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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

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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The Big Picture of Business – The Future Has Moved… and Left No Forwarding Address.

Strategy Driven

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Clarke, Technology and the Future. “Upper classes are a nation’s past; the middle class is its future.” “Upper classes are a nation’s past; the middle class is its future.” .” Will Rogers.

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Shut-up & Listen | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Even solid world class institutions like the University of California Berkeley under the leadership of Chancellor Birgeneau & Provost Breslauer are firing employees, staff, faculty and part-time lecturers through “Operational Excellence (OE) initiative”: last year 600 were fired, this year 300.

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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Of course subordinating one's ego to more productive traits never hurts.:) And, emotional intelligence has been linked to successful leadership (just did a paper on this for a university class). Controlling one's emotions is part and parcel of emotional intelligence. The good news?

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The Big Picture of Business – Avoid the Tired, Trite Terms: Encourage Original Thought, Focus on Priorities and Strategy

Strategy Driven

Many people used to do the same thing with the word ‘technology,’ using it far from its reasonable definitions. These expressions are trite and reflect a copy-cat way of talking and thinking: ‘Solutions’ is a tired 1990’s term, taken from technology hype. Portray their company as a contributor, not a savior.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In fact, if you examine failed leaders as a class you’ll find that a lack of love, misplaced love, or misguided love were a contributing cause of said failures, if not the root cause. In the text that follows I’ll examine the softer sides of leadership – love, compassion, humility, kindness and empathy.

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Humility and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Over the years I have come to believe that “ having class &# is synonymous with demonstrating a penchant for humility over bravado. In today’ post I’ll share my thoughts on the value of learning to become a humble leader… It’s been said that life is a long lesson in humility.

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