N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Focus on driving-down the most complex tasks to the lowest levels of the organization, and then leverage with talent, capital and technology while avoiding the creation of margin eroding dependencies. When I look at top performing organizations, many of them rely on “smart talent&# and relatively complex business models.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2010

  As Tichy argues in his book, Leadership Engine , effective leaders have a teachable point of view that they share as a platform for action. s ecomagination campaign to promote energy efficient products.  sells $20 billion a year in products that qualify for the ecomagination label. . 

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 7, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Everspark Interactive (ESI) is a full-service, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Agency specialized in getting their clients’ websites to rank in the top position on Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. This is a story about leaving “our lover”, the industry we know and seeking success in the unknown. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence?

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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. When was the last time you rolled-out a new product? Do people in your organization laugh at new ideas?

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 14, 2011

That was a question I recently heard from an executive running a major engineering organization. . Executives running businesses in critical sectors like engineering, health care, government, manufacturing, research and development, aerospace and defense are all feeling the pressures of a changing workforce.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 17, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Everspark Interactive (ESI) is a full-service, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Agency specialized in getting their clients’ websites to rank in the top position on Google, Bing, and Yahoo.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

As you dig further into the vision of the organization you arrive at some convoluted unclear set of words that you would never now if you accomplished them or not. 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).

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

As you dig further into the vision of the organization you arrive at some convoluted unclear set of words that you would never now if you accomplished them or not. 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).

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. He is a Big Picture strategist, with original, cutting-edge ideas for creating, implementing and sustaining corporate growth throughout every sector of the organization. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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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. Make sure that everyone within your organization pays attention to design aspects relevant to their roles and responsibilities – make attention to design part of your culture.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

The innovation initiative was born from our Organizational Growth Team, a cross-functional internal team formed in 2011 to focus on investing in Genecians, evolving our capabilities, and predictably delivering value to clients. As the group matures, we hope to get more Genecians involved from all areas of the organization.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

As a result, organizations must devote considerable resources to teach these fundamentals. We must move beyond quality in the product, the individual and the organization, and toward a broader cultural movement as a society, and that starts with our children. But what I saw in the first-grade restaurant was something different.

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QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

I was thinking about why engineering disciplines focus so heavily on checklists? Checklists help in controlling quality of the products in verification stage. Checklists are indispensible in a business setting, specially when dealing with production systems that demand consistent outcomes. Why checklists? " My Learning?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

Inspiration when given as a gift is like the fuel that feeds the engine of prosperity for your organization. What inspiration are you holding inside that you can provide to your organization? What do you love about your team, your organization, your customers? What keeps you from gifting your kindness? Let them know.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

The future of productivity is coming, and it will rely on Artificial Intelligence. developers has long been to help humans be more productive. With the exception of commercial ventures such as Google’s search and related products, the largest known A.I. And one of the principle goals of A.I.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Improve productivity, Enhance the bottom line… StrategyDriven Premium Subscriber Login Align Your Organization and Become StrategyDriven! Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Proceed with extreme caution.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

Those who took the oath may have been entering a religious order or pledging allegiance to a political organization, but in every case, they promised to abide by a certain code of conduct and to build affective regard for the group to which they now belonged. It is not enough to be a good surgeon, a civil engineer or a litigation lawyer.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

Filled with sample dialogs you can use with prospects, From a Good Sales Call to a Great Sales Call is neatly organized into eight easy-to-follow steps that take you through the whole process: Step 1. An increasingly important element of marketing is search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM).

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2014

Sales people must focus outward and concentrate on how their product or service helps the customer they are speaking with. She served as Vice President of Programs for the Phoenix Chapter of International Coaching Federation in 2011. We have all been there, and it stems from internal causes. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

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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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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. For well over a century managers have achieved increasing productivity on ever larger scales by dividing and subdividing work into smaller and smaller units.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

On this Labor Day, I give homage to those who shaped my own early career: Mom: Who taught me the art of domestic engineering: how to wash dishes, vacuum floors, make beds, and do the laundry with a sense of pride in the finished product. I’d give him a report and he’d say “Good work. Keep it up, bub.&#

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Influence Blog Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing 174

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, famously coined the term "frugal engineering" in 2006. He was impressed by Indian engineers' ability to innovate cost-effectively and quickly under severe resource constraints. Yet engineers and scientists love challenges.

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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. Traveling down the path set by the service academies, it may well be that the most effective people in any organization are those who are equally adept playing both leadership and followership roles.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

When you find yourself thinking about old-fashioned, out-of-touch, hierarchical, siloed organizations, General Motors quickly comes to mind. And he put Mary Barra in charge of Product Development. Bringing teaming into an organization plagued by legacy routines and mindsets is critical to reviving innovation and employee engagement.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

This is an enormous missed opportunity: we found that the best companies are more than 25% more productive than the rest due to the way they deploy, team and lead scarce, difference-making talent. Here’s what our research shows: The best talent is significantly more productive than the rest.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Sitting in the back was a woman named Katie Geminder, who said that she was head of product at a company called Facebook, that she had a 21-year-old boss, and that they were growing so fast they couldn’t lease buildings in downtown Palo Alto fast enough. That engineer called back the next day: “I fixed it, Dad. Did you see that?”.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

By doing this, you will accelerate the entire planning process and the manner decisions are being made throughout the organization. If the organization agrees on how decisions will be made upfront imagine how much faster organizations will move and how much further down the organization decision making can happen.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. Communispond can help you grow your leaders, increase your sales, and build communication expertise throughout your organization. At the heart of every employee is talent.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Under new ownership (Volvo was sold to China’s Geely by Ford in 2010), the Swedish automaker decided to transform its product line by becoming a premium player. “Once, you needed mechanical engineers. .

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

By doing this, you will accelerate the entire planning process and the manner decisions are being made throughout the organization. If the organization agrees on how decisions will be made upfront imagine how much faster organizations will move and how much further down the organization decision making can happen.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I said no, not an organized one. At the same time, fighter planes were coming in low overhead, their engines echoing in the cavernous atmosphere of Manhattan. Share and Enjoy: View Comments Jane Yesterday I spoke with 5 men from Ireland that are here in the US. They asked if we have a National day of mourning for September 11th.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

Riddle: What ubiquitous structure of contemporary organizations around the world makes for the best of times at work — and the worst of times, too? After a while, the electrical engineers on the team found it impossible to collaborate with any of the mechanical engineers. Answer: Collaboration. Collaboration flourished.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

In 2011 Avaya had a major likability problem, and the according market performance you would expect. Avaya’s 2011 Net Promoter Score (NPS) was in the 20s (on a scale of -100 to +100), suggesting that it would have a hard time keeping the customers it had, let alone grow on word of mouth.

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