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

N2Growth Blog

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. I believe leaders need to recognize this point to avoid allowing one individual to take away too much energy from the broader team. Thank you for sharing Mike!

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. In other cases, smart city projects present opportunities to generate advertising revenue and branding. For companies, the trick will be balancing each city’s desire for custom solutions with their own need for scale.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

Ageas contributes its expertise in insurance product design, marketing, finance, and risk management, while the partner, often a well-embedded local financial institution, contributes its customer portfolio, distribution channel, brand, and relationships. Dual asymmetrical joint venture. Model 6: Cofunding of a third-party asset.

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Peak Globalization

Harvard Business Review

Looking forward toward the next decade and beyond, we are seeing countries increasingly prize sovereignty over multilateralism, national interests over international cooperation, and local constituencies over global populations. Unlike their parents, Gen 1ers prefer Chinese over Western brands. The young in the U.S.,