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How Dumb Is Your Business?

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Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s. All Rights Reserved

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The Benefit of Dissenting Opinion | N2Growth Blog

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Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Unfortunately, the wildcard is PEOPLE. We serve people, lead people, we relate to people, we encourage or discourage people, and we are people. Our Freedom.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

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Thanks for a wonderful 2010. Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. You've helped me a great deal in this area Mike.

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When Research Should Come with a Warning Label

Harvard Business Review

The researchers looked at systematic reviews conducted between 2006 and 2013. As the expert panel commissioned to come up with the 2010 dietary guidelines for the US Department of Agriculture noted, the scientific evidence for something you would think would be critical to our understanding of obesity, was “ disappointing.”.

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The Ripple Effects of Parents Not Using Their Vacation Time

Harvard Business Review

These soaring rates of phone-usage coincide with a sharp decline in taking time off from work. Williams and Heather Boushey found in a comprehensive 2010 report that Americans worked an average of 11 more hours per week in 2006 than they did in 1979 – which adds up to the equivalent of roughly three extra weeks of work per year.

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America's Innovation Shortfall and How We Can Solve It

Harvard Business Review

A little-recognized NSF report released in September 2010, the 2008 Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) , said that only 9% of public and private companies engaged in either product or service innovation between 2006 and 2008. And Big Business did not even make those bets. That's before the Great Recession.

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How to Pull Your Company Out of a Tailspin

Harvard Business Review

By 2010 the company had become the best-performing stock in the S&P 500, worth $30 per share and earning investors a return of 29 times. In the photography industry, Leica provides a sharp example of how adding new capabilities can help a company reverse free fall. Since then its stock has more than doubled.