N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A 2012 Custom Insight survey revealed that 49% of workers cited problems with their direct supervisor as their reason for disengagement. It is important to develop these apps, and the techniques associated with applying them, but what about the operating system that runs them? It’s business as usual. Business moves along.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Self-aware 265

The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Scientific Management An industrial engineer in the early 1900s, Frederick Winslow Taylor was obsessed with productivity enhancement. All at The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) were honored that Ken, Marshall Goldsmith and a host of others rearranged schedules and flew many miles to attend Dr. Hersey’s celebration of life in 2012.

Situational Leadership 52

Situational Leadership Hersey Blanchard Argyris 52

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

During 2012, creating a process for internal innovation moved to our priority list. Early in 2012, the team created ideas to impact each of these areas and voted on innovation as the common denominator. Operational Strategy. Market Analysis and Customers. Competitive Landscape. The Company. Marketing Strategy. Sales Strategy.

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Innovation Incubator Brand Document 130

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The park, which has been operating for a decade, has created a free zone and business park to encourage multinationals to rub shoulders with researchers and startups to generate technology-driven businesses. Norway has been in a similar situation since oil and gas deposits were discovered in the North Sea shelf in the 1960s.

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Resources Innovation GDP Education 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. For this reason, margin is one of the best indicators of whether your organization operates according to its corporate purpose. greater revenue growth 34.7%

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. For this reason, margin is one of the best indicators of whether your organization operates according to its corporate purpose. Ernst & Young.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2014

International Harvester changed its name to Navistar International in 1986 when it sold its farm equipment business and entered the truck, diesel engine, and bus markets. When Kraft split off its snack division in 2012, they named it Mondelez. Miller Felpax had been family owned since its inception more than 60 years ago.

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Brand Marketing Engineering Competitive Advantage 58

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways.

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Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Deming Institute

JANUARY 5, 2017

I don’t think I learned anything about Deming or his work as an undergraduate Industrial Engineering student from 1991 to 1995. I was fortunate that my father had an opportunity to be a student in the famed four-day seminar, while working as an engineer at the Cadillac division of General Motors, in the late 1980s. Edwards Deming.

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Deming TQM Kaizen Crisis 46

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In 2012, HBR dubbed data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st century ” It is also, arguably, the vaguest. Decision scientist: Decision makers (executives, business leaders, product managers), data engineers, software engineers responsible for the applications generating data. Monty Rakusen/Getty Images.

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Engineering Software Metrics Stage-Gate 13

Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

As I wrote about in my first post , my first job out of college was at the GM Livonia Engine Plant, outside of Detroit. Mark also co-authored Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line Staff in Sustainable Continuous Improvements, which was released in June 2012 and also a Shingo Research Award recipient in 2013. Guest post by Mark Graban.

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Kaizen Deming Lean Manufacturing Handbook 28

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

Manager, Operations. Manager, Operations. Date: January 20, 2012 20:41. To: Ioana Romana, VP Operations. Date: January 23, 2012 14:18. I can do the job of just about anyone in the factory and can work most of the software the engineering guys use. Date: January 23, 2012 14:42. From: Sameer Hopskin.

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Case Study Engineering Commitment Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Attracting workers skilled in advanced analytics will become increasingly important for the company (as will the technology and processes required to translate these skills into real sources of advantage); industrial engineering and plant management skills will become less critical to fueling the company’s long-term growth.

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Company Insurance Engineering Software 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

New businesses are cropping up to reinvent the recruiting process, blending data from social media sites to create profiles of coders, programmers and software engineers so that companies hoping to hire can search for candidates that have the skills they desire. Take for example RackSpace , an open-source operating system for the cloud.

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Company Media Engineering Software 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

On Google’s earnings call for the first quarter of 2006 – more than a year before the iPhone was released and more than two years before the release of the first Android-operated smartphone – CEO Eric Schmidt went out of his way to talk about mobile. Perhaps by 2012 it was already too late. That makes sense.

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CEO Content Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

Staying true to its roots as an engineering-centric company, Google has stood out both for its early skepticism of the value of managers as well as for its novel, often quantitative approaches to management decisions. If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management.

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IPO Management Engineering Innovation 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

Each locates interdisciplinary innovation labs within or near hospital environments; involves diverse stakeholders beyond clinicians (designers, engineers, business professionals, and patients) early in the innovation process ; and engages end users in customizing solutions for their own needs. Insight Center. Challenges.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Within an enterprise, this means balancing the demands of current operations while laying the groundwork for future opportunities, as well as reviewing past activities and policies that may be holding back your organization. KGM responded by releasing the Keurig 2.0 Consumers were outraged. In Box 3, you create the future.

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Innovation Company Engineering Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Insurgent startups, such as Instagram and Snapchat, manage to operate with far fewer resources than legacy companies in the same industry in the “pre-digital” era. Instagram had only 13 employees when it sold for $1 billion to Facebook in 2012, and Snapchat has approximately 350 employees. Look at Yahoo or even eBay.

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Company Engineering Technology Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2016

Without knowing their place in Indian life, an outsider might take one look at their loud engines and open sides and suggest that rickshaws should be replaced with modern vehicles that are faster, bigger, and more comfortable. Insight Center. Innovation in Cities. Sponsored by Dell and Intel® Fostering sustainable growth in urban areas.

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Transportation Technology Price Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

In the past, an abundant and growing labor pool was a powerful engine of the world economy; today, the number of workers is starting to decline in many countries. a year between 1964 and 2012 to only 2.1% In the near term, improving operations and procurement is the most promising lever for higher productivity. We disagree.

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Globalization Productivity Products GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

We can have engineering work more closely with production. To spread the new culture more broadly, management decided to form another cross-functional team (a "Little Big Room") to define tenets about how they would operate. They saw hourly workers deeply engaged in reviews of operational performance measures, solving complex problems.

Insourcing 8

Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. In 2012 Founders brought on Richard Hall to run Oncology Services International, a Montebello, New York, company that is the largest independent service provider for radiation therapy equipment.

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CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

In January 2012 , the company also launched One Day Auto Insurance – a new kind of auto insurance that can be purchased on mobile phones. GE is outfitting its core industrial products – from jet engines and gas turbines to CT/PET scanners – with sensors that monitor various parts of the machinery.

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Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

There are just two ways to increase ROIC: improve operating profit (by increasing revenues or cutting costs) or invest capital more wisely. The revenue and cost path is, however, well trodden in a low-growth economy and evidence suggests that the real leverage comes from making smarter investment decisions.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

The company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012, exited legacy businesses and sold off its patents before re-emerging as a sharply smaller company in 2013. After all, the first prototype of a digital camera was created in 1975 by Steve Sasson, an engineer working for … Kodak. But that doesn’t square with reality.

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Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

northeast in October 2012, ranks as the second-costliest hurricane in American history, causing an estimated $68 billion in damages. and saved $200-$300 million in ongoing operation and maintenance costs). Power consumption and CO2 emissions were reduced by 98%, which lowered operating expenses dramatically.

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CAPEX Cost-Benefit Analysis Construction Cost 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

As Marco Annunziata , Chief Economist at GE, told me, “We’re no longer selling customers just a jet engine, a locomotive, or a wind turbine; we’re bringing data and actionable solutions along with the hardware to reduce costs and improve performance.” By June of 2012 we were close to 100.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

nearly 6 million entry-level jobs will be created from 2012 to 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It teaches young people the dress, demeanor, and collaboration skills expected in a professional setting as well as the technical skills for careers in IT, operations, finance, sales and marketing, or customer service.

Organization 8

Organization Chief Operating Officer Education Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

Ferose's mandate was to reduce employee turnover to below 10% by 2012. Ferose also encouraged his 4,000 plus employees — primarily engineers — to expose themselves to new environments and situations that would challenge their existing perspectives, unleash their innate ingenuity, and accelerate their learning.

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Innovation Attrition Software Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

It’s the operating system, applications, and, of course, the access to data. One of the most visible and active companies in this space to date is Facebook, which sees mobile user growth — and advertising revenue — as its core engine for continued growth.

Advertising 8

Advertising Brand Marketing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

Some senior leaders simply lean harder on their operating units, increasing their targets and demanding more growth. He instituted a policy of continuous productivity improvement, but also allowed — even encouraged — his operating units to use the savings to fuel future growth. 3: Make your company growth-friendly.

Retail 11

Retail Long-term Short-term Apparel 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2016

from 2012 to 2014. ” One of the company’s co-founders immediately “got” the idea, and I soon had one of the start-up’s best software engineers sleeping on my couch for a week as we sketched out prototypes. We handed off our work to the home office every night.

Globalization 8

Globalization Entrepreneur Innovation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2013

From the customer's standpoint, the cost of the salesperson's solution was prohibitive because the perceived value of the operational benefits did not justify the price. Many sales organizations are not adequately staffed with enough pre-sales engineer resources and product specialists to fully support all sales efforts.

CRM 16

CRM Telecommunications Price Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

The company, founded in 1996 by an engineer from Xerox’s legendary Palo Alto Research Center , Pradeep Sindhu (who remains its chief technology officer and vice chairman), was one of the highest flyers of the fin de siècle tech stock boom. Are we seeing a billionaire trying to steal money from the pockets of hard-working engineers?

Hedge 8

Hedge Chief Technology Officer Maturity IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Before retiring in 2012, it was a balancing act he knew well. In the Air Force, it’s like changing an aircraft’s engine while it’s flying – no downtime, no interruption of service. It’s a budget decision, which depends on what the principle operation is. We also had to plan the budget cycle into everything we did.

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CIO Health Care Metrics Software 8