N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Gordon Berridge: Our readers, with mining knowledge, will be will be familiar with the name Sam Walsh and Rio Tinto, but to provide a complete sketch of your background, would you please share a brief summary of your career history? I have been extremely fortunate to have had a very varied career. On with the interview.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

As I watched the documentary, I was struck by how closely the story mirrored case studies from the business world, and how perfectly it illustrated the points I try to emphasize in the leadership and innovation class I teach at MIT. They had to improvise, making up major new scenes as they hit major new problems.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2015

It used to be said that people have three careers in them. Bacharach started his music writing career by taking 'work for hire,' tailoring songs to particular performers. The case studies become the substance of what we provide future clients. Things that were not achievable in early careers are now yours to master.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2013

It seemed as if there was never a good time for Susie Gordon and Antonio Barile to talk. Editor''s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. It''s my turn to stir!" He took the spoon and returned it to Camilla.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 3, 2011

In the movie Wall Street, Michael Douglas won an Oscar for his portrayal of the rude, larcenous wheeler-dealer Gordon Gekko. This should have been the apex of Mike's young career. He is a living case study from whom everyone at Dell is learning. But Mike put up astounding numbers with his trades.

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360-Degree Feedback CEO Gordon Learning-by-Doing 115

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

I later read that Gordon Moore had said that was as likely to be adhered to as the 55-mile-per-hour speed limit. (As As usual, and luckily for Stanford, Gordon was right.). In winter quarter of 1989, Andy taught that new case in one of my courses. He liked it; the classroom suited his penetrating and curious intellect.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The answers “I am not up to much” and “I have some time on my hands, actually” are not going to do much for your internal status and career. However, that you are very busy all the time is actually a bit of problem when you are in charge of your company or unit’s strategy, and responsible for organizing it.

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