N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. The analysis you describe seems to me to happen after a flash of insight. Flash-analysis/trial again and again until it clicks. Quick analysis (like you’ve outlined) Live trial. Focus on value creation.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

My conclusions are drawn from 30 years of observational and experiential analysis. It will be interesting to see if the next round of Google innovation will be as successful as the beauty of their initial simplicity. " I agree completely…Thanks for the refining thoughts. link] mikemyatt Hi Mark: Thanks for your comments.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If you suffer from analysis paralysis, procrastination, timidity, a lack of courage or confidence, being indecisive, or being in over your head, there is trouble looming. Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. If you can’t make decisions, you can’t get things done.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

By any category analysis or analytical standard blogging has obviously developed into a powerful communication medium. A simple cost/benefit or risk/reward analysis should indicate whether your effort will be of value to you, and even if it is not of value to you, it may be to others. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

Even the term change, a concept once reserved for the innovative and revolutionary, has been hi-jacked by the politically correct. It is this type of issue that pollutes our culture, stifles innovation, undermines our productivity, and sentences those who embrace politically correct thinking to mediocrity.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Santander: building trust and stability through brand Unlike many of its financial services competitors, Santander emerged from the financial crisis, relatively unscathed. Santander has also been innovative when it comes to social media and mobile campaigns. Social Media UY says: January 11, 2011 at 11:31 am [.]

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Information overload is the management crisis of the 21stcentury. In a complex world where predictability is impossible and innovation and risk are necessary to survive and thrive, mistakes are not only acceptable, but welcome. Such analysis provides a. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. But how is this done?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

A bias toward action is always a better path than falling prey to analysis paralysis. If so, again don't get fall into analysis paralysis. " Too often, as you indicate, we think it's all about me; I'm being picked on by the cosmos. On the other hand, it may be about me. I may have some personal issues. Do something.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

In the final analysis it’s really all a matter of perspective…you can either view yourself as part of a hierarchical world sitting at the top of the org chart puffing your chest and propping-up your ego, or you can view yourself as the hub at the center of a large and diverse network. I Think Not.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman of the Gallup Organization present the findings of an extensive research undertaking involving over 80,000 managers in over 400 companies – the most comprehensive analysis of employee engagement done in the world. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011). 2) Fear of conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Much like you have performance reviews for your employees you should conduct an analysis of how your customers are performing. 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?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Business and organizational stories do not hit the public consciousness until there is a crisis. An analysis of business encompasses much more than accounting fraud and stated values of stocks. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. What we do with fear and uncertainty determines who we are.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The downside of this is that it stifles candor, creativity and innovation and often leads to a my way or the highway environment. I would caution you against confusing speed with reckless abandon…I’m a big proponent of planning, assessment, analysis and strategy, but only if it is concluded in a timely fashion. I Think Not.

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