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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? It will be interesting to see if the next round of Google innovation will be as successful as the beauty of their initial simplicity.

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How to Lead Like a Pig

Next Level Blog

In a truly innovative move, the new management team rewrote the employee handbook giving the green light to profanity and dirty jokes “because a loose, fun, nonlinear atmosphere is important to the creative process. What are the best and worst examples you’ve ever seen of a leader managing the impact of his or her footprint?

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Being sharp means being succinct. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Additionally know what you have to trade. Rehearse your pitch. Test and have ready for business.

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The Benefit of Dissenting Opinion | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Therefore the art you speak of sculpts with a very sharp blade – the tongue. 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? Unfortunately, the wildcard is PEOPLE.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Thanks for a wonderful 2010. Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. Great professional achievements are tarnished against a backdrop of personal failure. You've helped me a great deal in this area Mike.

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Living in a Radical State of Uncertainty

Harvard Business Review

The answer is the sharp and unexpected rise of existential risk. The kind of thinking generated by scenario planning, video/war-gaming, and design thinking need to move from the margins of corporations and government organizations to core strategic positions. Bruce Nussbaum is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Make Your Knowledge Workers More Productive

Harvard Business Review

Our research and work with companies suggest three broad approaches you can try, each with its own pros and cons: Enact a sharp "decree" to force a specific change in behavior. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo''s CEO, ended the company''s work-from-home policy to foster a more collaborative, innovative environment.