been committed to following market trends and increasing its value proposition through transformation: investing in technology and content aligned with the consumers’ habits, emphasizing the next generation. Daniel Roldán Chiffoleau is the Chief Transformation Officer at DirecTV Latin America (Vrio Corp.),

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 24, 2013

McKinsey & Company has just launched a new series of video interview programs with high-tech experts. In the first, Eric Schmidt explores the technologies likely to have the greatest disruptive impact on economies, business models, and people.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 16, 2013

Internationally, in 2012 the World Economic Forum reported 10 million jobs were unfilled in the manufacturing sector alone.The world’s three largest workforces — the United States, India and China — all have chronic and growing talent shortages, particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related STEM occupations.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A McKinsey & Company report titled “Diversity Wins: How Inclusion Matters” (2020) found that “Companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on executive teams were 25 percent more likely to have above-average profitability than companies in the fourth quartile.”

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Anyone can be collaborative leader—whether you are the CEO, a mid-level manager or a front-line supervisor. The need for collaboration is driven by the issues arising from the current economic crisis and supported by the opportunities afforded by advances in technology, specifically Web 2.0. It doesn’t matter what your role is.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 19, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written for The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Paul Willmott explains why Board members should raise nine critical questions when discussing technology strategy with IT and business managers. Although many (most?)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 19, 2012

Here is an excerpt from still another outstanding article, written by Oliver Alexy and Markus Reitzig, featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (January 2012), and published by McKinsey & Company.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 2, 2011

Once again, McKinsey & Company offers (at no cost) an exceptionally valuable resource, in this instance Eric Schmidt‘s conversation with McKinsey director James Manyika about business culture, technology, and social issues.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 1, 2025

A McKinsey study found that companies led by forward-thinking executives are 2.8 The market changes, technology evolves, and employee expectations shift. Embrace New Technology AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making arent optionaltheyre essential. Leaders who resist technology dont just fall behind; they lose relevance.

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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Today, technology has become central to how every business competes. In fact, McKinsey found that fewer than a third of organizational. In fact, McKinsey found that fewer than a third of organizational. Unfortunately, most of these initiatives fail.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

For executives, AI isn't just about technology; it's about transformation. A report by McKinsey Global Institute estimates that AI could add $13 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Supply chain management? Prioritize Data Management: AI thrives on data. Is it customer service? Product recommendations?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 30, 2020

The continuing advancement and convergence of artificial intelligence, bio-technology, nanotechnology, virtual and augmented reality, quantum computing, and Big Data will automate millions of jobs in the United States. McKinsey predicts that by 2030, over 25 million jobs in the United States will be automated. Are you “Bulletproof?”

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Lead from Within

APRIL 22, 2024

According to McKinsey’s study, it highlights the concerns of executives, with a staggering 87% believing that their organizations will face disruption due to digital trends. Human-Tech Synergy: Rather than viewing technology as a threat, embrace it as a partner.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Data compiled by McKinsey shows that nearly half of all leadership transitions fail, and just two years after executive transitions, up to 46% of them “are regarded as failures or disappointments.” If executives are the best of the best, shouldn’t they be able to succeed on their own accord?

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Here are some tips for successfully managing knowledge workers: o Encourage their passion When professionals were working 35-40 hours per week and taking four to five weeks of vacation, it was not so important that they loved what they did. A role model for providing positive networking is strategy consulting firm McKinsey.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2016

The Biggest Leap You’ll Ever Make : From Team Member to First-Time Manager by @JesseLynStoner. How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling - Fortune. From @JohnBaldoni Baseball Lesson : How You Can Become A Better Manager By Keeping It Simple.

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HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

History, if it has taught us anything at all, has taught us that technology has created large employment and sector shifts, but also widened job opportunities. Organizations are now facing a learning curve as managers scramble to lead their teams virtually. Coronavirus has changed the way Americans work. What should companies do now?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 16, 2011

Capozzi, Renée Dye, and Amy Howe and featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (April 20110), the business journal of McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and register for free email alerts, please click here. * * * Senior managers can apply practical insights [.].

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 19, 2024

As an executive leadership coach who has fully embraced AI, I not only witness but also actively participate in helping businesses implement and leverage this transformative technology to help them achieve their goals. A McKinsey study found that AI-driven pricing can increase profits by 5-10%.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 14, 2012

It's not really about the products made, the technology developed or the financial instruments that are bought and sold. Drucker (1909-2005), had a huge impact in establishing management as a discipline and built the foundation for coaching as a leadership skill and practice. "He It's all about the people.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 19, 2013

Eric Schmidt on "Disruptive technologies" HBR HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing How to Listen When Someone Is Venting John Butman Management Tip of the Day Margaret Heffernan Mark Goulston Mark Kaplan Mason Donovan McKinsey & Company McKinsey Publishing Michael D.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 1, 2011

I’ve recently become fascinated with patent trolls – companies that buy patents for systems or technologies that others are already using for the sole purpose of selling them. This patent contains solid references to articles from Strategic Management Journal and, quite interestingly, other patents.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

The research was arguably the first study that attempted to predict how technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics would impact the labour market. While there are good reasons to be optimistic about the long run, such optimism is only possible if we successfully manage the short-term dynamics,” he writes.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2022

For all the hype surrounding technologies such as AI, for most of the last few years, there has been precious little return on the investments companies were making. Many AI-related projects were stuck in a research or pilot phase and were subsequently making little real impact on the operations of the business.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. Most organizations reward employees for their ability to manage. The problem? Why is that?

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Chart Your Course

AUGUST 22, 2014

Only 52 percent of companies spend their time in a way that aligns with their strategic goals, according to a McKinsey survey of 1,500 executives from businesses of all sizes around the world. Calendar Management. The most essential time management technology for increasing your productivity is calendar scheduling software.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2015

Per the 2014 McKinsey research study of 1323 companies involved in organization redesign, less than a quarter of those transformation efforts succeeded. Subramanian is author of the new book, Transforming Business with Program Management : Integrating Strategy, People, Process, Technology, Structure and Measurement.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 21, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization Dan Pontefract The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation Jon Gertner To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism Evgeny Morozov [.].

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 21, 2012

information about work and jobs is relatively hard to come by for someone seeking employment,” says James Manyika, a director of the McKinsey Global Institute. Technology has had a somewhat perverse effect on job-hunting. Technology allows [companies] to search for keywords. “We find that in the U.S.,

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

If you don’t solve the skills riddle with agility, curiosity, and smart technology capabilities, your organization could fade from existence.” When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing. Digital transformation managers. Marti Konstant . She started as a high school Spanish teacher.

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack A recent McKinsey Leading Off – Essentials for leaders and those they lead email newsletter, referred to an article “The organization of the future: Enabled by gen AI, driven by people” which stated that digitization, automation, and AI will reshape whole industries and every enterprise.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The recent explosion of HR technology has driven a major boom in innovative HR solutions. Employee lifecycle management, which defines the major HR function, is somewhat becoming less complicated; HR trends in 2019 suggest the industry is poised to rip even more benefits from the digital progression. The use of blind hiring technology.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 16, 2013

Raynor Mumtaz Ahmed NewGeography.com Norm Smallwood Pamela Ryckman Paul Willmott Paulett Eberhart (CDI) in “The Corner Office” Progress At Work [comma] But Mothers Still Pay a Price Ron Ashkenas Seven Strategies for Simplifying Your Organization Stephanie Coontz Stiletto Network talent management The American Scholar The do-or-die questions boards (..)

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