N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Here is the rub and the reason why adopting this principle is so critical: in our experience, the priority initiatives turn out to be on new product, service, customer, and technology initiatives accompanied by an assumption that the organization has the capabilities to execute them. Agile and Fast.

Process 150

Process Agility Competitive Advantage Strategy 150

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Always at the forefront of innovation, technologies pioneered by the military are often adopted by the commercial sector; companies looking for cyber knowledge or network engineering skills can find this expertise among veterans.

Agility 50

Agility Pharmaceuticals Self-aware Crisis Management 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Leaders recognize that lean and agile business strategies require new ways of accessing talent to fill critical gaps — without necessarily bringing on more full-time employees. Studies of the global agile-talent community vary in their estimates of the size of the population. One of the main problems is decision making.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Cigna is the first insurance company to get pharmaceutical companies to agree to value pricing based on results for certain cholesterol-lowering drugs. However, with the growth of sensors and wearable technology , we’re seeing more ongoing real-time assessment of product- or service-use and results. ” Health care.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Increasingly, customers demand more after-sale service; this is the norm now in business-to-business sales, but will spill over to consumer goods, too, thanks to some of the technology advances we'll talk about below. All over the world, automakers are mastering new drive train technologies.

Globalization 9

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

Advances in digital technology and their use in organizations carry huge promise to empower people at all levels. For example, a study of a multinational pharmaceutical company revealed that leaders in its U.S. Leadership & Managing people Technology Managing yourself'

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Tools CEO Mezzanine Software 8