Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.". Don''t get us wrong.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers. Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc.,

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

I'm looking forward to learning from you in 2011. I'm looking forward to 2011 and I appreciate your advice and friendship. When you're doing a start-up or a book or a symphony or a painting or a legal brief or whatever, or are in a crisis at work, you may have to decide to do less in other areas.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

The idea to design and build a $300 house first appeared here on the HBR site in August 2010, in a post by me (Vijay Govindarajan) and Christian Sarkar, and then again as one of several ideas in the HBR Agenda 2011. Second, we’ve concluded that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the worldwide affordable housing crisis.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That's why I think the best thing we can do is to lead by example by making this not the focus of our energies, which I personally believe is more decisive than anything, and demonstrate instead how much more we thrive when we openly embrace and utilize our inherent diversity to our advantage.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Following are a few of the ideas Carlos shared yesterday: Dreaming BIG and dreaming small take the same amount of energy – why not dream BIG? Carlos was passionate, on-point, and as you might have guessed consistent in his messaging. Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. It seems that in today’s world many people have lost the ability to disagree with someone, yet still respect them.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

The time, energy, and cost associated with acquiring a customer are substantial, the benefits of retaining customers are considerable, and the costs associated with customer churn are significant.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. Where professionals once wrote memos to be read, 2011 begins an era in which documents are written with touch both in mind and on fingertips. That's right.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Business and organizational stories do not hit the public consciousness until there is a crisis. billion as the stock market plummeted, amid a crisis of investor confidence. A major report to the United Nations Millennium Summit calls for changes in the way in which peacekeeping operations are organized and financed.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I have watched companies spend tremendous amounts of money, time and energy debating logos, taglines, color pallets, font styles, ad campaigns, positioning strategies, marketing messages, brand promises, etc., with the only outcomes being failed initiatives and splintered management teams.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

However, in the subsequent months, Cuba has failed to advance on economic liberalization, encountered a fiscal crisis , watched the U.S. At the last Congress, in 2011, Raul Castro had announced plans to introduce new market reforms and attract foreign investment. The move made it possible to imagine an end to the U.S.

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