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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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The Benefit of Dissenting Opinion | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Those who place the care and regard of others above advancing their personal, positional, professional or political agendas will garner trust, respect and influence. “Those who place the care and regard of others above advancing their personal, positional, professional or political agendas will garner trust, respect and influence.”

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The Missing Political Debate Over the Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

But while it feels like a lot of our political conventional wisdom is getting turned on its head, one thing that hasn’t appeared to move forward is how we talk about the economy. Hillary Clinton has a tech and innovation agenda. presidential election season is leading us to rethink a lot of norms. digital industries.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

All the rest of this stuff is just politics and money." Now both my sons are doing the tough balancing act, but their priorities are keeping their leadership skills sharp – leading family and companies. " From a dear friend and colleague: "Family is the only thing that matters. link] Bert Decker Great post Mike.

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

tool knife from the rig on my body armor and let the pristinely sharp blade slice effortlessly through the tape and label—while being ever so careful to avoid harming whatever wonders lay inside. Afghanistan Air Force Culture Innovation Kabul Leadership Military Networking Service Strategy Switch and Shift USAF Virtues'

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How to Fix Your Soul

Harvard Business Review

More of the same — a perma-crisis whose human toll on you and I seems to be a kind of crisis-malaise, a habituation to human heartache, the dulling of the once-razor-sharp edge of what could have been? The other day, I remarked on Twitter: American politics' biggest Achilles Heel is that it seems closed to fundamentally new Big Ideas.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Being sharp means being succinct. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Additionally know what you have to trade. Rehearse your pitch. Test and have ready for business.