N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I was fortunate to work in corporate recruiting for a global technology company in 2008 when the idea of a remote workforce was embraced. Adapting to the Technological Needs of a Distributed Team In today’s world of work, being technologically agile is imperative for organizations that want to succeed with a distributed team.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

They lead essential tasks such as shaping business development activities, planning marketing strategies, exploring revenue opportunities, communicating the company’s value proposition, and delivering on strategic projects. Guillen, previously serving as the company’s automotive president, was appointed CCO in 2020.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The year 2020 is playing out like a bad dream in need of a wake-up call. While HR teams complete workforce planning, they will keep an eye on auditing current talent capabilities and anticipate future skills, assuring survival and growth, rather than extinction. Source: Future of Jobs Report 2020 World Economic Forum.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Sadly, Boseman passed away on August 28th, 2020, from a battle with cancer. His death put a kink in the planned Black Panther 2 movie, Wakanda Forever. Queen Ramonda: Do not bury yourself in technology. Shuri was all about the technology. Technology was her safe place. She wouldn’t come out for hours or days.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 8, 2021

Over a quarter plan to leave their job after the pandemic, especially those who rate their company cultures as “C” or lower. Consider a survey comparing the productivity of in-person vs. remote workers during the first six months of stay-at-home orders, March through August 2020, to the same March through August period in 2019.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Much of what she is talking about here defines the year 2020. Scenario planning always surfaces conflict and there is always a moment when everything seems to fall apart. Defeated by the ambiguity and complexity of human life, it has become more profitable to reduce free agency than to predict it. First, we can experiment more.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2023

A few years ago a report from the Institute for Engineering and Technology (IET) found that the public is not really sold on the benefits of smart cities, due in large part to confusion about just what the term means and precisely what makes a city smart (or not).

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The Black Lives Matter campaign that sparked waves of protest in the United States after the death of George Floyd in May 2020 quickly spread across the world to demonstrate against racism. Recent research from the Chemnitz University of Technology explores how the movement began in Europe and what remains of it one year on.

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leaderCommunicator

MAY 18, 2020

2020 will be remembered for many things, including a once unimaginable shift of employees from being mostly on-site to working from home. And across a variety of industries – technology, banking and finance, sales, consulting, and beyond – employers are dramatically changing their views about work-from-home arrangements.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

2021 was expected to ease things a bit, but the resurgence of variants of the virus put paid to any plans of return to normalcy. And as the Omicron variant spreads across the globe, all plans for a complete return to the office is anyone’s guess. That includes focusing on processes, technology and judicious use of resources.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Before deciding on any construction project, prioritizing safety plans and efficient management are vital so that any incidents can be avoided during operations. The service commonly comes with advanced equipment and technology like visual surveillance cameras or mirrors to ensure that the premises are well-secured from damage or theft.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The enterprise sales practice has been highly affected by technological change, in a mostly positive manner. The evaluation team usually consisted of 2 to 4 people, led by either an Information Technology (IT) or a user contact who was most familiar with the current system and needs. My answer was: “Everything. And nothing.”

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 25, 2021

I learned a few leadership lessons from my living room in 2020 – where I raised my nine-year-old daughter as I worked alongside her – that other executives might find useful in their careers. 2020 was a year of many firsts for almost all of us. For me, it was my first year as a […].

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. The problem? Do a test run.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

That has been my mantra for 2020 and beyond – go where the intuition takes you with a sense of wonder and surrender. I started out with high-level themes but deliberately stay away from creating elaborate plans – something that is so NOT me.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 22, 2023

As hiring challenges continue, private companies plan to place importance on training or reskilling during the next 12 months, according to Deloitte’s December 12 private company outlook report on talent strategies. Looking ahead, executives’ main business priorities include increasing productivity and investments in technology.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 23, 2021

Beginning in early 2020, Covid-19 began having a massive effect on everything. The answer to all of those questions and more can be found in technology. With the advent of new technologies such as Zoom, Skype, Facetime, Slack, and Google Hangouts, this was easy. Everyone was shaken up and no one knew what to do.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Since joining McDonald’s in 2020, I’ve been fortunate to have worked in multiple U.S. The world is rapidly changing—new technology, new competitors, new opportunities— and with it comes new ideas and insights. Capozzi joined McDonald’s in 2020 from The Boeing Company, where she served as CHRO since 2016.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Most of us might be planning for the holiday season, but for HR professionals, it is time to start planning ahead in anticipation of the HR trends for 2024. Going into 2023 , People Matters stated that hybrid work would gain momentum and would be among the top priorities for HR professionals to plan for and they were largely correct.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2023

Despite this growth, the researchers don’t believe the investment is sufficient to meet the Paris commitments, and argue that it would need to have doubled between 2010 and 2020 to have made a meaningful impact. Similarly, they believe that public institutions are not transforming fast enough to support such rapid decarbonization.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 3, 2021

He adds, “My work on this book had been well underway before the global pandemic took hold in the early 2020. That future will be impacted by the changes in technology, including automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI). And, by new employment models, including freelancers, gig workers, and crowds.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 24, 2021

He adds, “My work on this book had been well underway before the global pandemic took hold in the early 2020. That future will be impacted by the changes in technology, including automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI). And, by new employment models, including freelancers, gig workers, and crowds.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

That has been my mantra for 2020 and beyond – go where the intuition takes you with a sense of wonder and surrender. I started out with high-level themes but deliberately stay away from creating elaborate plans – something that is so NOT me.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

He adds, “My work on this book had been well underway before the global pandemic took hold in the early 2020. That future will be impacted by the changes in technology, including automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI). And, by new employment models, including freelancers, gig workers, and crowds.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We’ve hired nearly 7,000 employees across the country since mid-March 2020. Due to the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and job market, we enhanced our severance benefits, providing separation pay and subsidized medical coverage through at least the end of 2020. . How do you approach tough decisions like cost-cutting, layoffs, etc?

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 7, 2021

So how are companies planning to handle building a company culture amid a non-traditional work environment? According to a Blind poll conducted in 2020, half of the respondents believed working from home negatively impacted their careers and that remote work had reduced internal and external networking opportunities.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 10, 2020

Anyone in any field—farming, law, plumbing, architecture, perfumery, real estate, medicine, education, and technology, to name a few—can learn to be more creative and apply creativity to be more successful in their work. Do you experiment with technology? Sometimes we forget that at the end of the day, technology is a tool.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 17, 2020

Technologies: Around 40,000 job postings in the 12 months previous for DevOps professionals, and 25,000 for security analysts. And with so many return-to-work models to consider, that means: Researching, evaluating and implementing human capital plans for returning to work. Open floor plans, on the other hand, may fall out of favor.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As technology and economies have evolved, it has become a sad reality across many developed countries that regions that had previously enjoyed prosperity failed to adapt when their dominant industries no longer had the luster of old. They will also be assessing the impact of COVID-19 on small towns throughout 2020.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

Leapfrogging advances in materials, photonics, optics, and electronics have precipitated a rising demand for 3D display technologies. The increased demand for enhanced imaging and the adoption of 3D technologies in smartphones, HMD devices, projector devices, and monitors are expected to catapult 3D displays across a new threshold of realism.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2019

Here are 4 key business skills worth mastering in 2019, which will confidently take you and your business into 2020. Technology. It seems that there is no faster moving industry than that of technology. The same applies for the technology required for businesses. Social Media. Failure Management.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

More recently, organizations have played with open office plans and Google and Facebook-esque spaces that include beanbag chairs and basketball hoops, all in a ploy to attract and retain younger workers. This may mean bringing technological infrastructure up to speed and fit for purpose. Design workplaces to support wellbeing.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Additionally, employees are surrounded by heavy news cycles that seem to never end and faced with technology adoption hurdles that play a greater role in how we communicate and interact with one another. For example, if a new local or state social distancing guideline has been put in place and why that alters a company’s plan or procedure. .

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

By the numbers: from year-end 2020 to year-end 2022, the number of women in senior leadership roles at Blackstone globally doubled. Ross brings more than 30 years of experience in talent development and strategic planning across a multitude of industries and geographies.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

By the end of 2020, industry watchers expect businesses to spend $51.8 Data is the new oil, and as such, you will not achieve much if you do not develop a robust plan for your information technology (IT). Running a data center calls for you to stay on the bleeding edge of new technology regularly. More Robust Redundancy.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The virus pandemic of 2020 is severely disrupting the economy and the large and small businesses that drive it. As technology has evolved over time from main frame to client server to the Internet and now the cloud, the impact of a new Tech Debt 2.0 has grown stealthier and more sinister. His new book is Tech Debt 2.0™:

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

How are you planning to manage these challenges? What are a few mistakes that Procore tracks down for itself and how is she planning to overcome these gaffes? What talent practices does Pat plan to keep the future of work in shape? Pat Wadors has served as the Chief People Officer at Procore Technologies since November 2020.

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