N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Selection Methodology. Many things actually.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

History, if it has taught us anything at all, has taught us that technology has created large employment and sector shifts, but also widened job opportunities. Organizations are now facing a learning curve as managers scramble to lead their teams virtually. Coronavirus has changed the way Americans work. What should companies do now?

McKinsey 134

McKinsey Aggregate Demand Industry Crisis 134

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

According to the McKinsey article " Brilliant Strategy, But Can You Execute? ", there were two basic kinds of strategies: transformational and operational. A strategies is operational if the company face relatively low uncertainty and are mostly attempting to play the same old game better than the competition does.

Operations 98

Operations Strategy Core Competence McKinsey 98

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2022

For all the hype surrounding technologies such as AI, for most of the last few years, there has been precious little return on the investments companies were making. Many AI-related projects were stuck in a research or pilot phase and were subsequently making little real impact on the operations of the business.

Company 90

Company Survey McKinsey Project 90

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In fact, our operating expenses associated with service have gone down because we’re more streamlined, and we limit friction points and errors.” ” Customer service levels sink or soar on the strength of the organization’s culture. In high service cultures, leaders serve the servers.

McKinsey 124

McKinsey Human Resources Insurance Cost 124

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

And what skills will matter to you and your organization in the future? . “If If you don’t solve the skills riddle with agility, curiosity, and smart technology capabilities, your organization could fade from existence.” Organizations with healthy growth curves rely on their staff to help them sustain a competitive edge.

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Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

HR Digest

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The recent explosion of HR technology has driven a major boom in innovative HR solutions. The HR Digest has recognized three (3) major HR technology trends for 2019. They include solutions for unconscious bias hiring, promote employee engagement, and improve HR operations through artificial intelligence.

Human Resources 87

Human Resources Trends Resources Innovation 87

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Be sure to check out the books’ Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations.

CEO 104

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 104

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 14, 2022

Be sure to check out the books’ Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations.

CEO 93

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 93

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 23, 2022

Be sure to check out the book's Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations.

CEO 83

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 83

HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

But more CEOs rarely understand the true position of their CHROs, let alone giving them the necessary backup to operate in the required capacity. Most CEOs rank HRs as the eighth most important function in their organization, according to a research by McKinsey. That’s absolutely wrong. 1. Predicting outcomes.

CEO 63

CEO CFO Human Resources McKinsey 63

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 18, 2023

Be sure to check out the book's Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations.

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Be sure to check out the books’ Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations.

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

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. Corporate purpose guides all activities and decisions within an organization. It stems from the organization’s mission, vision, and values. What Is Corporate Purpose?

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. Corporate purpose guides all activities and decisions within an organization. It stems from the organization’s mission, vision, and values. What Is Corporate Purpose? Ernst & Young.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

The Idolbuster

AUGUST 8, 2012

McKinsey 7S Model. I find the McKinsey 7S framework particularly relevant model for organizational behavior. One of the biggest implications of 7S is that real change in an organization will not happen unless the shared values of the company change. Chapter 3: The Corporation, The Real American Idol Part 7 – UPDATED 8/10.

Organization 36

Organization McKinsey Organizational Behavior System 36

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. They mostly operate out of grocery and drugstore pharmacies, others are employed in hospitals or in clinical settings. Operations Research Analyst.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2020

” A new report from EIT Health and McKinsey therefore offers a timely opportunity to gauge progress. It suggests that for the technology to achieve its full potential, not only will staff require strong data and analytics skills, but even basic digital skills will become a pre-requisite. ” Developing the skills.

Skills 87

Skills Report Technology Long-term 87

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Filled with in-depth insights from experts at McKinsey & Company, this reliable resource takes a much more qualitative approach to what the authors consider a lost art. Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Authority on new technology and communication. World leading researcher on the impact of leadership in organizations. Tammy Erickson – McKinsey award-winning author. Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez – Author of the best-selling book: The Focused Organization, Winner of the 2017 Thinkers50 Award for ‘Ideas into Practice’.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

"Organizations will pay significant consequences if they don't work openly, honestly and proactively with government and society. Clearly and powerfully define your company's contribution to society -- which must be at the heart of the company's purpose, not a side operation.

Company 50

Company Competitive Advantage Open-book Long-term 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

Data-driven managers, departments, and organizations have always enjoyed distinct advantages. The data-driven have crafted the best strategies, uncovered wholly new markets, and kept operational costs low. Indeed, we think every organization must develop and execute an aggressive plan to put data to work. So where to begin?

Organization 15

Organization Telecommunications McKinsey Price 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

But most organizations aren’t set up for getting the most out of non-traditional employment relationships. In this excerpt from their book, Agile Talent , Younger and Smallwood explain how to align your organization with the needs and expectations of a workforce that is increasingly external, project-based, and flexible.

Agility 8

Agility Organization Resources Fixed Costs 8

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. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. These are up-and-comers expected to fill the organization’s top management positions. High-potential future leaders. These overlooked roles are: Essential experts. Critical contractors.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Despite rapid innovations in data processing and machine learning, many businesses have yet to make the leap from the Industrial Age to the information age, and the gap between technological and organizational progress is widening. Closing this gap requires much more than short-term fixes, like adopting new technologies.

Industry 12

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

With unemployment rates in most developed nations at the lowest levels since the Great Recession, and with new skill sets required to keep pace with head-spinning technological advances, it’s no surprise the talent acquisition environment is incredibly competitive. Image courtesy of Korn Ferry.

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Content Survey Talent Management McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. Leveraging digital skills across the organization.

Bottom-up 9

Bottom-up Operations Training Efficiency 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

A recent survey by Deloitte of “aggressive adopters” of cognitive technologies found that 76% believe that they will “substantially transform” their companies within the next three years. There probably hasn’t been this much excitement about a new technology since the dotcom boom years in the late 1990s.

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Project How To Technology ROI 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

From bundled payments to accountable care organizations, value-based payment models incentivize providers to deliver high-quality care—efficiently. Improving access to care, increasing workforce productivity, optimizing clinical operations, and managing population health are important—and interrelated steps.

Health Care 8

Health Care Content Chief Information Officer Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

When organizations lack a formal innovation pipeline process, project approvals tend to be based on who has the best demo or slides, or who lobbies the hardest. There is no burden on those who proposed a new idea or technology to talk to customers, build minimal viable products, test hypotheses or understand the barriers to deployment.

Process 13

Process Innovation Incubator Committee 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. But making the most of flexible talent-access platforms is not as simple as adding a solution into an existing organization.

Content 9

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

Constraint 8

Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

Why can't we seem to build organizations that are as resilient, inventive, inspiring, and accountable as the people who work within them? It's time to radically rethink how we mobilize people and organize resources to productive ends. The first phase of the competition, the Management 2.0 Challenge the status quo. Explore the fringe.

Hamel 15

Hamel Company McKinsey Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) looked at the state of digitization in sectors across the U.S. The results show uneven progress: The technology sector comes out on top — no surprise there. They are more likely to use software to manage their back-office operations and customer relationships.

Industry 8

Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 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. Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators. That’s quite a mismatch.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

Social technologies — the software and services that make it possible to show off your vacation pictures to all your Facebook friends and follow your favorite team tweet by tweet — are not just giant time sinks that keep your employees from getting their work done. How's this for counter-intuitive? trillion annually.

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Media Productivity Products Technology 15