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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice. As a leader how can you make good decisions, set the vision and model behavior for something you don’t understand or participate in? Thanks for the great insights Rob. Thanks for sharing!

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

After studying meetings of various sizes, researchers have concluded that the optimal number of participants is seven or eight — small enough for good discussions, but large enough for a diversity of opinions. The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While participating in meaningful work and helping others is important to me, serving my family is what I dedicate my life to. I read that "don't ask an unconscious patient to participate as an active partner in the treatment" I don’t regret my work because I try to save other from some bad scenario.

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. Chief Marketing Officer Beth Comstock told me they looked to see how they could take this battery technology to new markets.