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The Importance of Risk Assessment in Business

Strategy Driven

Risks are part and parcel of everyday life. For example: What can go wrong? Legal liability is reduced, and the stability of your operations increases. Thanks to technology there are a wealth of tools and software you can use to make the process easier. How is it going to affect your business? What should you do?

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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Over the years I have observed countless examples of people who jeopardize their future to satisfy an emotional need, when what they should have done was protect their future by exhibiting control over their emotions. Controlling one's emotions is part and parcel of emotional intelligence. " – couldn't agree more.

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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

You bring up Apple, a shining example (no pun intended) of design being part and parcel of brand. With Apple design and user experience as so inextricably linked they are one and the same. Apple isn't simply selling superior functionality, but also a certain style that is communicated through design.

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Make the Case for Better Quality Data

Harvard Business Review

Customer billing is a great example. Working to find and fix errors is part and parcel of most operational processes, and once they turn a harsh eye on non-value-added work, most leaders can root it out. Let's go back to the billing example once more, as it also provides good examples of lost opportunity.

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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

PPG (originally “Pittsburgh Plate Glass”) is a splendid example of such a transformation. For example, the company may have identified the perfect acquisition target, but be outbid by a rival. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation. For example, Umicore’s 2003 acquisition of PMG increased its revenues by 50%.

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How Corporate Investors Can Improve Their Odds

Harvard Business Review

VCs, they’re told, take more of a long-term approach, have a greater degree of risk tolerance, and parcel out their funds in stages to mitigate risk. The operative question for them is, not “How confident am I that this investment will yield a positive return?” All of this is right, as far as it goes.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Sometimes that requires creating a separate operating structure. For example, at Lowe’s, the $53 billion retailer, Lowe’s Innovation Labs has a team that collaborates with outside startup companies to build prototypes. That leaves many ideas swimming around inside the corporate fish tank for far too long. Invest real money.