Strategy Driven

MAY 11, 2016

Women are historically underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. According to the US Department of Education, the number of computer science degrees peaked at 37 percent between 1984 and 1985 compared to only 18 percent in the period between 2008 and 2011. But let’s go further on education.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin in Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth How dumb is your business? If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic. My conclusions are drawn from 30 years of observational and experiential analysis.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Since 1969, Communispond has helped over 600,000 client associates – including CEOs, board chairs, sales leaders, sports, media, and political figures – to achieve business goals by communicating with clarity and power. Check out the search engines for ‘little known facts about …’ or ‘trivia about …’ for ideas.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Powered by WordPress. Additionally Hard Skill, Soft Skill illustrates how we all operate from different criteria of what a hard, soft skill is. For example – Excel spreadsheets, fixing and engine, calculus, HTML coding, CPR, reading, etc… When thinking of soft skills these are skills that are more inter and intra-personal.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. That said, your cautionary comments are well worth noting and greatly appreciated.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 15, 2010

This weekend, a Wall Street Journal essay by Jonah Lehrer called “The Power Trip” highlights research that supports the view that when in power, a leader may have a greater tendency to act unethically or immorally. Is there hope for ethical, moral power to prevail? That is also the abuse of power, dont you think?

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Even the most discerning people make value judgments at the subconscious level as it’s only human nature to use the power of observation in an attempt to validate perception. and any number of other appearance specific issues can add to, or detract from, the strength of your personal brand.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Also worth noting is that there is certainly a difference between value engineering and arbitrary cost containment. If you try hard enough you can find an aberration in just about any rule, but in the case of design it will simply be just that…an aberration.

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Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Posted by: Phyllis Hoff | September 09, 2010 at 07:56 AM Not only is that post an unbelievably efficient statement of life-changing truths, but its also an almost ironic testimony to the power of the "different game" those who have access to your blog, training system, etc. are playing. just amazng the depth this reaches.

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QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

I was thinking about why engineering disciplines focus so heavily on checklists? Checklist standardize the operations and serve as great reminder to get the most crucial activities done. You can have detailed checklists for specific engineering activities (where outcomes solely depend on inputs and process). Why checklists?

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2014

Do everything in your power to achieve your goal, however, emotionally detach from the outcome. She served as Vice President of Programs for the Phoenix Chapter of International Coaching Federation in 2011. The POWER of Sales Success is 100% in Your Control. This is a major shift in their mindset and culture. Windshield time.

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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. I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

” Marketing can sometimes slip through the cracks given the constant and pressing demands of sales, client service, and internal operations. This comprehensive, powerful program leads to better sales techniques and increased close rates. You probably didn’t answer, “How to implement effective marketing.”

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Suddenly it hit Bob: he hadn’t checked to make sure engineering had included the new wiring diagram in the customer’s shipment that was due to go out first thing in the morning. Getting a 50,000-foot picture of our operations illustrates outdated, cumbersome, inefficient processes. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

What drives your economic engine? It asks the leader and their team to determine what is the measurement of their success (Collin’s economic engine). Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

What drives your economic engine? It asks the leader and their team to determine what is the measurement of their success (Collin’s economic engine). Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

At the same time, fighter planes were coming in low overhead, their engines echoing in the cavernous atmosphere of Manhattan. God Bless [link] mikemyatt Thanks for the sharing the powerful reminder of what that day was like from someone who experienced it first hand. " Mike, this is the most powerful sentiment expressed thus far.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

Staying true to its roots as an engineering-centric company, Google has stood out both for its early skepticism of the value of managers as well as for its novel, often quantitative approaches to management decisions. If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Brian Fitzpatrick joined Google as a senior software engineer in 2005, shortly after the company’s IPO. Their crowning achievement was a service launched in 2011 called Google Takeout, a unified site for exporting user data from multiple services like Gmail and Google Photos.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Fighter Pilots and Special Operations teams have discovered and used a secret to continuous improvement – a tool every enterprise can benefit from. It’s our job to get the plane down safely, whether riddled by bullets or with two dead engines snuffed out by birds over the Hudson River. Duke and James D. But then we sobered up.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). 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. But I have been doing people and project management for years.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. Similarly, HR professionals who fail to harness the power of LinkedIn, Identified, and BranchOut may miss out on attracting star candidates.

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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. " Thanks for this powerful and important reminder, Mike. Trying to re-engineer an entire life in a few short years down the home stretch is a tough row to hoe.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

See Matrix above) There are some powerful ways to visual present information to make your point even stronger. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The platform allows the exchange of digital information, services, and products across the power grid, allowing much greater efficiencies industrywide. In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

The VP of R&D had blundered in setting up the team to develop a radically new printer-scanner: He failed to define clear project goals, and he let two senior mechanical engineers each believe that they were going to lead the mechanical design of the product. From Day 1, the two tussled over their divergent visions.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011. GE is now approaching $1 billion in new revenue annually from their expanded software and data activities.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

See Matrix above) There are some powerful ways to visual present information to make your point even stronger. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. In the Bay Area, however, small venture capitalists, many of whom were ex-engineers themselves, invested in entrepreneurs. Jurgen Ziewe/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

In 2011, the company partnered with mobile carrier Docomo to offer customers a series of innovative insurance products under the banner One-Time Insurance. GE is outfitting its core industrial products – from jet engines and gas turbines to CT/PET scanners – with sensors that monitor various parts of the machinery.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

The outlook is only marginally better for endowments , with returns on their invested capital hovering around 5 percent—as they did in 2011. On a recent trip, he briefed me on his business plan and on the school's operations with the maturity and confidence of a seasoned entrepreneur. percent lower than its value in 2007.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations. It is very important for leaders wanting to create Self-Starters to articulate a clear vision, values and set of goals for their teams, as this type operates by seeking forgiveness rather than permission.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

When Deborah DiSanzo took over as CEO of Philips Healthcare in May 2012, she knew that engineering would continue to drive innovation. The CEO can help by putting the CMO in charge of important initiatives and granting veto power on certain decisions that impact customers. As she put it, “Our markets are going through dynamic change.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2012

In 2011, U.S. The difference is that the United States has its own money , the dollar, while Spain operates on foreign money , the euro. As inflation rose in the 1970s — because of labor-union muscle, two powerful oil shocks, printing money, and other factors — this view gained adherents. Why can the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Realistic : Adopting a new idea should be based upon solid business logic that drives corresponding financial engineering and modeling. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections. Thanks for saving me time, and revealing your experience!

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

On a separate track, he launched the device and content ecosystem, starting with iPod and iTunes, that would become the company’s new growth engine. Today AWS accounts for just 10% of Amazon’s $150 billion in revenue, but generates close to $1 billion in quarterly operating profit.

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