HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

As the CEO of The Josh Bersin Company, he anticipates monumental shifts in the HR landscape and urges organizations to embrace systemic HR and AI technologies. The HR Digest: Can you share key milestones in your career journey, and how they shaped your perspective on the global talent market?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve had a CEO tell me that certain immutable business principles just don’t apply to his/her business because, “this business is different.&# Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

Businesses operate at a pace such that they grab for help wherever it is available. Vendors who distract you, using expressions like “funding to grow your business.”. Online marketing firms. Technology consulting firms. Business clubs. The Better Business Bureau. Small Business Development Center.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Lead author of Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , which sold over one million copies in 37 languages. Authority on new technology and communication. Faculty of Columbia Business School. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Operations Group Baring Private Equity.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Running the business. Operations are sound, professional and productive. You employ state-of-the-art technology and are in the vanguard of your industry. Keeping the cash register ringing is not the only reason for being in business. Business Development. You provide a good place to work. About the Author.

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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? Which hat, or hats do you wear? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it?

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Winning in this environment requires more than new technology ; here are ten ways to become truly social in a world that is not just connected, but interconnected and interdependent: 1) Do away with one-way conversations. 9) Treat business as inseparable from life. By Guest Author Dov Seidman. 2) Connect and collaborate.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

If you're looking to conduct cross-continent business, know that you can, but the task is not easy. Managing one location has it's own challenges like keeping up with all of your departments including Human Resources, sales, marketing and the like. Do global business but act local. Create relationships and ask for help.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

When it works, it’s wonderful but the operative word is when it works. For a small business, this is a huge operational problem. The HP story is like a small business fairy tale and most small businesses and start-ups get a lot use out of personal computers in their early days.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Your personal brand is the mark you leave on the world.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 27, 2014

These days, more people than ever use technology, including mobile devices, to conduct their professional and personal business. Consider using them to protect your business and personal data from cyber thieves – starting today. Bill Carey is Vice President of Marketing & Business Development at Siber Systems Inc.,

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The choice to stay in a very black and white world of facts and figures is important for keeping the trust of all team members—and is particularly relevant when you’re operating at one remove. Can you give me data about what’s been going on?” He said/she said is excruciating anytime.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 14, 2014

The type of data sync approach your company should pursue depends on your unique business needs, your workforce and your technology assets. If you’re interested in this type of solution, make sure the provider allows rapid data syncing on and off the cloud and operates in multiple environments. About the Author.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

I think showing love is something that will really come back to you in the end, even in the business world. How great would it be if everyone would operate with the ultimate goal being love? Thanks 4 Women Entrepreneurs January 21st, 2011 at 8:19 pm Great post. Interesting thoughts. Thanks for posting.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The world of business has changed since Boomers appeared on the stage as self-assured, optimistic employees and managers. Technology has exploded, giving us instant access to information and knowledge, and it all moves and changes so fast that some of what Boomers have learned during their careers may be obsolete.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

No company ever dazzled the world by lackadaisically going after a market. Xerox's failure to conquer the personal computing market — this despite developing revolutionary technology — demonstrates the importance of aligning all segments of your organization in the pursuit of innovation. In 1984, Apple Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

While AI will be deployed to manage certain tasks, including higher-level decision making, the technology’s true power is in augmenting human capabilities — and that holds true in the supply chain. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center. Adopting AI.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The advent of the internet and better devices has impacted the way people interact and how businesses operate. Smart TV technology is more than the usual television you will find at any house. It’s easy to browse the internet, play games, interact on social media, or video call using this smart technology.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

As technology develops, what customers expect from their companies develops too. There was a time when companies could operate without corporate websites or email contacts; now websites are the centerpiece of marketing and branding. This is a tremendous marketing opportunity.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

No company ever dazzled the world by lackadaisically going after a market. Xerox's failure to conquer the personal computing market — this despite developing revolutionary technology — demonstrates the importance of innovation among all sectors of your company. In 1984, Apple Inc. Today, the GUI is ubiquitous.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Push paper, systems, technology. Science-Technology Provider.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

The 'iPods' of poverty alleviation and literacy have likely been invented and put to use by small organizations in some corner of the globe, but there is no market for identifying these breakthrough ideas and ensuring widespread adoption.". Consider these examples: 1.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Yet most organizations don’t manage internal collaboration productively, and assume that technology or formal org charts can yield agility.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

Not surprisingly, more and more businesses are becoming certified for their social responsibility practices. Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In turn, this will foster better social outcomes and create new markets and consumer segments. This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Different operational skills. If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. Michael Fertik is a repeat Internet entrepreneur and CEO with experience in technology and law. Diversity on your founding team will give you strength.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

Freedom to explore long-term ideas and emerging technologies is important. But most of these new teams will require help from the business units to make it out into the “real world,” and generate substantial revenues. Operators in the business units love hitting goals and finding new efficiencies.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

Internal operational issues including execution, budgets, and deadlines are paramount in a company’s deliberation, but what other players will do is hardly ever in focus. Some estimate the market for market research alone at $20 billion annually. Specific competitor information is another $2 billion.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Then came ill-advised decisions — like making a flip phone when market research showed that no one wanted flip phones — and an accretion of layers of management that operated by consensus. Oh, and an offer from then-up-and-coming star Justin Bieber to rep BlackBerry, an offer that was rebuffed by the marketing department.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

Earlier in her career, she left a position as SVP of business development and emerging businesses to join Boston Scientific in a senior line job. Rick Jensen, who left a big job in marketing to become SVP, Chief Talent Officer at Intuit, recalled a lesson he learned in marketing: “Fall in love with the problem.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Technology is making some of that effort easier. The problem is that technologies for collaboration are improving faster than people’s ability to learn to use them. At an individual level, one specific leader had always operated in idea-rich environments like consulting and marketing.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

A good management team will be dedicated to creating product market fit, otherwise the business will flounder. Anyone who has operated inside a big corporate will tell you that for any project, you might have an executive mandate. This is where a startup''s lack of profitable operations would have worked to their advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. wages, small businesses may be an even more critical pathway than ever to mobility and opportunity – not just for the business owner, but also for those who fill the jobs that business creates.

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