Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2019
Innovation Excellence
JANUARY 6, 2020
Building upon the success of Braden Kelley’s Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2019 was our eighth full year of operations.
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Research Shows That Investing In Tech Matters
The Horizons Tracker
JANUARY 22, 2024
Efficiently managing the money a company needs to run its daily operations, known as working capital, is crucial for success. This connection between good working capital management and how well a company does can be complicated. The research looked at 1,054 American manufacturing companies from 2011 to 2013. ”
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Management Improvement Carnival – 2013 Edition
QAspire
JANUARY 8, 2014
I have been hosting the annual management improvement carnival (organized by John Hunter ) for last 3 years and I am glad to be continuing that streak. James is an experienced operations manager who is passionate about improving quality, reduce cost and increase efficiency of operations. Jesse Lyn Stoner’s Blog.
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‘Managers as Mentors’ Celebrates Publication Anniversary
Marshall Goldsmith
JUNE 19, 2014
With more than 150,000 copies sold, “Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning,” Chip Bell and Marshall Goldsmith’s classic guide to successfully combining these two interrelated roles has proven to be deeply influential among professionals in virtually every industry and leadership role. Life is good.
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Influencing Creativity and Innovation
Persuasive Powerhouse
JULY 26, 2010
So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.
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Managing Board Relations | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 1, 2010
In today’s post I’ll deal with a skill set that all successful CEOs excel at…managing board relations. What’s interesting to me is that of all the constituencies that CEOs must deal with, the relationship with a board of directors is among the easiest to manage.
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Customer Experience Management | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
MARCH 23, 2010
I was recently asked the following question: “What is the difference between CRM and CEM, or is there any difference between the two?&# In a previous post I addressed the practice of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in fairly great detail. As most of you know I am a huge fan of well conceived CRM initiatives.
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Questions Are The Answer | Management Innovation eXchange
CO2
OCTOBER 16, 2010
via Questions Are The Answer | Management Innovation eXchange. 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. About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,
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Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New.
Mike Cardus
NOVEMBER 27, 2010
Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New Product Launch Saturday, November 27th, 2010 Posted by: mike Team Building & Leadership process that was created for a retail organization that was preparing for a new product launch. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.
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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity
Chartered Management Institute
AUGUST 1, 2023
The cost per employee is half the EU average, and the number of days spent on training is at its lowest since 2011. This focus on short-term challenges neglects the development of essential management and leadership skills. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.
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Turnarounds and the Big Play | In the CEO Afterlife
In the CEO Afterlife
DECEMBER 11, 2011
by John • December 11, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. Believe me, there’s nothing that can match the turnaround experience in teaching or seasoning a young manager. In the case of struggling Nabob Foods, two significant innovations facilitated the turnaround. In the CEO Afterlife.
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Questions Are The Answer | Management Innovation eXchange
CO2
OCTOBER 16, 2010
via Questions Are The Answer | Management Innovation eXchange. 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. About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,
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When Are You Too Innovative?
CO2
OCTOBER 12, 2010
Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? Sometimes, because it is a true operating value. An operating value is something we do without thinking about it. Technology and its role in travel 2.0
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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 23, 2010
This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?
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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity
Chartered Management Institute
AUGUST 1, 2023
The cost per employee is half the EU average, and the number of days spent on training is at its lowest since 2011. This focus on short-term challenges neglects the development of essential management and leadership skills. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.
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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship
The Horizons Tracker
APRIL 28, 2022
Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation.
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Competitive Labor Markets Help Extract Community Benefits From Multinationals
The Horizons Tracker
AUGUST 24, 2022
The fruit exporter managed to secure dominance in its market due to a combination of land concessions and tax breaks, such that by 1930 the company had around 3.5 The researchers measured the economic wellbeing of people in the communities where the company operated between 1973 and 2011.
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But My Business Is Different… | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 9, 2010
What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service? Well actually, no it’s not. All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration.
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CO2
OCTOBER 12, 2010
Too Much Innovation? I have the privilege recently to work with a technology company that has one of their three core values as innovative. Are we too innovative? Sometimes, because it is a true operating value. An operating value is something we do without thinking about it. Technology and its role in travel 2.0
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60 When to Restructure | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 3, 2011
Give me real leaders who possess courage, vision, and a bias toward action, and spare me the timidity of mediocre managers posing as leaders. If change and innovation weren’t key contributors to sustainable success, and the enterprise could just run on auto-pilot, you could replace the CEO with a General Manager.
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289 Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 21, 2011
Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? Which hat, or hats do you wear?
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Best Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.
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Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
MARCH 18, 2010
Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.
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269 Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 25, 2010
If your organization confuses loyalty and tenure there is trouble on the horizon…If your business rates tenure higher than performance as a measure for employee evaluation, it is time for you to consider updating your talent management practices and procedures. So, what’s wrong with tenure you ask?
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Michael Lee Stallard
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
You can see evidence of Pfizer’s commitment in Ian Read’s letter to stakeholders the year after he became CEO: In 2011, we thoroughly explored what our culture is and how it needs to evolve. They embody our humanity and innovative spirit, and are determined to tackle some of the most pressing health care challenges of our time.
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150 The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge.
CO2
DECEMBER 24, 2010
They have been studying over the past decade innovation within established organizations. In the process they have compiled perhaps the most extensive library of innovation case studies in the world. If you are struggling with innovation in your organization this is a must read. There is just one little problem.
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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. The most successful companies incorporate disruptive thinking into all of their business and management practices to gain distinctive competitive value propositions.
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316 The ROI of Performance Excellence Programs
Six Disciplines
DECEMBER 20, 2013
By integrating a proven best-practices methodology and innovative Outlook software, we help you to build an effective culture of continuous improvement, enabling you to achieve predictable and measurable growth. . Company A (Mfg)- 110% achievement of Revenue and Profit, 79% achievement of all 2011 Goals. and Profit from 4.5 % to 8.8%.
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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2010
Anyone paying attention to current events has recently witnessed that it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a politician, investment banker, CEO, or just an average citizen, when it comes to making a simple decision, managing a crisis, or attempting to exploit an opportunity, timing is everything.
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Perception is More Than Reality
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 12, 2010
People tend to operate and behave in the world, based on what they believe to be true. So, if we want to communicate successfully, influence, or lead them, we must operate based on their perceptions. Let me take this idea one step further. their perceptions). Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision?
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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 22, 2010
The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue?
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In the CEO Afterlife
JULY 24, 2011
by John • July 24, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. The original concept, created by Art Director Geoff Hayes in a bathtub, and perpetuated by several creative notables, has managed to stand the cruel test of time and create the 3 rd largest-selling liquor brand on the globe. July 25, 2011 at 6:19 am.
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Mike Cardus
JANUARY 13, 2011
Design by 12GrainStudio Other People’s Work Is Never Easy or People Like to Be Included In the Plan Thursday, January 13th, 2011 Posted by: mike “When we are in an operations team meeting, and I bring up 7 or 8 process changes and tweaks…the other managers all get pissed and become combative.” All rights reserved.
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N2Growth Blog
JULY 6, 2010
Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.
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Brand Surgery ? excerpts from my Marketing Magazine article | In.
In the CEO Afterlife
FEBRUARY 5, 2011
by John • February 5, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. When I was a young product manager back in the ’70s, the only people I could talk to about brands were my colleagues in the marketing department and the advertising agency. A vast number of famous brand names need brand surgery.
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Leveraging Down for CEOs | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 26, 2010
That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success. Share and Enjoy: View Comments bfpower Well said, Mike.
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306 Brand Exposure
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 16, 2011
Have you figured out how to apply the laws of scarcity to brand management? While a brand without exposure is not much of a brand, I consistently find that brand exposure is an aspect of brand management that is all too often overlooked as a success metric. If not, then this post is for you. If not, then this post is for you.
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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology?
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N2Growth Blog
JULY 2, 2010
There are many so-called management gurus in today’s politically correct world who would take great exception to what I’m putting forth in today’s post. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.
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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 20, 2011
Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.
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419 Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2010
offers quick, practical management tips and ideas from HBR.org. Unfortunately, there are organizations that are toxic from the top down; where senior-most management pays lip service to the tenets of leadership, but acts in ways bordering on the malevolent. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.]
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Coaching Tip
MARCH 13, 2011
Google clearly hopes to recapture some of the nimbleness and innovative spirit of its early years. So, as only a data-mining giant like Google can do, it began analyzing performance reviews, feedback surveys and nominations for top-manager awards. The question we then asked was: What if every manager was that good?
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161 The ROI of Performance Excellence Programs
Six Disciplines
MAY 31, 2013
By integrating a proven best-practices methodology and innovative Outlook software, we help you to build an effective culture of continuous improvement, enabling you to achieve predictable and measurable growth. . Company A (Mfg)- 110% achievement of Revenue and Profit, 79% achievement of all 2011 Goals. and Profit from 4.5 % to 8.8%.
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The ROI of Total Performance Excellence Programs
Six Disciplines
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
By integrating a proven best-practices methodology and innovative Outlook software, we help you to build an effective culture of continuous improvement, enabling you to achieve predictable and measurable growth. Company A (Mfg)- 110% achievement of Revenue and Profit, 79% achievement of all 2011 Goals. and Profit from 4.5 % to 8.8%.
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