N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

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. If your company can’t be operated by mere mortals, you need to reexamine your business logic.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

Eric Jacobson

JULY 5, 2015

With the first half of 2015 past us, here's a look back at the three most read postings on my leadership blog so far this year. Readers will quickly become adept at : Leveraging all the lean resources around them , from their own skill set, local community, and personal circles to professional networks, online resources, and technology tools.

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Self-aware Leadership Advice Entrepreneur 50

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

That is the question that many a business is forced to ask at some point during their life cycle. In fact, I would go so far as to say that CEOs who are not consistently reengineering elements of their business fall into one of the following two camps; 1) They have a perfect business, or; 2) They are an ineffective CEO.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 305

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

That may have been the way Google started out, and search is undoubtedly still at the core of Google’s business model, but judging from the company’s diverse and rapidly widening portfolio of products, services, and interests, Page would appear to view Google much more broadly. His advice to other companies? Not very likely.

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How To Retail Core Competence Innovation 100

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 16, 2021

I describe System Leadership as the the ability to lead on both digital and physical areas. More tactically, we saw companies with strong stamina have multiple business lines over time in order to add diversity to their business models. And, finally, companies with stamina anticipated and worked through hard times.

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Strategy Venture Capitalist Innovation Company 142

Skip Prichard

MAY 10, 2021

They start by sharing the “Seductive Seven” which is a list of common tactics organizations may use to respond to problems: More technology. For example, we can see data dashboards, organization charts, spreadsheets, new strategic plans, or the latest new technology trend bouncing around social media. The Seductive Seven. More money.

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Constraint PR Policies Tactics 110

Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In their book, the authors use eight themes to offer guidance on how to change perspective and view the enterprise as a living organization, enabled by technology. Businesses should be able to make those bold decisions, even in the absence of a crisis. What’s the first step anyone could take to start applying your advice tomorrow?

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Chief Technology Officer Competitive Advantage Agility Operations 65

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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Blog Fashion Brand Self-aware 419

Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

Even though I had studied the statistical and management principles that are core to experimentation, I had not closely examined their role in customer experience and business model design. I had no idea how their use would fuel the rise of today’s online businesses. They must embrace a new leadership model.

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Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 95

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Business is fluid, dynamic and ever evolving, which means that static advice is at best short lived, but most times is simply incongruous with the very nature of business itself. It has been my experience that whenever methodologies become productized objectivity is removed from the equation.

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Blog Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Innovation 334

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 18, 2013

You can likely already imagine that I consider this a must-read book for any business owner and any leader -- even leaders who manage businesses that don't directly connect with consumers. And, scary, because you'll likely feel behind in your business' ability to create the ultimate in experiences for your customers.

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B2B B2C Technology CRM 55

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2016

Which means that all of us, no matter where we are in our career, have to wrestle with the big questions of leadership: What is our personal definition of success? How much do we rely on our own ideas and experiences, and how widely do we seek the advice and support of those around us? What are those four styles of leadership?

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Leadership Styles Leadership How To Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

One of the great satisfactions of being a leader is that you get to be a teacher, sharing the wisdom you’ve acquired over the course of a career with young colleagues hungry for time-tested advice. Leadership is emotional as well as intellectual. The secret of WD-40’s success? The Tough-Minded Optimist.

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Banking Learning-by-Doing Business Model Energy 14

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

AFTER exploring accessible connections, research those you most respect and try to cultivate a contact or, at a minimum, try to get good advice from them. Utilizing strengths and the contacts I had made to write the book, I scaled my practice to service women in business—the companies that support them and the companies that they own.

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

While the business world is overflowing with advice for companies in selecting board members, prospective directors themselves have little guidance in determining whether accepting a board seat is the right move for them. Good advice for any prospective board member. Second: Is this a company with a clear competitive advantage?

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Competitive Advantage McKinsey Advice Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

In the second , I offered four pieces of advice every executive should take into account if he or she wants to pursue transformational innovation. In this final part, I'd like to offer one meaningful piece of advice: If you're going to take the innovation plunge, commit — and not just to an idea. In 1984, Apple Inc.

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Innovation Company Technology Commitment 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

But just when we’ve sorted out preferred management routines, there is an entirely new landscape emerging with technology options central to the work and possibly your business model: work automation. How, when, and where should leaders be thinking about applying the various automation technologies to their businesses?

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Disaggregation Insurance Technology CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2016

Digital technologies enable companies to better engage with their customers and offer superior experiences at affordable costs. These notifications, enriched with expert repair advice, are then dispatched in real time to Schindler’s service applications, where technicians are scheduled as appropriate. Organizational leadership.

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Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Technology 8

Rajesh Setty

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Here you’ll find more than 1500 articles and mini-sagas on entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity and simply how to distinguish yourself. It is a collection of in-depth interviews with movers and shakers in the technology world. Get going with it, is my advice. Posted in the Leadership category. HELLO THERE AND WELCOME.

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Entrepreneur Licensing Newsletter Books 28

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

Where traditional business models sell products and/or services, matchmaking models sell reduced transaction costs. The platform investment model, however, creates multi-sided surplus — more value to sell. How Digital Business Models Are Changing. That’s platform leadership.

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IPO Human Capital Insurance Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

They were the initial developers of this technology and hold the patent for it. The company also designs its business model around the needs of military members. They also offer free financial advice to those who are being deployed, or returning to civilian life.

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Company Innovation Wilde Insurance 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

In the second , I offered four pieces of advice every executive should take into account if he or she wants to pursue transformational innovation. In this final part, I'd like to offer one meaningful piece of advice: If you're going to take the innovation plunge, commit — and not just to an idea. In 1984, Apple Inc.

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Innovation Company Technology Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

That’s a full day a week, without having to re-engineer any work processes or business models. Spotlight Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers Herminia Ibarra, Robin Ely, and Deborah Kolb Herminia Ibarra, Robin Ely, and Deborah Kolb The barriers preventing your talented women from fulfilling their leadership potential are subtle.

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Delegation Business Model Engineering Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

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Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. Business models that can prosper at structurally lower price points are the engines that power true market disruption.

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Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2015

Price leadership: A no-frills airline constantly advertises the lowest fares on any route served. Deterring new providers: A professional event technology firm offers rock-bottom quotes to special events to signal its pricing power to any potential new entrants. Business models Pricing Balanced scorecard'

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Balanced Scorecard Company Price KPI 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

The reality is that many businesses are quick to recognize great ideas, but they often have no plan for how to successfully integrate them into their business model. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted. Actionable : A successful idea cannot remain in a strategic planning state.

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Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 413

HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Platforms like LinkedIn make it even easier to reach out to those you admire and ask for advice on things you’d like to understand better. Leadership Development Are you someone whose professional development goals involve being a leader and taking charge of the field? Capitalize on the resource.

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Examples Goal Career Short-term 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

We live in a world in which amplified individuals — people empowered by technologies and the collective intelligence of their social networks — can do things that previously only a large organization could. Leadership skills focus on community building, consensus building, mediation, commitment, and humility.".

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Mission Statement Class Learning-by-Doing Pharmaceuticals 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. But if I had to focus on a short list for young business leaders, I'd choose the 11 below. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers. That's a tough question.

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Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 22

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Reading has a host of benefits for those who wish to occupy positions of leadership and develop into more relaxed, empathetic, and well-rounded people. But if I had to focus on a short list for young business leaders, I'd choose the 11 below. Recently, I wrote that leaders should be readers. That's a tough question.

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Books Cialdini Christensen Collins 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

In a world underpinned by ever more powerful, affordable, and public technology platforms, software is still king. By understanding what Disney did well that others did not, the team envisioned using technology to create personalized visits with less friction: no turnstiles, shorter waits, and less zigzagging through the park.

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Software Company Airlines Business Model 8

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

There is nothing short of a voluminous amount of leadership information being published on a daily basis. Is it because everything valuable in regard to leadership has already been discovered? I believe our world is suffering greatly due to a lack of leadership.

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