Mills Scofield

MAY 13, 2012

Perhaps innovators and entrepreneurs aren’t more risk-o-philic, they just define risk differently – not following one’s passion and purpose is a greater risk than financial or reputational security. We can all learn from their transformative innovations. ” Well, someone = us ! What drove this level of risk?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

While a business cannot scale without growth, a business can grow without being scalable. If your business model requires implicit customer growth your business might grow for a time period certain, but it isn’t scalable. Let’s drill down on the talent argument a bit deeper. Take Google, for example.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 27, 2019

Software engineers famously make up around 80% of the Tesla workforce, and it’s estimated that self-driving cars will require around one billion lines of code to function. Tesla are showing how the shift towards digital motoring is transforming the sector and allowing completely new business models to emerge.

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Skills Automotive Engineering Software 60

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design.

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 23, 2015

Because that was how I was managed and led from the start of my career, because that was really all I personally and gratefully knew, that was how I managed and led others; how could I know otherwise? In my career, I’ve helped clients ignite soul sparks and surpass goals we thought were long shots. Leo Tolstoy.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

I've faced some tough challenges, such as which surgery to get, how to invest for my business, and even how to deal with identify theft. With so much stuff coming at me from all angles, daily prosperity relies on spam filters, Internet search engines, and personalized music and movie recommendations. These predicaments matter.

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 23, 2015

Because that was how I was managed and led from the start of my career, because that was really all I personally and gratefully knew, that was how I managed and led others; how could I know otherwise? In my career, I’ve helped clients ignite soul sparks and surpass goals we thought were long shots. Leo Tolstoy.

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Mentor Incubator Open-book Tools 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

In a recent article , we defined hybrids as combinations of competing elements or technical generations; for example, the Toyota Prius combines elements of internal combustion engines and electric cars. At the core of successful leaps, we have observed a new type of hybrid: the hybrid product/platform business models.

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Business Model Software Mass Marketing Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Managers often think about their careers in terms of winning and losing. But what about those whose careers are sidetracked or derailed when passed over for a key assignment or big promotion? Are these “losers” out of the running for career advancement, or can they regain their footing, refocus their sights, and continue to rise?

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

Most companies, whether start-ups or long-time players live in a world shaped by the laws of demand where low pricing can trump quality, and where targeted marketing, carefully crafted keywords, and social media engineering can build awareness, influence opinion, and generate sales. Of course this depends on a company’s business model.

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Rajesh Setty

APRIL 26, 2015

Key Observations About the Revenue Engine for Google. it is no secret that the revenue engine for google is advertising. The Problem With the Key Driver of Revenues: Intent Expression Engine. Quota is a human-powered Q&A engine focused on trivial to deep questions. Radical Innovations. Think about it.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

At his invitation, I went this week to the state's two largest cities, Lexington and Louisville, to talk with local entrepreneurs and community leaders about what it takes to spur more innovation and entrepreneurship in a region. Think about the forms an "Innovation Story Studio" for the community could take. You have to lead.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. However, CEOs often don’t have the career background and education that would equip them to personally lead the process of new product development. This work builds on earlier research into CEO qualifications.).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

One of the great satisfactions of being a leader is that you get to be a teacher, sharing the wisdom you’ve acquired over the course of a career with young colleagues hungry for time-tested advice. He’s unleashed huge innovations and presided over unprecedented growth. The secret of WD-40’s success?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For example, when my book publisher was hit by Hurricane Wilma, (thus my upcoming book was literally blown away), I turned to graphic design where I had received all my training and contacts—but with a much different business model. Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

As the new CEO of Google, he has been handed the keys to one of the world’s most valuable brands , the top website to open to get to other websites , the most popular operating system for smartphones , and the most desirable employer for engineering or business graduates. To the average user, search engines feel interchangeable.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

As Dick Morley — an MIT manufacturing innovator with deep experience in the auto industry — put it to us, "the trouble with big companies is that they take nice high-risk, high-return opportunities, then manage the risk out of them to the point that there's no return left." Certainly, that's a fair accusation.

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Entrepreneur Innovation Intellectual Capital Mission Statement 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Armed with the art of the possible, innovators are seeking to apply disruptive consumer technologies to enterprise class uses — call it the consumerization of IT in the enterprise. The likely results include new methods of furthering relationships, crafting longer term engagement, and creating transformational business models.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. The athletic apparel giant has also engaged a broad base of partners (and competitors) in innovation toward that goal. Hack by Valeria Budinich, Ashoka.

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Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Huffington grew up in Athens and studied in London before starting her career as a politician and media entrepreneur. Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. Apart from their success as entrepreneurs, they all share one distinct characteristic: extensive cross-cultural experience.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Similarly slow progress was seen in steam engines, factory electrification, and petroleum refining. But without a robust labor market, textile workers could not look forward to a long career at different workplaces and so they had little reason to invest in learning. Only then did wages begin to grow vigorously.

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Technology Learning-by-Doing Skills Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

In addition, several manufacturers have recently created a new frontline role, IT manufacturing engineer, with dotted-line reporting to both OT and IT. Campofrio Food Group, a multinational meat processor, decided to transform its technology, culture, and business processes at its 17-year-old flagship factory in Burgos, Spain. .”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

The rethink took place in the context of a lot of skepticism (at best) about the banking system, the banking business model, and its contribution to American well-being. The flip side of the stress test, though, is that there is some possibility for the banks to reverse-engineer and game the results. This is better in the U.S.

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