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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

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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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

by thecoachingconnection on July 15, 2010 This was reprinted below in its entirely by Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth, who originally [.] Controlling one's emotions is part and parcel of emotional intelligence. That took me sometime to understand properly… it was such a good reply from an experienced person.

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Psychology of Time – The Impact on Your Orientation

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Doing Good Via Spam Protection: The Art of Leverage | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

You are breaking down the problem (OCR errors) into small pieces and parceling them out to individual websites. What IF you realized that you are a spammer… The competition dilemma Prices are always relative… Posted in the Business Models , Innovation category.

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Mary Barra Brings Teaming to General Motors

Harvard Business Review

When Dan Akerson became CEO in 2010, he brought a bit of daylight into the hallowed halls, breaking down siloes to urge collaboration between departments that had long stopped talking to each other — engineering and parts buyers, product development and purchasing, to name some especially critical relationships. They play well as a team.

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Google, Don't Choose Micromanagement

Harvard Business Review

No, no, no," you're thinking, "It's about keeping the staff or innovating or making sure the wheels stay on the bus or." My point is that when you have a culture of innovation, people stay, products ship, and performance sizzles. Since the beginning, Google has had a great culture of innovation. That's gotta change.

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What to Do When Your Future Strategy Clashes with Your Present

Harvard Business Review

The innovation portfolio. The innovation portfolio also contained a new business unit called MedStar Ambulatory Services, a network of small, storefront clinics, diagnostic labs, and primary care offices located in dozens of neighborhoods. Partnerships like these are also part of the innovation portfolio. billion in 2010 to $4.9