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.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Indeed, in the Jobs of the Future index created by the consultancy firm Cognizant, roles such as “solar engineer” and “solar panel installer” feature heavily, with solar engineer jobs up around 368% in the past year. This growth has been driven by the tremendous technological strides made by solar power.

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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. Jack Welch the former head of GE built a reputation as one of the great chief executives of this era. That’s about it. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

They focus on this marketing campaign or that new technology, and lose track of what’s most important. Provide clear direction: One of the key directives for products managers is to provide clear direction to the engineering/development teams. Make customer calls and customer visits often. Know what works.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 9, 2021

While it’s a logical sentiment, especially in an age in which technology is becoming ever more sophisticated, new research from Osaka University suggests that PhDs are not actually very good as entrepreneurs. ” Declining fortunes. .” ” Declining fortunes. in 2012.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 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? While they shouldn’t, the reality is that they most certainly do. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. You Know How To Say It : Mark Twain I’m not, but for the most part I can put across a cogent thought.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

At the same time, fighter planes were coming in low overhead, their engines echoing in the cavernous atmosphere of Manhattan. 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?

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

What drives your economic engine? It asks the leader and their team to determine what is the measurement of their success (Collin’s economic engine). Technology and its role in travel 2.0 What are you passionate about? I use a tool I have developed to help companies Vision statement worksheet (attached). John Sullivan FORA.tv

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

What drives your economic engine? It asks the leader and their team to determine what is the measurement of their success (Collin’s economic engine). Technology and its role in travel 2.0 What are you passionate about? I use a tool I have developed to help companies Vision statement worksheet (attached). John Sullivan FORA.tv

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives. You would be wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. What are the critical levers for change that could be enhanced through technology?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Reading the headlines, you might think that the most urgent question about national success in innovation and growth is whether the U.S. Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. in the most radical technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

New research , funded by the Tony Elumelu Foundation and conducted by my team at the African Institution of Technology , shows that within Africa, innovation is accelerating and the continent is finding better ways of solving local problems, even as it attracts top technology global brands.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence? So into the “Scoping” stage we go and the learning begins. Million; not big, but interesting.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. After all, the first prototype of a digital camera was created in 1975 by Steve Sasson, an engineer working for … Kodak. So, another explanation is that Kodak invented the technology but didn’t invest in it.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

It is based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and is implemented by fastworks as an add-in to Microsoft Excel, a ubiquitous engine that many already use for various business applications, which reduces the learning curve and the need for expensive proprietary software. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Some business pundits today believe innovation ignites better in startups than in large, established corporations. In fact, a lot of big companies have proven they are better positioned than emergent firms to create and execute innovation, however on-fire a startup may be. Laura Schneider FOR HBR. ” I disagree.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

As Steve Jobs steps down as Apple's CEO — and Tim Cook takes over — many folks are wondering whether Apple can keep its innovation engine humming. During Jobs' absence from 1986-1998, Apple's innovation premium dropped by 30% as the company quit innovating and its investors lost confidence. Can he do it?

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

It is based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and is implemented by fastworks as an add-in to Microsoft Excel, a ubiquitous engine that many already use for various business applications, which reduces the learning curve and the need for expensive proprietary software. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 John Sullivan FORA.tv

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Google your name periodically. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp).

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 26, 2011

The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity Richard Florida Harper (2010) With each reconfiguration of the economic landscape, there’s “good news&# and “bad news In the first chapter, Richard Florida explains that peaks and valleys are part of the lifecycle of any society as “obsolete and (..)

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

It may well be that some Self-Starters lack the equipment, technology, or funding needed to perform well and have simply given up. Storage Technology Corporation (“StorageTek”) and U S WEST Inc. In other cases leaders may be playing favorites and causing those not in the inner circle to quit making meaningful contributions.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

Staying true to its roots as an engineering-centric company, Google has stood out both for its early skepticism of the value of managers as well as for its novel, often quantitative approaches to management decisions. If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Nokia's technology isn't a root cause of its current crisis. Don't blame its engineers and designers either. The company still knows how to innovate. America was treated as an innovation afterthought. You can't be a genuine global innovator if you're a loser in America. a poor platform for innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

which cries out for breakthrough healthcare delivery innovations that aim at significant cost reductions and wider coverage. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. Innovation has the power to ratchet down U.S. Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work. In 2016, the U.S. Add to Cart.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

Over the last decade, Tech Square, the eight-square-block area in Midtown designed to facilitate private and public research ventures, has attracted the corporate research centers of 12 Fortune 500 companies, including AT&T, Panasonic, and Coca-Cola, as well as hundreds of small technology startups. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities. It was far easier to create the technology than to get the management agreement to use it across functions and country units.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

in 2010, and has a couple thousand hybrids or EVs on the road now. Broadly, the cost of electric batteries has plummeted 80% in just six years , due to innovation and enormous investments in production capacity, largely in China. Third, there are brand benefits to this kind of innovation. FedEx got there early in the U.S.,

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. In a perfect world you would build relationships with the largest possible universe of targeted constituents where you can productively engage and contribute.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” Moreover, it poses a challenge to the government’s aim of meeting recruitment targets in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), particularly subjects such as physics and mathematics, which heavily rely on the expertise of male teachers.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Research published by Rosalind Bergemann in 2010 among workers who voluntarily chose to become independent reveals that 74% of respondents cited a lack of employer engagement as their principal reason for leaving. New technologies and services for contingent workers make it easier and less painful to make the choice to go independent.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Thanks for a wonderful 2010. Trying to re-engineer an entire life in a few short years down the home stretch is a tough row to hoe. Great professional achievements are tarnished against a backdrop of personal failure. You've helped me a great deal in this area Mike. Thanks for the great reminder.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 11, 2019

That’s beginning to shift however, with R&D hubs emerging in countries like China, India and Israel, and a recent study argues that the role played by information technology in innovation is a major driver behind this change. Shifting R&D overseas.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

They will fail not because AI is all hype, but because companies are approaching AI-driven innovation incorrectly. Already, evidence suggests that early AI pilots are unlikely to produce the dramatic results that technology enthusiasts predict. Unfortunately, most of these efforts will fail. Most companies started online divisions.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

invests vast amounts in innovation – $135 billion from federal government sources alone in 2015 – yet it lacks a coherent intellectual property strategy to ensure that the investment pays off. The strategy of promoting its technology helped Europe win this battle and gather the spoils in growth, profitability, and employment.

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