The Horizons Tracker

MAY 31, 2023

The apparent slowdown in innovation and scientific breakthroughs (coupled with the rising costs of such breakthroughs) is something I’ve touched on a number of times over the past few years.

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Discount Incentives Innovation Quality 67

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer A Round Up of My Writing in August 2010 August 2010 came to an end, and once again, I didn’t quite notice it in frenzy of everything going around. In case you missed reading any of my posts, here is a quick round up of all my writing in August 2010. Have a GREAT weekend!

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PPM Directory Storytelling Blog 109

QAspire

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Invisible Cost of “Toxic” Leadership Many organizations today are plagued by so-called leaders who don’t carry a leadership mindset. This (invisible) cost is huge and most of the times, beyond the scope of recovery.

Cost 107

Cost Leadership Project Blog 107

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

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Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 80

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Well actually, no it’s not. All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration.

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Blog Brand Depreciation CEO 288

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 288

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap? Efficiency and productivity are not found working at or even near capacity. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Blog Leadership Brand Depreciation 416

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

Blog 419

Blog Reputation Participative Brand 419

CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? And at times it costs us money chasing down innovation at a cost of operational excellence. Sometimes, because it is a true operating value.

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Innovation Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Definition 74

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Miller Mike, In this speed-at-all-costs world we've created, there is a complete lack of Plan B. Smart leaders will do everything in their power to keep a decreae in velocity from becoming a self imposed adversary due to a lack of contingency planning.

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Contingency Plans Planning Blog Ryan 306

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I think loyalty cost us nothing, yet delivers great reward to a team. Recognition takes no skill and costs nothing. Let’s see how many leadership characteristics we can come up with that require no talent… Related Post : Leadership Basics Share and Enjoy: View Comments pastortom2022 Fantastic post Mike.

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Blog Leadership Loyalty Self-aware 382

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Show me someone who hasn’t made a bad decision and I’ll show you someone who is either not being honest, or someone who avoids decisioning at all costs, which by the way, constitutes a bad decision. Conduct a Cost/Benefit Analysis : Do the potential benefits derived from the decision justify the expected costs?

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Blog Analysis CEO Brand 396

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. All of these traits preclude the advancement of change initiatives and cripple innovation.

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Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. Innovation, improvements, or these 'Next' Practices should be looked at in all facets of your business value proposition, your core.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 295

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 13, 2023

Tech support The researchers analyzed the various trends that are driving emissions in the 59 countries where emissions grew faster than average between 2010 and 2018 (although they notably excluded India and China from their analysis). The costs involved in this effort are also significant, and amount to up to 4.1% of national GDP.

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GDP Trends Technology Globalization 119

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

Environment 419

Environment Blog Due Diligence Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

While arrogant people can and often do succeed in business, I believe that it comes at a great personal and professional cost. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

Blog 410

Blog Loyalty Long-term Brand 410

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design.

Brand 267

Brand Blog Reputation Parcell 267

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great. They resist at all costs letting that dreaded public display of compassion slip out. A leader whose focus is on serving others will find it difficult to wander off course.

Blog 411

Blog Leadership Brand Reputation 411

CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? And at times it costs us money chasing down innovation at a cost of operational excellence. Sometimes, because it is a true operating value.

Innovation 60

Innovation Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Definition 60

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? Let me ask you a question – Have you become so efficient that you’ve rendered yourself ineffective? Are you efficient or effective, or do you know? I Think Not.

Efficiency 354

Efficiency Blog Brand Depreciation 354

N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

Brand 302

Brand Depreciation Blog Politics 302

CO2

OCTOBER 13, 2010

About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. John Sullivan FORA.tv

Cost 79

Cost Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Taylorism 79

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Unfortunately I’m not kidding - if your business isn’t one of the deep pocketed companies capable of executing a strategy like the one mentioned above, then you must understand how to cost effectively appropriate and deploy your resources & talent in a manner that still produces results.

Brand 271

Brand Blog How To Public Relations 271

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago I wrote about innovation and entrepreneurship in Norway and Qatar. They believe that their findings add additional nuance to the current narrative that suggests that the decline in entrepreneurship is largely a consequence of higher startup costs, labor constraints, or even the aging population. Opportunity costs.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Long-term Cost of Capital Engineering 94

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 28, 2021

Given the intensity of the cloud marketplace today, it seems incredible to countenance that Amazon largely had the market to themselves for a number of years, before the likes of Azure launched in 2010. The growth of crowd-based services from these early roots has been considerable, however, with a growth of 12.6%

Globalization 124

Globalization Marketing Case Study Project 124

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

Blog 419

Blog Brand Consultative Depreciation 419

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Kevin also hosts the Best of Leadership Blogs 2010 contest of which this blog is a nominee (if you haven’t voted yet, today is the last day for voting). Today’s guest post by Kevin Eikenberry ( @kevineikenberry ) really resonates with me because it’s chalk full of leadership perspective. I Think Not.

Leadership 302

Leadership Blog Brand Consultative 302

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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Blog Leadership Self-aware Crisis 403

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success.

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CEO Blog Delegation Covey 298

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. They find ways to consistently engage them and incorporate them into their innovation and planning initiatives. Bottom line – leaders who build a static business doom themselves to failure.

Blog 420

Blog Meyer Short-term Learning-by-Doing 420

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice. Our Freedom.

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Blog Leadership Brand Consultative 405

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? Have they been fudging their research for years? I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Blog Gordon CEO Consultative 401

QAspire

AUGUST 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Pursuit of Getting It “First Time Right” (FTR) Building quality involves cost. You spend efforts and energy on preventing the errors (prevention cost) and then checking your work (appraisal cost). By Tanmay , August 18, 2010 @ 7:57 am @Anand - Thanks for the comment.

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Cost Quality Project Directory 139

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo.

Leadership 419

Leadership Blog Consultative Brand 419

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO. In most cases the answer is no it’s not…however this is often times exactly how the decision is made. That’s about it. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 325