N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In 1973/4 I participated in an Overseas Fellowship at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in a work/study cooperative programme in Flint, Michigan, which was the birthplace of GM. Gordon Berridge: Did you have a mentor at Rio Tinto, if so, how important was that person to you and your development?

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Building Personal Strength

JANUARY 10, 2010

Develop your people. They'll need stuff: responsibility, authority, guidance, information, space, time, funds, materials, tools, supplies, systems, technology, transportation and other forms of support. The job of a leader is to get a group of people to bring their best effort and work together to achieve an important result.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

Recent allegations of the theft of top-security information connected to the development of sophisticated weapons and air defense systems have only heightened concerns about the security of the nation''s networks. The first focuses on the concept of enhanced public/private information sharing and developing standards. media companies.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2012

And how much of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions do you think international transport really produces? This may come as a surprise when you think about the long distances ships travel to transport cargo. But for pollutants that span regions, cross-border cooperation can be crucial for any attempts at a cleanup.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Real estate developers are integrating automation systems, sensors, and mobility options into their properties. New opportunities for investment and development could open up if some formerly congested, polluted, or crime-ridden areas become more livable. Utilities are rolling out smart meters and introducing dynamic pricing schemes.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

That concept is at the heart of our SecondHands research program where, in conjunction with a number of European universities, we are developing a humanoid maintenance robot that is not taught what to do but instead watches human technicians at work and learns how to assist them with their tasks. Here, another wrench in the Industry 4.0

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

He applied his specialized expertise to help this team evaluate the impact of construction-induced vibration on surrounding public transportation infrastructure. Upbeat Music Can Make Employees More Cooperative. Work on your network. How to Handle a Colleague Who’s a Jerk When the Boss Isn’t Around. Amy Jen Su.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Realistically, that can happen on a large enough scale only if business leaders cooperate with one another, unions, and educational institutions, both regionally and nationally. Unlike Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, the United States has generally failed to develop widely accepted skills standards for particular sectors.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Last June, I raised a few eyebrows when I told attendees at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (aka Rio+20 ) that "accountants would save the world." A transport company like TNT is a typical beneficiary of globalization. But I meant it. Why accounting? During my time as CEO of TNT N.V.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

This new style in soccer was first experimented with by FC Barcelona manager Laureano Ruiz, who called it rondos, and between 1988 and 1996, Johan Cruyff built on it to develop the concept of futball total , or total football. Studies however show that less than 10% of departmental managers develop visions that guide their staff.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

The key to such a change is developing an innovation-oriented industrial structure and a well-functioning innovation system. Currently, the annual expenditures for research and development (R&D) amount to 0.67% of Greece’s GDP. Or it can aim higher – by laying the groundwork for higher value-added goods production.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

But health is not just an outcome of development – it is a prerequisite. Employers, in cooperation with their health plans, can identify the need for wellness programs and services, such as preventive screenings, tailored to lowering both health risks and costs.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

And yet federally funded research and development — creativity, institutionalized — is down 20% as a share of America's GDP since the late 1980s. I've often suggested that people walk to work, take public transportation, and in general, wander about to see how real people, consumers, are behaving and spending their time.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

We also believe cooperation is necessary. Ask: Can we design a $300 House Village which provides the poor a chance to live safely with access to an inclusive ecosystem of services which includes electricity, clean water, sanitation, health services, family planning, education transportation, and micro enterprise?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2014

But companies in this space can benefit from being more cooperative with regulators. Sharing data about the number of users, for example, enables cities to see the benefits your firm is providing to their citizens in terms of increased transportation options.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

This new style in soccer was first experimented with by FC Barcelona manager Laureano Ruiz, who called it rondos, and between 1988 and 1996, Johan Cruyff built on it to develop the concept of futball total , or total football. Studies however show that less than 10% of departmental managers develop visions that guide their staff.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

for example, has already seen executive action to double car and truck fuel efficiency and reduce emissions from our utility sector through the Clean Power Plan , which forces every state to develop a strategy to bring emissions down at roughly the same pace the U.S. as a whole has committed to.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

that the nation’s transportation infrastructure urgently needs investment. For proposed projects to gain traction, various stakeholders must be aligned; chief among these are the companies that rely on transportation systems to connect them to customers and suppliers, and the government planners responsible for building these trade arteries.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2014

These developments unraveled the projected confidence of leading physicians and officials of the Center for Disease Control that the disease was a low-risk threat to our country with its advanced medical systems. The burgeoning Ebola crisis hit home for Americans the other week with the death of a Liberian man in Dallas.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2018

They argue that we cannot cooperate with each other to solve our major problems because our institutions and businesses are saturated with a competitive spirit. Thus, a post-scarcity world, premised on cooperation, would emerge. In a book titled Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?, But can we really end scarcity?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2018

Ironically, the resurgence of protectionism in the White House follows progress by a number of countries, including the United States, to agree to cooperate in curbing SOEs via multilateral actions. Here’s more detail on those developments. The object of the next likely round of U.S. New Rules to Curb SOEs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

For instance, the term “robber barons” itself, a pejorative reference to German barons who collected tolls from shipping on the Rhine, was coined in 1859, as America’s titans of industry, led by Cornelius Vanderbilt, consolidated their control of America’s transport networks (particularly rail).

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