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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? As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies.

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Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace: A Comprehensive Guide

HR Digest

workers recognize the importance of focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, although opinions vary along demographic and political lines. In England, Wales, and Scotland, the Equality Act 2010 requires employers to make reasonable adjustments for staff with disabilities or neurodivergence. A majority of U.S.

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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Before you know it the herd mentality of the legions of politically correct consultants and advisers use said practice area as a platform to be evangelized, and the necessity of common sense and the reality of what actually works often times gets thrown out the window as a trade-off for promotional gain. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Preventing Another Bangladesh Tragedy: Three Ways to Transform Supply Chain Ethics

Harvard Business Review

We know that we are somehow complicit in the moral chain that links our cheap clothes with collapsing factories, but we feel powerless to respond. So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. The truth is that the world is complicated, and supply chains are tangled and dynamic.

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One Cost of Increased Globalization: More Industrial Accidents

Harvard Business Review

Scientists are still trying to determine the long-term effects of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Thus, though such investment may be cost effective, its political benefits are elusive. However, little systematic research has explored the underlying causes of such accidents. As former U.S.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Harvard Business Review

°F) — a level that seemed politically feasible, but still leads to vast damage, including the death of all coral; even more deadly storms and heat; and rising oceans covering low-lying island nations and major coastal areas. So, to go even further, companies need to also consider who they support for political office.

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The Olympics as a Story of Risk Management

Harvard Business Review

These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics. Other mega-events have sometimes taken their toll in business disruption, by interrupting supply chains, altering consumption, or giving rise to workforce absenteeism.