Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2019
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 6, 2020
Building upon the success of Braden Kelley’s Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2019 was our eighth full year of operations.
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Competitive Labor Markets Help Extract Community Benefits From Multinationals
The Horizons Tracker
AUGUST 24, 2022
The fruit exporter managed to secure dominance in its market due to a combination of land concessions and tax breaks, such that by 1930 the company had around 3.5 The researchers measured the economic wellbeing of people in the communities where the company operated between 1973 and 2011.
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MFG of South Dakota: Trying To Do Some Good in the World
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 19, 2018
MFG of South Dakota is a subsidiary of the Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG), a leader in the field of reinforced plastics and composites, serving diverse markets with a variety of composite material systems and processes. On December 6, 2017, MFG announced closure of its wind blade manufacturing plant located in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
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Innovation High-Five
Mills Scofield
JANUARY 6, 2013
By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” ” The Value of Innovation at Geneca. I have long felt that companies can’t survive without innovating.
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Brand Surgery ? excerpts from my Marketing Magazine article | In.
In the CEO Afterlife
FEBRUARY 5, 2011
Brand Surgery – excerpts from my Marketing Magazine article. by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. The blemish is the abdication of strategic attention by the organization’s most senior marketing executives to the enhancement of brand equity.
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Diverse Teams Help Organizations Adapt To Change
The Horizons Tracker
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Team dynamics The study surveyed over 140,000 alumni from Stanford University, resulting in a dataset of more than 1,000 entrepreneurs who founded ventures across 19 industries from 1960 to 2011, ranging from agriculture to energy and utilities.
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Turnarounds and the Big Play | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
DECEMBER 11, 2011
by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. I was Nabob’s VP of Marketing, a 32 year-old disciple of an excellent turnaround CEO – a fellow by the name of Hugo Powell who eventually moved on to Interbrew (now Anheuser-Busch InBev ) as CEO. In the CEO Afterlife.
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Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New.
Mike Cardus
NOVEMBER 27, 2010
Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New Product Launch Saturday, November 27th, 2010 Posted by: mike Team Building & Leadership process that was created for a retail organization that was preparing for a new product launch. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.
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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 28, 2022
Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation.
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But My Business Is Different… | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 9, 2010
All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration. What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Well actually, no it’s not.
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When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 3, 2011
If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. The fact is that business is not a static endeavor.
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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity
Chartered Management Institute
AUGUST 1, 2023
The cost per employee is half the EU average, and the number of days spent on training is at its lowest since 2011. Work Based Learning Lead, phs group I know more about budgeting, about innovation, about how to manage the finance side of a business, I know more about commerciality and strategy.
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Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog
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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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. “Me Too&# companies fight to eek out market share in an attempt to survive, while disruptive companies become category dominant brands insuring sustainability.
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What Makes ABSOLUT, Absolute? | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
JULY 24, 2011
by John • July 24, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. Sometimes it is the marketers themselves that prematurely bring advertising campaigns to premature conclusions. Marketers operate in a dynamic world. July 25, 2011 at 6:19 am. July 25, 2011 at 10:56 am. In the CEO Afterlife.
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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 23, 2010
This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?
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416 Learn How to Market Like Google
CO2
AUGUST 31, 2010
The book that is being presented is written by Aaron Goldman entitled Everything I Know about Marketing I learned from Google. 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. I bet the book is great too.
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Best Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
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? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.
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How to Build a Brand | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 20, 2010
Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.
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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2010
Rarely will you come across a static opportunity in the sense that it will stand idle and wait for you to act…Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns. Those who currently lead are aware that our times and this market demands flexibility and quick decision making.
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Perception is More Than Reality
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 12, 2010
People tend to operate and behave in the world, based on what they believe to be true. So, if we want to communicate successfully, influence, or lead them, we must operate based on their perceptions. Let me take this idea one step further. their perceptions).
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Smart Marketing for Small Businesses
Strategy Driven
APRIL 17, 2013
You probably didn’t answer, “How to implement effective marketing.” ” Marketing can sometimes slip through the cracks given the constant and pressing demands of sales, client service, and internal operations. Why is marketing important for your business? Writing is a key element of marketing.
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Great Leaders Leverage Great Messaging | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2010
The difference between the two aforementioned examples is that great leaders have mastered the art of finding the right message regardless of the medium, market, or constituency being addressed. The Market “is&# the Message : This view of messaging values the target audience above all else.
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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity
Chartered Management Institute
AUGUST 1, 2023
The cost per employee is half the EU average, and the number of days spent on training is at its lowest since 2011. Work Based Learning Lead, phs I know more about budgeting, about innovation, about how to manage the finance side of a business, I know more about commerciality and strategy.
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52 Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 21, 2011
Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.
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HP Headed to Hotel California?
Women on Business
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
HP announced Whitman’s appointment on September 22, 2011 but given the public comments, customers seem to think it’s a bad choice. that focuses on customers and innovation. When it works, it’s wonderful but the operative word is when it works. For a small business, this is a huge operational problem.
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The Rise In Portfolio Careers
The Horizons Tracker
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
A recent paper shows that there are over 10 million such people operating in the European Union, but whereas many such people are highly educated, the paper argues that they often suffer from poor working conditions and institutional support that is simply not geared for this modern form of work.
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Shut-up & Listen | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 24, 2010
Even solid world class institutions like the University of California Berkeley under the leadership of Chancellor Birgeneau & Provost Breslauer are firing employees, staff, faculty and part-time lecturers through “Operational Excellence (OE) initiative”: last year 600 were fired, this year 300. I Think Not.
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419 Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 25, 2010
Tenure Inhibits Change and Cripples Innovation : Organizations that favor tenure also tend to be prone to majoring in the minors. All of these traits preclude the advancement of change initiatives and cripple innovation. Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years. I Think Not.
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Should CEOs Have Term Limits? | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JULY 6, 2010
Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.
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287 Is Entrepreneurship As Popular As We Think?
The Horizons Tracker
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Entrepreneurship has seldom been sexier, with the press overwhelmed with stories of technological disruption and the tremendous changes emerging across society as a result of the bold and courageous innovators that are bucking the norm. Are we all entrepreneurs now? in 1985 to just 5.3% A decline in disruption.
The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Don’t utilize your competitions practices, but rather innovate around them and improve upon them to create an advantage that can be leveraged in the market. Innovation, improvements, or these 'Next' Practices should be looked at in all facets of your business value proposition, your core.
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How Dumb Is Your Business?
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. It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base.
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298 Leveraging Down for CEOs | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 26, 2010
That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success. Share and Enjoy: View Comments bfpower Well said, Mike. I Think Not.
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298 Design Matters
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 9, 2010
Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design. I Think Not.
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267 The Heart of a Warrior
N2Growth Blog
JULY 2, 2010
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? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.
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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 20, 2011
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? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.
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Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 5, 2010
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? My experience with most executives & entrepreneurs is that they are totally committed to and focused on success. I Think Not.
The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 22, 2010
The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue? I Think Not.
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401 Team Building & Leadership: Case Study; Increased Trust=Faster.
Mike Cardus
JANUARY 25, 2011
Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership: Case Study; Increased Trust=Faster Implementation of Decisions & Problems Solved Cheaper Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 Posted by: mike The following is a true story, of value added results that come from Create-Learning’s Team Building & Leadership Processes. All rights reserved.
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8 Traits of Ineffective Leaders | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2010
The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. Not Customer Focused : Leaders not attuned to the needs of the market will fail. They find ways to consistently engage them and incorporate them into their innovation and planning initiatives. " on Amazon.
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420 Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2010
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? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.
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419 CEO Blog - Time Leadership
CEO Blog
JANUARY 28, 2011
CEO Blog - Time Leadership Friday, January 28, 2011 5 Leadership Styles that Work A guest post by Art Gould Recipes for Success: 5 Different Leadership Styles That All Work! Art Gould is a division manager with Self Storage Company, which operates a group of websites, including a Nashville self-storage locator.
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Winning in the Market Place – Do you have what it takes? : Blog.
CO2
AUGUST 2, 2010
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. Productivity When you consider who is on your team you no longer have the luxury to be sentimental. About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,
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