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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

As a CEO, I would strongly suggest you conduct a gut check during your next executive meeting by counting the number of times you hear your CXOs say things like: “That will never work,&# &# We can’t do that,&# “That’s not my problem,&# “We’ve always done it that way.&#

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Clayton Christensen: What I’ll Miss About Andy Grove

Harvard Business Review

But this confidence served as a platform that allowed Andy to learn important things from every person — even Clayton Christensen. He was a powerful executive because he understood how organizations really operate and could harness this knowledge. He had a high level of self-esteem, of course. He was confident in his abilities.

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Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team

Harvard Business Review

Like any firm in need of business development, we build relationships with executives across the company, and pitch proposals. ” We do not execute a central mandate (e.g., ” That would neither be in line with our primary objectives, nor fit our consultants’ career expectations. Exceed client expectations.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You see, while creativity is a clearly a valuable asset, unbridled creativity where random, disparate ideas abound outside of a sound decisioning and execution framework will create distraction and chaos much more often than they will lead to innovation. Moore and Christensen tell us what to do, but their prescription is rarely followed.

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Make Your Innovative Idea Seem Less Terrifying

Harvard Business Review

When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney. This led to the HR VP brokering a meeting with the CEO and an invitation to make a formal presentation to the Executive Committee. Executing on Innovation.

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

The 12 square km Education City is home to a wide range of K12 and higher education facilities, including seven international campuses from institutions such as Northwestern, Texas A&M and Carnegie Mellon universities, with HEC Paris then offering executive MBAs from its campus in West Bay.