N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

He is the poster child for a thoughtful, caring, empathetic, and committed leader who just also happens to be wicked smart. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better. CHRO for HSBC.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

Unsurprisingly, the most disrupted organizations were B2C, with media being the most disrupted and telecoms and consumer financial services close behind. There are three levers organizations can pull to keep pace: catalytic roles; culture; and commitment. Commitment. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy. Catalytic roles.

Industry 8

Industry B2C Agility Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This sort of collaboration has been well-documented in the B2C context (where it’s often called “crowdsourcing” or “co-creation”), but we see it in B2B companies as well. Commitment and expectations were high. A top-flight facilitator had been invited to lead the discussion. But the workshop flopped.

B2B 8

B2B Workshop Chemicals B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

Collaborative innovation is a hot topic in the B2C space, where it overlaps with crowdsourcing, but we see B2B players taking an interest as well. Trap 1: Acting as an event manager. The goal was to jointly reinvent the customer’s data management system. Commitment and expectations were high.

B2B 8

B2B Innovation Company Workshop 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Loyalty and reward programs provide this type of context for B2C companies, while strategic account and relationship management programs do the same for B2B companies. There is no doubt that these owned media strategies are complex and require a real commitment of time, energy, and resources.

Media 8

Media B2B Disintermediation Content 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Innovation consultancies tend to have a preferred methodology for working with their clients, such as human centered design (also called ‘design thinking,’ popularized by IDEO, Continuum, Frog Design and others), Lean Start-up, or analytical models used by large management consulting firms.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Entrepreneur Constraint 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2014

That means establishing an organizational complex that pairs great writers with better editors and incorporates a discerning chain of command, with a managing editor at the helm. Ninety percent of B2C marketers use content in their strategy, but few brands recognize the real opportunity in doing so.

Content 9

Content Marketing Brand Public Relations 9