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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality.

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What Markets Do and Don’t Get About Innovation

Harvard Business Review

The idea was to transform his theory of disruptive innovation into an investment thesis. Disruptive innovation can take several forms, and the market understands some types better than others. Why the market values some kinds of innovation better than others. But do markets really follow the logic of an academic theory?

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Never be swayed by consensus that calls you to compromise your values, rather be guided by doing the right thing. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. The Importance Factor : Not every difference needs to be resolved. I Think Not.

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made. This convergence hypothesis is reassuring on many fronts.

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Jack Welch’s Approach to Breaking Down Silos Still Works

Harvard Business Review

Welch was convinced that the speed of globalization and technological innovation in the 21 st century would require companies to work very differently – with shorter decision cycles, more employee engagement, and stronger collaboration than had previously been required to compete. This was delaying product production.

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The Post-Covid World Sees Innovation Spread Its Wings

The Horizons Tracker

Over the last few decades, innovation activity has become concentrated in clusters or ecosystems, where finance, academia, industry and entrepreneurs rub shoulders to allow the free flow of ideas. Innovating our response to Covid-19. In part these may be fed by the fact it is easy to find social consensus.”.

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What Makes Some Silicon Valley Companies So Successful

Harvard Business Review

We spent time with established digital players, midsize companies (including Box and Palantir), and startups, particularly those focused on FinTech and technology services. These conversations highlighted some attitudes and values that seemed to go a long way toward explaining Silicon Valley’s innovation identity.