N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

and any number of other appearance specific issues can add to, or detract from, the strength of your personal brand. I want to be clear that I’m not advocating for form over substance, extreme self-indulgence, narcissism, or masking insecurity by the trappings you surround yourself with.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2014

Crisis management is the ultimate stress test for the CEO and other top leaders of companies. The mantra for all leaders in crisis management must be: “It is our problem the moment we hear about it. Communication Crisis management' Then they must seize control immediately and lead a systematic response.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Capitalizing upon change, rather than becoming a by-product of it. Futurism: ideas that inspire, manage and benchmark change. The following concepts do not constitute Futurism by themselves: sales, technology, re-engineering, marketing, research, training, operations, administration. Futurism: an ongoing quest toward wisdom.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. Maximize engineering productivity.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. You Know How To Say It : Mark Twain I’m not, but for the most part I can put across a cogent thought.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Design and re-engineering of products-services. Each product-service is budgeted. Assets are adequately valued and managed. Study and refine your own core business characteristics. Understand “The Business You’re In” and how it fits into the core business.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). But I have been doing people and project management for years. And I believe that management is about applying common sense. Your blog certainly deserves to be at the top, in my opinion. I admire your keen insights and courage to speak your truth. I’m not an MBA.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

At the same time, fighter planes were coming in low overhead, their engines echoing in the cavernous atmosphere of Manhattan. Fifth Avenue was shut down and everyone was walking in the middle of it headed from hospital to hospital or up to the Red Cross to give blood. What was most striking was the attitude of everyone.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Senior engineers in the company respond to the forums by denying the hacking claims. Work closely with your external public relations (PR) and media partners and identify specialists in crisis management and communication who can be an extension of your internal team so that when a data breach happens, they will be at the table with you.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

Most of us don’t oversee huge IPOs, but sooner or later, every team faces an unexpected crisis: technology breaks, a competitor makes a disruptive move, a promising project fails, a key employee quits, consumers have a negative reaction to a new product—the list goes on. Here are three of those lessons.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

There is an art to Crisis Preparedness. So also should diversity, branding, quality, marketing, re-engineering and other important processes. The same planning process that nurtures Crisis Preparedness can and must also accommodate for Crisis Management. Product Recall, Tylenol. Product Contamination-Damage.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

We also try to maintain a true meritocracy with competitive pay and a specific career path that defines clear expectations at every level (our titles replicated the ones external firms use: analyst, consultant, project manager, practice lead, and so on). A strong value proposition and a first-class recruiting engine. Utilization.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions. Realistic : Adopting a new idea should be based upon solid business logic that drives corresponding financial engineering and modeling. Every task should be assigned and managed according to a plan and in the light of day.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Not only was this a shift in company focus and customer orientation, but it put high-volume tire production and sales as the only priorities. Intervention.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

Leaders need to be productively paranoid. The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia." Prior to the Oslo terrorist attack, we saw the exact opposite of productive paranoia — a leisurely attitude. As Bill Gates said, "Fear should guide you."

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? No single leader can possess every needed attribute. ” [link] lightridr Great post, Mike.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

It’s because you don’t get it…It’s not about you, your company, your products or your services. Call me crazy, but I don’t want to talk to someone who wants to manage my account, develop my business, or engineer my sale. It’s because you’re talking and not listening.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

In the midst of a serious economic crisis in Finland in the early 1990s the company almost ceased to exist, but the mobile-phone arm helped pull Nokia out of trouble and then effectively became Nokia as the company divested its other operations.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. In a perfect world you would build relationships with the largest possible universe of targeted constituents where you can productively engage and contribute.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2014

That 2% includes all the doctors, lawyers, accountants and engineers… those of us who actually advise. One-third of the Gross National Product is sent each year toward cleaning up mistakes, rework, make-goods, corrective action and correcting defects. Only 2% of those who call themselves Consultants really are just that.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

While in Kansai, Japan's second economic engine based around the city of Osaka, I found things operating pretty much as normal. Japan is famous for its lean production systems and efficient supply chains. I met up with some foreign friends from Tokyo whose firm (a European company) had relocated them; they have been moved back now.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Trying to re-engineer an entire life in a few short years down the home stretch is a tough row to hoe. The best legacies are built moment-by-moment and day-by-day. Have fun with your father in law and congratulations to you and your wife on the upcoming birth.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Among the lessons which we learned from the Y2K Bug exercise were: When they want to do so, company leadership will provide sufficient resources to plan for the future, including crisis management and preparedness (of which computer glitches are one set of ‘what ifs.’). Product recalls. Crisis management.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Now there is a book which makes the growth planning process simple and practical,&# said Stephen Linnemann, VP at Burns & McDonnell Engineering. How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills This Week's Book Recommendation 3 Things Your Mission Statement Must Have Is Your Crisis Management Program In Place?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2014

The switches could, if bumped or weighed down by a heavy key ring, cut off engine power and disable air bags. According to another , “GM has said the issue was discovered as early as 2001, and in 2004, a company engineer ran into the problem during the testing phase of the soon-to-be-released Chevrolet Cobalt.”. How did this happen?’

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

From digital platforms to customer experience to crisis management , these priorities have been a bellwether for what would soon dominate boardroom discussions and headline business publications. It affects hiring practices, suppliers you work with, how you reward product development, and of course, marketing.”

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

The bottom line is this…the gift of intellect is an asset to be thankful for, and put to good and productive use. Always appreciate your insights Peter… [link] mikemyatt Hi Elliot: The four items mentioned in your list regrettably happen to exist in many domains far beyond the engineering field. Thanks Brian.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

In September 2015 the Environmental Protection Agency found that many Volkswagen cars sold in the United States were equipped with software that could falsely improve the performance of diesel engines on emissions tests. Our analysis of the Volkswagen scandal offers useful insights regarding the management of a crisis incident.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MARCH 21, 2011

Call it a hiccup or a long-term slump; every brand faces a crisis. Whether self-created or a swipe from the blind side, crisis recovery can be elusive. The J&J folks set the crisis management standard for all others to follow—to be prepared for that inevitable day when disaster WILL strike.

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