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A Medical Innovation Factory in the Middle of the Desert

N2Growth Blog

A surgeon, making life or death decisions during a heart transplant, for example, can see things go terribly wrong in the matter of a millisecond. The CEO must rely on others to accomplish goals. Additionally, teams were encouraged to celebrate failures during the innovation process. Do surgeons have a God complex?

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Developing Intentional Cultures Isn’t Easy

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Ever since Drucker proclaimed that “culture eats strategy for breakfast” in 2006, there has been an understandable emphasis on building the right culture within organizations. The researchers cite the pandemic as an example of a significant event that changed the values, priorities, and work patterns of employees.

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Efficient vs. Effective | N2Growth Blog

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At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? Do your sophisticated screening processes do such a great job of filtering that blind you to new opportunities and critical information? I can use a hand grenade to kill a mosquito.

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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

As such it is concerned with how to gain people’s commitment to the achievement of an organization’s business goals and objectives in a number of different situations.” If there was smooth communication and you felt your opinions were considered, it is likely you enjoyed the process a lot more.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

link] Tanveer Naseer Mike, your piece is a great reminder for organizations to not obsess over their processes or their top talent, but to focus instead on what the purpose is behind their organization. Take Google, for example. Interestingly enough, I think your example of Google is a great one. Take Facebook or Twitter.

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The Lost Art of Brevity | N2Growth Blog

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Let me begin clearly stating that it is not my goal to be perceived as a word-basher. Probably the greatest example of the power of brevity comes from what is widely considered to be the greatest speech in American history: “The Gettysburg Address.&# Thanks for adding to the discussion Randy.

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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

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If all enterprises had socially acceptable values and based all behavior on those values, how would that have changed the outcomes of things like, for example, Enron Corporation, Bernard L. These are some examples of why I think values and their purpose is essential to any discussion of vision and mission.

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