N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Discipline requires a systemic approach. To make good decisions, we need to understand how the system works. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. It takes some work, but don't settle for anything less. Thanks for the comment Patricia. Mark Oakes Good Post, Mike. We have to separate worry from concern.

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Chris Brady

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Perhaps the best course of action (and I can hardly believe I'm writing the words) is to line up with everyone else and set some 2011 goals for ourselves. Goals must have a specific time period And now for some subtle nuances that will help make your 2011 goals more achievable: 1. So why fight it? Goals must be prominent 9.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

I find that it's rarely this bolt of lighting epiphany and rather a collective result of thinking systemically about solving a key problem. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. Vision is often misunderstood. Our Freedom.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Since the late nineteen-seventies, annual costs at four-year colleges have risen three times as fast as inflation, and, with savings rates dropping and state aid to colleges being cut, students have been forced to take on ever more debt in order to pay for school. Sixty-seven percent came from the highest-earning fourth of the distribution.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

The focus of these short-sighted bean counters incorrectly place cost savings ahead of the customer experience. Or if they do-more times than not, it’s impersonal and relies on a rating system-not the feedback itself. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The leader has failed to communicate with those around him of what their system does, its current and future capabilities, and the group or individual's vision for the future. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. You assume that the person asking the question is always right. But are they? Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Regardless of whether your firm embraces a meritocracy, a tenure based system, a highly sophisticated compensatory system, or some form of a benevolent dictatorship, bonuses are always an issue. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Is the pursuit of success or significance driving your quest in 2011? "False" beliefs, a lack of sincerity, or any belief system that is not genuine can be harmful. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Have they been fudging their research for years? Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s. mikemyatt: More thx @BradAustin1 @LeadershipWatch @GBSL. mikemyatt: RT/mention thx @AMAnet @SmartBrief @Leadersh. All Rights Reserved

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Seed-stage financing for technology start-ups fell from 16% of total annual private equity investment in 1995 to just 1% in 2002 and recovered to only 4% in 2011, according to data compiled by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. Where did all that money go? based labor. manufacturing jobs.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. So to me, we need to carefully look at what should be driving 'next' practice innovation, vs. the 'best practice' frameworks that can cost effectively provide the non core services our businesses need.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. On with the exam… Section I: Character. Great leaders do the right thing regardless of circumstances, situational context or other influencing factors. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Visit [link] to learn more about the leadership system. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Leaders need to have a passion for what their company does or creates, not just a passion for the money it can make. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s. All Rights Reserved

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2010

A special gift for StrategyDriven readers… We are pleased to announce that Rick has made his ebook, Introduction to Change without Migraines TM , available for download at no cost to our readers. Simply click on the link above to download your copy of this remarkable ebook on effective change management.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Leaders sometimes forget that new hires are a reflection of the belief systems they established. Every attempt must be made to integrate the company’s value system into its hiring profiles. Celebrations do not have to be elaborate or costly but they must be broad, sincere, and meaningful.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

But the very existence of these cross-subsidies is symptomatic of deep flaws in the health care reimbursement system. To obtain an understanding of the costs, the center is applying a combination of two management tools: process mapping from industrial engineering and activity-based costing from accounting.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Then we look for tools and systems to manage those relationships and expand our capacity for more relationships, and they can add an additional layer of complexity. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. link] davidburkus Good post. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Another casualty of cost cutting, it simply closed its doors — even though local people and businesses that had used that bank all their lives still relied upon it. That globalization has come at the cost of local service. It is something I call community financing. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Another casualty of cost cutting, it simply closed its doors — even though local people and businesses that had used that bank all their lives still relied upon it. That globalization has come at the cost of local service. It is something I call community financing. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago.

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Banking Finance Globalization Film 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

working with one of our business partners was installing an electronic security system in the Pentagon window that was struck. Perhaps your story will serve to help others to never forget 9/11 and to always remember that there is a very expensive cost associated with our freedom. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

And the best thing about great customer service is that providing it doesn’t cost you an extra penny. Today’s small business owners need to understand that cutting costs will not save their business. After all, studies have shown that it costs much more to attract a new customer than it does to keep an existing one. magazine.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The 2011 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , released last month, is a valuable example of policymakers collecting data to support evidence based policy making. Along with a number of my colleagues in finance, I take a "functional approach" to understanding the financial system.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

A generic thought, ambivalence, attempting to fly under the radar, and mediocre performance will place you squarely in my cross hairs and may cost you your job. And I have seen others "fall out of favor" as well, Both situations do a lot of harm to the individual and the system. What say you? Our Freedom.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

Technological innovations ranging from smartphones to Big Data analytics to cloud computing make it easier than ever for new challengers – especially those unburdened by legacy systems or brick-and-mortar networks – to gain access to high-quality market information and mass distribution. Google bought U.K. Germany, and France.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Your blog certainly deserves to be at the top, in my opinion. I admire your keen insights and courage to speak your truth. link] Naveen Goel [link] Hi Mike, I am Naveen Goel (Sr. I’m not an MBA. Nor am I a writer. Our Freedom.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

including CNOOC's attempt to purchase Unocal in 2005 and Huawei's attempt to buy 3Leaf Systems in 2011. billion in 2011 , but then had to retract because the companies could not agree on terms and struggled to get Chinese regulatory approval. If companies are incurring these costs unnecessarily they are destroying value.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just a few examples illustrate some of the pressing issues: South Africa''s power distribution network has an estimated maintenance backlog of $4 billion — equivalent to half of the country''s total investment in electric power generation and distribution in 2011. an estimated $100 billion per year. We need to streamline delivery.

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Transportation GDP Globalization Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

While M&A may improve the efficiency of shared services such as human resources and finance, it may actually make it more difficult to improve the coordination of care. In 2011 Mayo elected to follow this course. When a request arose for a new service that was not operational within our own system (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Imagine that you wanted a new home theater system. It will help us decide what we make, how much we make, and how we finance that production. But when the capital requirements to enter markets have declined, the marginal cost of reaching consumers is effectively zero, and one-off production is not hard to do. Big Isn't Enough.

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Porter Mass Marketing Supply Chain Retail 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.". Since no one can know what the source of the next systemic financial crisis will be, regulation can only do so much. Finance Sustainability SASB' This is like closing the barn door after the horses have fled.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The 2011 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , released last month, is a valuable example of policymakers collecting data to support evidence based policy making. Along with a number of my colleagues in finance, I take a "functional approach" to understanding the financial system.

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Survey Banking Finance Bond 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Integrated : Ideas need to be incorporated into strategic initiatives and not constitute disparate systems. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things. Let me state right from the outset that I place little value on ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

By some estimates, China has supported its domestic solar industry with $34 billion in loans; that cash, an ability to rapidly ape western technologies , and the competitive advantages of low-cost labor and limited regulatory restraints allowed Chinese companies to sweep away Western competitor after Western competitor in 2011.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

Technological innovations ranging from smartphones to Big Data analytics to cloud computing make it easier than ever for new challengers – especially those unburdened by legacy systems or brick-and-mortar networks – to gain access to high-quality market information and mass distribution. Google bought U.K. Germany, and France.

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Insurance Disruptive Innovation Industry Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

In 2011, U.S. inflation, at the cost of the (then) worst recession since the 1930s. Finance Minister Domingo Cavallo (himself a Harvard economics Ph.D.) Local Agua Tehuacán began costing more than imported Perrier. The government was heading toward default, the banking system toward insolvency. Why can the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

“The venture capital model works well when the primary risk is finance risk — as the entrepreneurial team works to scale their business model — but it doesn’t work so well when technological risk and market risk coincide,” Errol Arkilic, an investor that specializes in hard tech ventures, told me.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The genius in Singapore’s health-care system is that each individual’s stake in health-care financing is clearly visible. Copayments, deductibles, coinsurance, and tiered pricing are designed to give consumers incentives to make lower-cost decisions. While Health Savings Accounts have existed in the U.S. Push for transparency.

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