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How Dumb Is Your Business?

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Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

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As one example; if you are a manufacturing organization, innovation in your core could include new and improved materials, new techniques, novel approaches to supply chain management etc. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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What Businesses Need to Know About Sustainable Development Goals

Harvard Business Review

According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion. For most governments, financing the global goals campaigns will be a stretch; governments have already reneged in the past on commitments for similar targets.

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Excess Inventory Wastes Carbon and Energy, Not Just Money

Harvard Business Review

For those of us not in operations, supply chain, or logistics, it's a vaguely familiar line item we learned about in finance class. We know it's important and that we're supposed to reduce it by increasing "turns.". But inventory is not a minor issue. That's a lot of capital tied up in warehouses.

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The 4 Types of Small Businesses, and Why Each One Matters

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 poll by The Pew Research Center found that the public had a more positive view of them than any other institution in the country – they beat out both churches and universities, for instance, as well as tech companies. America loves small businesses. corporations and for companies considering moving production back to the U.S.

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Doing Less, Leading More

Harvard Business Review

This emphasis on leading and not merely doing has had a profound impact on management education.

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The Olympics as a Story of Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

Other mega-events have sometimes taken their toll in business disruption, by interrupting supply chains, altering consumption, or giving rise to workforce absenteeism. The Olympics can bring a halt to "business as usual" for the host government as well, as it diverts resources to support and police the event.