N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 24, 2013

Plus more than half say the bad economy is the main reason for their troubles, followed by changing technologies and an increase in direct competition. Stay current on the latest trends. The website, which became widely available in 2006, was ranked the most visited website after Google by Nielsen Media Research in 2011.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Small Business Trends Anita Campbell Editor provides information of interest to entrepreneurs and executives. Inc.com Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

As should be obvious, this set of metrics is biased not only to product centric data, but also toward historical data, and does not take into account experience or forward looking trends & preferences. CEOs/COOs are looking at the wrong data…they look for trends while or after they happen, not searching for clues before they happen.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Blogging is much more than the latest trend and is here to stay. Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Stuart Oliver: Entrepreneur, Interim CIO, Technology COO, Strategist, » Blog Archive » To blog or not to blog [.] The bottom line is that the numbers do in fact speak for themselves.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

While I can't blame social media since I've seen this trend in metropolitan areas (old woman's purse snatched; no one ran after the snatcher), what you noted here is more than passivity, it's active withdrawal from reality, which is pretty dangerous.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice. If you buy into this line of thinking my guess is that it won’t be the first time you’ve fallen prey to a failed initiative around the latest trend.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

This post is a great example of facing up to the expedient and popular trend of using no as a silver bullet. link] Dan Collins Mike, If there is one characteristic I admire in leaders and respect in you it is the willingness to state in no uncertain terms (sorry for the play on words) their stance.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 1, 2012

The results illustrate the approach, business processes, and software technologies used today and how they correlate to dramatic business performance improvement. BOTTOMLINE: Many manufacturing companies rely on Six Disciplines as their manufacturing execution system, because of its powerful measurement and data trending functionality.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

found that the number of women in top executives positions in Canada has fallen over the past year from 37 women in the highest-paying executive jobs in 2006 to just 31 in 2007. Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year).

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The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 4, 2014

The personal computer revolution was started by putting together existing technologies in a way never done before. They could see from a 10,000 foot elevation how seemingly unrelated technology trends intersected, eventually disrupting the computer industry in a completely new direction. Future Oriented.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Resources indicate that the term “employee relations” started to gain popularity around 2006 when, according to CIDP , the meaning began to shift from the industrial relations understanding of employees as a collective whole , and instead emphasize the focus on individual employees.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

I believe that for the masses this sentiment as a core value ceased to be the case a few decades ago, and the trend is still going the wrong direction. " used to be ingrained into the moral fabric of our society.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2014

Conventional wisdom holds that new technology requires highly educated workers. There is little doubt that new technologies have taken a heavy toll on less educated workers not only in manufacturing industries, but also in routine white-collar jobs. The Association argues that technology has made the LPN position obsolete.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The net result of being a late stage trend follower is that you will likely experience little more than yet another in a long line of great adventures that ended in frustration due to the time wasted and the investment squandered.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

These changes, often unclear and barely perceptible, foreshadow new trends in human behavior, technology, and demographics. Keurig’s founders started from scratch when they created their proprietary coffeemaker and K-cup technology. was designed to protect the company’s earlier K-Cup technology.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

They do not vacillate with the swings and trends of "popular opinion" This, along with an open mind to listen, learn from and entertain the possibility of equally valid, dissenting views is what makes great leaders. But they do believe and stand up for what they believe in. They attempt to change through their example.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

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. SD : It sounds logical to develop strategy by starting with one’s capabilities.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

B&Q (winner of the 2006 “Age Positive Retailer of the Year” Award) says that it hires for soft skills , such as conscientiousness, enthusiasm and customer rapport, which senior workers also seem to show in abundance, while Home Depot famously looks to older store clerks for the experience-based know-how that customers demand.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

My recent Harvard Business School Working Paper on small business credit explores new technology-driven entrants in the world of small business lending. Online lending platforms like OnDeck have been using information on cash flows and direct deposits from small businesses’ bank accounts as a key indicator of credit health since 2006.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Outside of universities, ongoing learning and skill development is essential to surviving economic and technological disruption. In 2014 a CBRE report estimated that 50% of jobs would be redundant by 2025 due to technological innovation. Trends including AI, robotics, and offshoring mean constant shifts in the nature of work.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Between 2006 and 2008, more than $1 billion venture-capital dollars were channeled into startups focused on solar, wind and biofuel technologies. In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail).

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2014

Second, changes in technology have dramatically lowered the cost of experimentation and create unprecedented transparency into problems, solutions, and results. In 2006, Khan launched Khan Academy to deliver “a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.” Second, technology made Khan Academy possible.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

However being aware of industry trends, competitive positioning, who the thought leaders are, etc. Periodicals, Trade Publications and Industry Journals : Again, not being able to address the specific needs of each reader, you must make your own choices here as well. are all critical to your success.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2014

That view is shared by University of Colorado’s Wayne Cascio, who in 2006 wrote about the high cost of low wages for business. Obama mentioned a trend toward “insourcing” — the return of manufacturing jobs from abroad — and vowed to promote advanced manufacturing via four new manufacturing “institutes.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

My recent Harvard Business School Working Paper on small business credit explores new technology-driven entrants in the world of small business lending. Online lending platforms like OnDeck have been using information on cash flows and direct deposits from small businesses’ bank accounts as a key indicator of credit health since 2006.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

If, amidst high unemployment, this seems counterintuitive, consider the deep trends driving the mismatch: technology and globalization have transformed what it takes to succeed in business. Companies frequently complain that it’s tough to find the right people.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. In 2013, GE had reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 32% and water use by 45% compared to 2004 and 2006 baselines, respectively, resulting in $300 million in savings.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Blogging about leadership organizes and crystallizes your thoughts – When I started writing about leadership on my blog back in 2006, I was surprised at how the act of putting things “on paper&# was so effective at taking the concepts in your head, organizing them, and converting them into quicker action.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

If you apply that simple yet elegant measuring stick to an overwhelming glut of information, you have the beginnings of a powerful data visualization that can simplify the complex, identify trends, and shape your audience''s comprehension of the story you want to tell. Design Technology' Minimize the number of canvases.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

Two factors triggered my unease: the trends described by my co-authors and I in our recent HBR article and new work by Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence. After serving as a dean at Harvard and Stanford, he was chair of the World Bank-sponsored Commission on Growth and Development from 2006 to 2010. He calls for expanded U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2013

Adoption risk: Adopting technologies or responding to market, business, and technology trends too quickly or too slowly; reactively or over thought, without considering how non-technical implications or unintended consequences contribute adoption risk. This outdated thinking can be disastrous.

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HR Digest

APRIL 30, 2019

Our journey to transform our business from a traditional cigarette manufacturer to a science and technology-driven company is one of the most dramatic pivots taken by a major multinational company in recent history, so by definition, it impacts our people deeply. Our people are our greatest asset, they are the reason that we’re here today.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Have you seen any trends there? Avil Forum Corporation Great post … you mention the speed of the digital world. I wonder if we'll see a difference in terms of how younger generations approach perfectionism & failure, given digital fluency.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Truth is, when "everyone" gets on-board a trend, the trend is usually over. Have been preaching about the overabundance of leadership gurus with no certification necessary for over a year now. That should speak volumes.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Research by one of us (James) links this trend to software. And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” Most industries in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Expertise can be noticed more easily," says Soumitra Dutta, a professor in business and technology at INSEAD, author of "What's Your Personal Social Media Strategy?" It shows you're up on digital trends, which are affecting every company," says Clark. Status is much more democratic now. How to start. Case study #1: What boundaries?

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