N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. My mind is racing around between what I've been a part of over the last two years in social media and the participants in the story. Take "reality TV" (please).

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Example 2: My alumni association maintains a career group within Linkedin, and the quality and quantity of questions and answers posted keep me abreast of new developments, trends, and geo-specific information. Marketing dollars to establish a relationship only go so far until actual relationships become more important.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 18, 2011

The steps she took next to bring her chocolates to a larger market would bring her great success over the course of the next decade. To prove her commitment to what she calls the ‘lifestyle component’ of her business, her employees participate in a weekly yoga class at the office. Katrina didn’t give up.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

I was in a meeting the other day, when one of the participants received a call from a journalist looking for women business owners who were having trouble accessing credit. Marketing in an Economic Downturn Post by Dr. Marsha Firestone, contributing Women On Business writer. The women in the room did not have that story at all!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

While I don’t think a business will perish if it does not blog, I wholeheartedly believe a business will clearly fail to maximize its full potential without leveraging the significant benefits that blogging affords to those who do choose to participate. Blogging is much more than the latest trend and is here to stay.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

For instance, we send someone an email requesting their participation, reaction, decision, and because we know when we sent it, we have a pre-conceived idea about when we might hear back from them. When we don’t, we begin our internal storytelling, ‘He must be thinking this,” “She must be doing that.”

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Women on Business

JULY 12, 2012

This trend has the ability to shape our world in a positive way that everyone can be a part of. This became very important after the 2010 earthquake devastated the country. Through their certification program consumers can see the difference between companies marketing social good and those practicing it.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 24, 2011

Key predictions include: Organizations will need to plan for increasingly chaotic environments that are out of their direct control, and adaptation must involve adjusting to all 10 of the trends. Gathering market intelligence via the collective is crucial. Work Sketch-ups : Most non-routine processes will also be highly informal.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 24, 2011

Key predictions include: Organizations will need to plan for increasingly chaotic environments that are out of their direct control, and adaptation must involve adjusting to all 10 of the trends. Gathering market intelligence via the collective is crucial. Work Sketch-ups : Most non-routine processes will also be highly informal.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Each year at this time, I look forward and predict trends in social media for the coming year. Social media continues to move forward toward business integration, a trend that I identified last year. From levels, to leaderboards, to badges or points, rewards for participation abound. How'd I do?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

As a backlash against increasingly international trends, relationships matter more. Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Base marketing initiatives on shared values and multiple-agendas. Investigate those doing what you want to do.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

I'll take a stab at six trends again. Don't be surprised if the same companies that piloted programs such as Ford's "Fiesta Movement" and Starbuck's Foursquare programs also become the first companies to take on the huge challenge of integrating social media into all facets of business from global marketing to crisis management and beyond.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

– How to Create and Implement a Knowledge Transfer Program, part 2 Posted by Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill on November 17, 2010 · 2 Comments Now that you’ve looked at your workforce (in The Boomers are Leaving! He has a marketing communications degree from Bradley University.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 9, 2010

Posted on August 9, 2010 by LeaderTalker | 2 Comments Well, this post is one for the bizarro-files. moravecglobal | August 16, 2010 at 3:57 PM | Loyalty effect? Jettisoned employees are finding that the hard won knowledge, skills and capabilities earned while being loyal are no longer valuable in the employment market place.

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Roundtable Talk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Going green: start your own grassroots leadership revolution → Own the Podium: when stretch targets go bad Posted on February 23, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment There’s lots of hand wringing and apologizing going on from the Own the Podium committee, athletes and the media at large these days. Happy leading!

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

P romote Participation. Slowly, we are seeing a shift from a buyer’s to a seller’s labor market. Igniting Commitment: Engaging Employees for Breakthrough Performance Having a mediocre team or great team all depends on you. How to SPARK employee engagement in your organization: S et High Goals. Involve employees in decision making.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

P romote Participation. Igniting Commitment: Engaging Employees for Breakthrough Performance Having a mediocre team or great team all depends on you. How to SPARK employee engagement in your organization: S et High Goals. Provide employees with the latest information to enable them to set important goals. Involve employees in decision making.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 29, 2010

Say it ain’t so… Posted on March 29, 2010 by LeaderTalker | 2 Comments In 1999 Dan Pink put out his book Free Agent Nation based on his earlier Fast Company article and changed my view of organizational life as I knew it. I just found an article today (May 25, 2010) that stated that HR departments are noticing more folks quitting this year.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” This concerning trend carries potential implications for educational achievement, as the study highlights that schools categorized as being in “special measures” are less likely to have male classroom teachers. Indeed, labor force participation rates have been on the decline for men in a wide range of fields.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. First of all, it turns out that the productivity explanation for sector trends is incomplete. For example there is still a demand for nurses being filled by foreign sources, though the influx has slowed since 2010. Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If you were to make a list of up-and-coming business trends, social media strategies would probably be near the top. Only after you’ve built a firm foundation will your social network begin to sustain itself through participant contribution and recommendation. Marketing 101 principles still apply.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

If there was one trend in the last decade of the twentieth century that anyone would recognize as important, it would be continuous improvement. Keep your company fighter-pilot agile in any turbulent or changing market. They must close the gap between what was true about the market yesterday and what the new truth is today.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

Back in 2010, one of Judson’s residents realized that the goal of enlivening the cultural life of the retirement community and the need to provide affordable housing for nearby graduate music students might be simultaneously solved. It turned out to be an inspired insight, and soon it led to an artist-in-residence program.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Our Global Trends research, along with discussions with senior executives around the world, show that in response to tighter credit and budgets companies are exploring new ways to create and capture value. For example, could a barter deal quickly expand reach, credibility or brand recognition in the market for new products poised to launch?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2013

Here, we gleaned some additional insights from a separate analysis of 281 social ventures that applied to participate in the 2010 or 2011 Summer Institutes run by the Unreasonable Institute , the Colorado-based social-enterprise accelerator. So what does it take to create these larger online networks?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

million university graduates entered the job market in 2010 , up from one million in 1999. Especially telling: 57% of the Chinese women university graduates surveyed for our book Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets rated the public sector as an attractive job option. But this trend isn't limited to recent graduates.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

billion impressions on Twitter and Instagram and was the top trending topic in the U.S. First, the global goals campaign represents a significant new opportunity for companies that view emerging and frontier markets as their source of long-term growth. Third, the goals cannot be realized without business participation.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2012

The record for the farthest flight-to-date currently stands at 207 feet set in 2010 at Flugtag Minneapolis/St.Paul. With well over one hundred potential points of contact with members of its target market, the chances that Red Bull will connect in multiple ways with the target market is very high.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

If you learn to plan, structure, and participate in meetings effectively, you will be able improve your own time management and productivity as well as that of other participants. For example, ‘To decide on a marketing plan and determine the next steps for everyone in the group. To be completed by March 31st.’

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. That's correct so far as it goes —but it doesn't go nearly far enough.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Is Amazon trying to capitalize on the growing trend of mail-order meal kits? I see Amazon’s price strategy with Whole Foods, fueled by constant testing and experimentation, to evolve in three steps: changing price perception, growing the market for healthy foods, and then applying insights to other offline retail sectors and services.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

After 2010, climate all but disappeared from the national conversation. None is likely to be successful without the active support and participation of the business community. Local first responders, who are often volunteers with day jobs in the business community, talking about the deadly weather trends they are experiencing.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

women’s participation in the labor market has nearly doubled, from 34% of working age women (age 16 and older) in the labor force in 1950 to almost 57% in 2016. Yet although the female labor force participation rate has been rising steadily in the country, it has not done so evenly across cities. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2011

Italy's best-known industries adopt this approach; for instance, fashion houses, from Armani to Prada, create new lines every season, setting trends that others quickly copy. Take the case of Elica , an Italian company that has become a global market leader by relying on proposition innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2013

Celebrities'' ideas and insights can help companies better understand their target markets, and because celebrities are often the ones leading the trends, they can help companies anticipate cultural movements. Advertising Marketing' At the same time, these deals make sense for celebrities, too. They''re making a difference.

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