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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Decisions made at the gut instinct or data level can be made quickly, but offer a higher level of risk. Decisioning at the information level affords a higher degree of risk management, but are still not as safe as those decisions based upon actionable knowledge.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. Talent is clearly a plus as long as it is a value add and not a business requirement.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Aside from being costly, a flawed execution can cast doubt on management credibility, have a negative impact on morale, taint the brand, adversely affect external relationships, and cause a variety of other problems for your business. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions.

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Questions and Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? I often observe ego centered conflicts among senior executives, which turn into a competition for turf, budget, power, influence, control, and ultimately survival. How will we measure them, and what hurdles do we need to hit to be successful?

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management. ” Improving risk management. Climate change, water scarcity, and poor labor conditions in much of the world increase the risk. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation.

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Moving to a Safety Culture in Mining

Harvard Business Review

My conversations with local managers were frustrating. There were complaints and resistance within the company, which had retained a culture of strict hierarchy and rigid, top-down management style. Many employees were not prepared to change, and almost all the managers at the Rustenburg mine were replaced.