N2Growth Blog

JULY 7, 2019

When you look back on your career, you remember the jobs you took, the jobs you declined, the opportunities realized and the opportunities lost. The first item on the agenda was a proposal by ACME Consulting. With an overly polite, “absolutely”, Susan signaled her agreement. You also remember the Consultants. Executive.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JULY 26, 2016

Early in my career, when I worked for a couple of big companies in brand management, I joined my colleagues in nodding to the notion of taking a step back. Yes, these pundits were bright and articulate, but they could also be very political. They value innovation and creativity, and are eager to lead strategic change.

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Brand Learning-by-Doing Brand Management Proposal 100

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Being able to effectively support entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs is increasingly important as more and more of us have taken the entrepreneurial career path during the pandemic. Supporting entrepreneurship. Talent shortages.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

Join us to hear expert speakers from across the realms of politics and business discuss compelling issues such as: Where do men fit into supporting inclusive workplaces? CMI’s proposal has already been picked up in the media and some key influencers. Reserved your spot? She discussed the issue on LBC News with Martin Stanford.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In modern times, migration has seldom been anything if not a contentious issue, with political discourse reflecting often conflicting values on the topic. While the current government is debating the introduction of a Canadian-style points system to encourage more immigration, the various proposals are still at the discussion stage.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. Incremental improvements are good business, while disruptive innovation is great business – a game changer. Disruptive innovation is the game changer that shatters the status quo. Focus on value creation.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The importance of foreign talent to a country’s innovative capabilities was underlined by a recent letter signed by 40 heads of business schools from across the United States, which makes the case for a more liberal immigration policy that allows greater mobility of talent. “We do not believe the U.S. ” Early warning.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

What distinguishes members of one group from another rarely has anything to do with intellect, wealth, social pedigree, career standing, or other like pursuits…It has everything to do with desire. For those who read less, one strong motivator is to apply more of the ideas into innovative action plans for that day.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 22, 2019

In just over a decade, open innovation has grown from a novelty to something practised by most organizations. The animated book takes an evidence-driven exploration of the various issues surrounding open borders, both in terms of examining the benefits and the dangers proposed by various politicians.

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Open-book Cooper Globalization Proposal 69

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

To maximize your career progress, you need answers to three questions that focus on upward mobility — the answers to which are elusive in the vast majority of organizations. How does one navigate the “political thicket” in the company to get things done at the senior level?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

He’d be earning less money in the immediate future, but his long-term career prospects would dramatically improve. When it comes to moving your career forward, it’s important to set aside your pride. But when she became interested in political campaigns, she was willing to start at the bottom, where the campaign needed her.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Witnessing the downward-spiral of Carla Sanders' career was painful — yet her experience offers an important commentary on the requirements of executive leadership in today's organizations. Shortly thereafter, the pace of her career progress began to stall. Carla's an actual executive whose name has been changed.).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

Solution finders work with others to devise ways to fix the problem and gain support for the proposed approach within the company. In reality you've just added to your already-harried boss's job jar. No kudos for that.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Whether the industry is media, entertainment, politics, technology, or something else, these women say things like: “ I quit.” I went into the tech industry, where I saw firsthand that male executives preferred to promote the ideas and innovations proposed by the female colleagues they happened to be having sex with.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

August 2002: HBR's special innovation issue hits the street, and my contrarian article about the fickle nature of corporate innovation sits sandwiched between stories by the likes of Peter Drucker, Henry Chesbrough, John Seely Brown, and Richard Florida. Breaking Out of the Innovation Box" was not the title I had wanted, but it worked.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

With policy makers distracted by political polarization and limited fiscal and monetary room to maneuver in, one thing seems certain: Global businesses must advance a new, credible narrative for globalization, technology, and the role of corporations — and support it with purposeful action. The New Science of Human Capital.

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Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

But the more I’ve considered Cain’s praise for introverts, the more I’ve realized that during my career, some of the best marketers I’ve worked with have been introverts. Innovation Is Marketing’s Job, Too. Don’t Propose Marriage to a Customer Who Wants a Fling?. Time will tell if I am right. An HBR Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

It’s time for companies to embrace their rebel talent as a way to foster innovation, employee engagement, and change from within. You only need to pitch three things: What’s at stake – the “so what” factor; what will be different if the idea is adopted; and assurance that the proposed idea is likely to work.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Talent tech raises urgency for further talent innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

Most companies now have more gender-balanced talent pools, especially at the early-to-mid-career levels, and are looking for ways to make sure progress continues at the mid-to-upper levels. These leaders are recognizing that this balance drives the innovation and market understanding they need for other key business transformations.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

His bottom line: “For a manager running a nonfinancial business, the proposed reforms to Dodd-Frank are probably a bad trade-off.” Why Dodd-Frank was created: “Following the American and global financial crisis, there was legitimate political demand to try to prevent it from repeating. This is better in the U.S.

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Banking Crisis System Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Frame your proposed answer to the problem as consistent with what the boss has said in the past. Nor should you try to get close with your manager for purely political reasons. You might say: “We can do x, which I know you’ve suggested before.”

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