N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 29, 2012

Here is the executive summary of a recent report featured online by The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company. Our goal is to provide leaders in the commercial, public, and social sectors [.].

McKinsey 75

McKinsey Technology Productivity Products 75

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 14, 2013

McKinsey Insights ’ Pankaj Ghemawat references a survey of senior executives where 76% of them feel they need to develop global-leadership capabilities, but only 7% of feel they are doing so effectively. Define the right metrics to measure individual goals and collective goals of the team. Management isn’t just about goals.

Metrics 190

Metrics Management Katz How To 190

Skip Prichard

MAY 22, 2019

His new book Superhuman Innovation showcases how AI will supercharge the workforce, the world of work, and can be harnessed to deliver powerful change. It is a practical guide to how AI and Machine Learning are impacting not only how businesses, brands, and agencies innovate, but also what they innovate: products, services and content.

Content 88

Content Innovation Creativity McKinsey 88

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Your goal must be to ensure your team members are regularly performing work that they are good at and care about. They are psychological “owners,” drive performance and innovation, and move the organisation forward. 1) Reading the language and results in the McKinsey graphic highlights a few key themes.

Motivation 130

Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Through involvement, people develop deeper understanding of the issues and goals and become more committed to implementing decisions. And it becomes possible to create productive partnerships with other organizations, change the competitive advantage to what Rosabeth Moss Kanter calls a Collaborative Advantage. Networks are messy.

Competitive Advantage 282

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Creativity Diversity 282

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

I had the opportunity to speak with Charles Conn and Robert McLean, two McKinsey alums who share a seven-step systematic approach to creative problem solving that will work in any field or industry. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 2: Disaggregate.

Disaggregation 79

Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 79

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

The three of you had a common goal – a great performance. As we let ourselves be vulnerable, we also leave ourselves more open to new ideas, new ways of thinking which leads to empathy and innovation. Technology does not do much in a complex interaction (per McKinsey´s articles on interaction).

Efficiency 132

Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In the creative economy, innovation is more important than ever. Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance. Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. We all get it: innovation is the lifeblood of every organization.

Innovation 15

Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Companies and government agencies often make the mistake of viewing innovation as a set of unconstrained activities with no discipline. In reality, for innovation to contribute to a company or government agency, it needs to be designed as a process from start to deployment. As the head of the U.S.

Process 13

Process Innovation Incubator Committee 13

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A recent Mckinsey & Company survey shows that since 2015, America has seen only a modest growth in women’s well paid jobs representation in the corporate pipeline. It is a fast growing field and attracts a lot of entrepreneurs and innovators. For every 100 men promoted to manager, only 85 women were promoted. .

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

For example, in food and beverage, where there is now substantial consumer concern regarding obesity, the way that those food and beverage players respond to those concerns, whether it is product reformulation or shifting their promotional activity, impacts their success and their value.

Company 50

Company Competitive Advantage Open-book Long-term 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. Third, the goals cannot be realized without business participation. during the assembly. The case is clear.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Game-changing innovation is a beautiful thing. Disruptive products and services are unleashed. The problem is that large companies find game-changing innovation staggeringly difficult to achieve. Apple was the only incumbent in this period to grow by creating new markets repeatedly through disruptive innovation.

Innovation 9

Innovation Incubator Disruptive Innovation McKinsey 9

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.”

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.”

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018. When I later became head of McKinsey Asia, he helped me see that I had to hire a solid COO to work with me—which substantially increased my leadership effectiveness in that bigger role.”

Skills 15

Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 15

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

They ran productive meetings. And the Fundaments of managing by objectives : Cascading of organizational goals and objectives, (For example, a top level goal of increasing sales by 20% over a defined period may require a bottom level goal of increasing marketing effectiveness or marketing coverage in order to reach the sales set.).

Management 40

Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S. Past work by McKinsey found that inefficiencies in manufacturer-supplier interactions add up to roughly 5% of development, tooling, and product costs in the auto industry.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

.” A 10-year McKinsey study on flow found that top executives are up to 500% more productive when they’re in a state of flow. The Modern Organization Sabotages Productivity. How to Foster a Shorter, More Productive Workday. Unnecessary consensus-seeking for reversible, non-consequential decisions.

Outsourcing 15

Outsourcing Stress Productivity Products 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

But I think the interesting part comes when they start to see it as an opportunity for innovations that are financially beneficial as well as socially beneficial. The result will be innovation. There’s $12 trillion in business opportunities for solving sustainability challenges. They’re so far removed from it.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

It's in areas of the company such as knowledge management, innovation, communication, and better integration with the supply chain. One example: A team that was testing a new modem put out a call for help and got 170 volunteers to test the product and give the designers feedback. Integration. into the core. But that's a good thing.

Media 9

Media McKinsey Supply Chain Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Research by McKinsey shows that, on average, 30% of corporate earnings are at stake when it comes to a company’s relationships with society. As a global survey conducted by McKinsey shows, only 21% of business executives think their company frequently engages successfully. The current model is not working. Engage radically.

Company 8

Company McKinsey Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Just a few weeks ago Harvard Business Review and McKinsey & Co. opened the first leg of their 2012/13 M-Prize challenge: " Innovating Innovation." The concept of portfolio management is not new, but only a small handful of companies have developed sophisticated yet usable systems to manage their innovation portfolio.

Case Study 8

Case Study Uncertainty McKinsey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2012

As an anecdote, McKinsey Quarterly offers a starter kit of sorts for developing an organizational point of view on risk that should inform the way executives make decisions. 10 Steps to a Productive Summer (Guardian). Set Ambitious Goals (Columbia Ideas at Work). You never know who will be important to you later on.

Exit Strategy 14

Exit Strategy How To McKinsey Project 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

For example, in Berlin alone, the list includes Axel Springer, Bayer, Lufthansa, McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, EON, RWE, Deutsche Bahn, Metro and ProSieben — all have established accelerator programs that aim to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset and disrupt existing business models. Seeing bottom-up initiatives through.

Bottom-up 9

Bottom-up Operations Training Efficiency 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

We're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge , the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. The athletic apparel giant has also engaged a broad base of partners (and competitors) in innovation toward that goal. Story by Gib Bulloch, Accenture Development Partners.

Organization 13

Organization Cooper McKinsey Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean, and those in the top quartile for gender diversity were 15% more likely to have returns above the industry mean.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Price Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But as I’ve done for the last 4 years, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the latest stories about the big environmental and social pressures on business, and how some innovative companies are dealing with them. Food and food waste gets more attention, debate, and innovation: Can cows save the world, or should we make meat in labs?

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2011

In this first leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation , we asked the most progressive thinkers and radical doers from every realm of endeavor to share a story, a hack, a disruptive idea, or an experimental design that illustrates how the web can help overcome the limits of conventional management and create Management 2.0.

Management 14

Management Innovation Storytelling Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Talent can make people lazy because they need to rely less on hard work to achieve the same goal. Nearly 20 years have passed since McKinsey introduced the idea of a war for talent , yet most organizations seem to struggle with their talent management practices. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

Talent Management 14

Talent Management Emotional Intelligence McKinsey Motivation 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Improving access to care, increasing workforce productivity, optimizing clinical operations, and managing population health are important—and interrelated steps. Increase workforce productivity by optimizing the skill set of your workforce while shifting routine work away. Brandon Carrus, a senior partner at McKinsey & Co.

Health Care 8

Health Care Content Chief Information Officer Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The question is whether TFA's seemingly prolific production of entrepreneurs is fact or simple hearsay. The answer appears to be yes.

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Education McKinsey Sample 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

They will fail not because AI is all hype, but because companies are approaching AI-driven innovation incorrectly. Recent research from McKinsey Global Institute found that 45% of work activities could potentially be automated by today’s technologies, and 80% of that is enabled by machine learning.

Insurance 10

Insurance Video Long-term Project 10