N2Growth Blog
MAY 16, 2010
As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 18, 2012
Technology, of course, has also been a powerful influence on the Re-Generation, so much so that Bill Gates proposed that we call this next wave Generation I, for Internet. This is the generation of mobile technology, wireless communication, and clouds of constant content. Mobile technology. Cloud Computing. hours a day.
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N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 21, 2010
Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. Unfortunately, the wildcard is PEOPLE. We serve people, lead people, we relate to people, we encourage or discourage people, and we are people.
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 30, 2010
Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. I had to learn that lesson, and almost blew it many years ago. link] mikemyatt Thanks for stopping by Bert.
Strategy Driven
MARCH 18, 2011
Achieving coherence requires a sharpness of focus that few companies have mastered. Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. The leading companies are getting out in front of this trend.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 5, 2011
Some departments started trying it and some developed a few sharp ideas, which generated excitement. Some of the managers underscored the importance of the ideas to surviving the video technology change from VHS to DVD and losing work to other plants. After 2006 it reduced its attention and energy on the front-line improvement.
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