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The Movement Of People And Ideas Is Key To Economic Growth

The Horizons Tracker

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. In essence, this is the process by which existing technologies and processes are combined or deployed in new ways. Buchanan highlights that 40% of all parents in the U.S.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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? " Great article.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

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If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? Share and Enjoy: View Comments Gordon R. Clogston Mike, it is apparent from your articles that you are writing from a position of experience. Great article. Best wishes Gordon… [link] Principal (le?)

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When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Dov Gordon [link] mikemyatt Hi Dov: As with other endeavors, poorly conceived or unneeded restructuring efforts will not end well. Thanks for sharing Dov… [link] ATIG Dear Mike, I really enjoyed your article, Mike. That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle.

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How Systems Engineering Can Help Fix Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Institutions purchase hundreds of individual, siloed technologies — each with its own work processes, training, and user interfaces — based on what the market offers. We then plop them into an ICU or operating room and hope that they somehow work together. No doubt, patients are at risk for more than seven harms.

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The Case for Investing More in People

Harvard Business Review

In The Good Jobs Strategy , Zeynep Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, demonstrates how the best retail companies align their customer value proposition with their operations strategy and their approach to human capital. It’s not money that’s in short supply; it’s good growth ideas.

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Google’s Alphabet Move Is Reorganizing 101

Harvard Business Review

If what it takes to operate the businesses and make them successful are fundamentally similar, then it will be helpful to have a unifying corporate culture so that knowledge and learning get shared. Gordon Moore and Andy Grove were at Intel for decades. Is it unusual that the founders are still deeply involved at this inflection point?

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