N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Repeatable processes and procedures add great value in stable and predictable times. Principles, not process and procedures, provide the overarching guidance in any situation for making the right decisions and taking the best action. Five Paradigm-Shifting Principles. Those are not the times we live in today or likely in the future.

Process 150

Process Agility Competitive Advantage Strategy 150

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Energy, agriculture, insurance, retail, human resources — no industry is unaffected. Actors in this ecosystem are increasingly working together rather than handing off information or tasks to the next entity in a linear process. Or lenders’ enhanced abilities to gauge credit risk. They’re also sharing risk. But not for long.

Health Care 8

Health Care Pharmaceuticals Information Technology Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Such was the case when I was working a grueling pharmaceutical sales job. But it took a process of elimination for me to realize that. They communicate to each other, as they do when we’re anxious, becoming more efficient in the process. It wasn’t a person or project causing this — it was the job itself.

Stress 8

Stress Human Resources Pharmaceuticals Chemicals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

In a recent Gallup poll , the pharmaceutical industry was the most widely disliked private industry, ranking even lower than lawyers. Their mandate: Come up with fresh ideas for making the notoriously expensive and time-consuming drug-development process more efficient.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Many factors make an organization prone to sexual harassment: a hierarchical structure, a male-dominated environment, and a climate that tolerates transgressions — particularly when they are committed by those with power. Human Resources commonly takes the lead in crafting and enforcing a strong policy. Leadership.

Health Care 8

Health Care Policies How To Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Corporate procurement processes are opaque, secretive, and can be influenced by political pull as well as pure performance. Like it or not, the reality (in supply chains, as elsewhere) is that power is asymmetrical – large customers typically have more clout than you do, and they know it. Partner with procurement.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8