N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# Do you have great vision? Are you a master of strategy?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. If you believe the hype, social media will immediately solve all your problems and require no time, energy or effort on your part.

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CO2

JANUARY 3, 2011

The idea is that when moving to action you first observe the battlefield or what ever areana you are operating in. Boyd saw this as a group of interacting loops that are in continous operation until the end of the battle. He also believed that the level of energy in each loop depended on which phase you were in during the combat.

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CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. A farmer had only one horse. One day, his horse ran away. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. A farmer had only one horse. One day, his horse ran away. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009).

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Thought-full Thursday: The Space Where Freedom Resides » Take a Look at Your Calendar September 15th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus This week’s blogging break led me to reprise some older posts. Ann McKenzie: September 17, 2010 at 9:58 am I couldn’t agree more with you. This is one from March 2009. Great post.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 Posted by: mike this post originally appeared in Management 3.0 Where is the focus, resources, planning, time, and energy being spent? Sep 2010 Mike what a refreshing article about the value of supporting more talents!!! Sep 2010 Great clarity here Mike. All rights reserved. Leave a Reply

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees. Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. Have a great Thanksgiving Sir.

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Women in the LEAD

JUNE 25, 2010

It draws on the unlimited energy of the mind. It lines up all the laws of nature as they operate both inside and outside of you, to get its way. It uses every bit of knowledge that you have ever collected, most of which you have totally forgotten, to bring about its purpose. Sometimes it succeeds in its purpose immediately.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

New research , funded by the Tony Elumelu Foundation and conducted by my team at the African Institution of Technology , shows that within Africa, innovation is accelerating and the continent is finding better ways of solving local problems, even as it attracts top technology global brands.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

In the last year, however, early-stage investments in clean energy production technologies have fallen substantially (see the table at the end of this piece for more detail). Most clean energy startups, on the other hand, need huge amounts of capital to get off the ground, and so far big payoffs have been scarce.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

"We're looking for new models of innovation. Comstock was telling me about the company's growing innovation platform, the GE Ecomagination Challenge which inspires collaboration between GE and entrepreneurs. The Ecomagination Challenge, now in its second year, is GE's foray in to the fast-growing world of "open" innovation.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Posted by Thornton May on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment The classic Harvard Business School case “Otisline (A)” 1 begins with the quote, “… our objective is to go unnoticed.” The case illustrates how information technology, innovatively, insightfully and courageously deployed, can change the structure of an industry.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

We've been co-running the steering committee for this innovation project for almost six months now. We're going to be the first elevator manufacturer in the world to offer customers a comprehensive, real-time dashboard showing how much energy and money they're saving with our dispatching algorithms. I don't think we're ready.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

Attitudes have changed since 2010, the last time Washington debated serious climate action, and not only because most of us have connected the dots between climate change and the extreme weather events that ravage our communities. over the last 18 months than the previous 30 years combined. California is also delivering some big results.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

degrees will require “rapid and far-reaching transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems” and this transition will need to be “unprecedented in terms of scale…and imply deep emissions reductions in all sectors.” Embrace renewable energy.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

These new trucks will create significant additional value for the business in ongoing operational savings, improved routing efficiency, and brand building. in 2010, and has a couple thousand hybrids or EVs on the road now. The EVs will use much less energy. Phillippi expects total operating costs to be roughly 20% lower.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. It seems that in today’s world many people have lost the ability to disagree with someone, yet still respect them. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. Following are a few of the ideas Carlos shared yesterday: Dreaming BIG and dreaming small take the same amount of energy – why not dream BIG? Carlos was passionate, on-point, and as you might have guessed consistent in his messaging.

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Women in the LEAD

JUNE 25, 2010

It draws on the unlimited energy of the mind. It lines up all the laws of nature as they operate both inside and outside of you, to get its way. It uses every bit of knowledge that you have ever collected, most of which you have totally forgotten, to bring about its purpose. Sometimes it succeeds in its purpose immediately.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Of the respondents, 72% said that climate change presents risks that could significantly impact their operations, revenue, or expenditures. billion in mining projects since 2010. Fostering innovation. ” Improving risk management.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2011

Sustainability expert Andrew Winston delivered a keynote, and was joined on the panel by David Walker, director of environmental sustainability at PepsiCo, and David Struhs , strategy VP at C3, a company whose analytics are helping the likes of Dow and Pacific Gas and Electric optimize their energy use.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Thanks for a wonderful 2010. Great professional achievements are tarnished against a backdrop of personal failure. You've helped me a great deal in this area Mike. Thanks for the great reminder. I'm looking forward to 2011 and I appreciate your advice and friendship.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

What did 2010 look like for you and your company? If an organization can’t get things done, nothing else matters – not the smartest strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even game-changing technology. OnPoint Consulting’s 2010 Execution Gap Maker Round-Up… Execution Gap Maker #1: BP (Need I say more?)

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

pace in the first quarter of 2010. Clayton Christensen's theories of innovation provide us a great lens through which we can understand this seeming paradox. This is because firms operating in free markets are much more capable of employing emergent strategies than are governments. That was down from 9.7%

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2010

The energy and effort Marshall put into his work led Senator Henry Stimson to say, “I have never seen a task of such magnitude performed by a man.” Eisenhower to the position of supreme commander of Operation Overlord. on July 5th, 2010 [.] Throughout his remarkable career, Marshall’s actions encouraged connection among people.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

How has Coca-Cola integrated these CSR principles into your operations? For example, developing our PlantBottle innovation — a fully recyclable packaging made of up to 30% renewable plant material — took significant upfront investment but we felt it made good sense, especially with oil prices fluctuating.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

With One Ford, he put the purpose and values of the Ford brand at the center of the organization and unified the company’s people, plans, operations, and products to restore the brand to automotive leadership. In 2010, Motor Trend named one of Ford’s newest cars, the Ford Fusion, “Car of the Year.”

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Posted on March 24th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Is the customer really always right? How far should a company go to satisfy their clientele or customer base? I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Many such “Rocket” companies are poised to become the Alibabas and Amazons for the rest of the world: Jumia, which operates in nine countries across Africa; Namshi in the Middle East; Lazada and Zalora in ASEAN; Jabong in India; and Kaymu in 33 markets across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

And although the retail giant's green efforts have done a lot to showcase the company's commitment to sustainability, sometimes Walmart gives its critics some legitimate ammo, like the recent revelations and allegations of corruption in its Mexican operations. Of course not.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. So in 2010, Holm decided to run his nine-member executive group as an agile team. This takes time.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

Second, we see a raft of innovations that will alter how products are designed, manufactured and sold — everything from nanotechnologies to 3D printing. Then, manufacturing's most important role is as a driver of innovation, trade, and productivity. Innovations Are Changing The Way We Design Products. but also the risks.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

Managers provide the continuity needed to execute efficiently and leaders drive the kinetic energy needed to respond dynamically to the needs of the marketplace. Therefore, the ability to manage operation and the capacity to inspire employees is no longer enough. He was also innovative. Every organization needs both.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

If there are superconsumers in your midst, and if they’re encouraged to speak their minds, they will inject your culture with extra doses of energy, empathy, and creativity. Unlocking Energy. Time is a finite resource, but energy is not. In each, energy can be systematically expanded and regularly renewed.”

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