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Executive Briefing – Nuclear

Strategy Driven

Same firm handles radioactive waste at Hanford In this file photo, container management operators at US Ecology Idaho near Mountain Home catalog closed drums filled with various types of hazardous waste in. Operating Events. Source: Topix – Nuclear Energy News Published on 2018-11-20 Explosion kills 1 in Idaho.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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. Trust me when I tell you that being out of touch is never a good position to find yourself in as the CEO.

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business Review

The current mantra is “Move fast with stable infrastructure”, which speaks to the organizational design challenge of operating at scale in a fickle and volatile world. ” It further revealed a complex and siloed organization, with competing operating assumptions, values, and practices across the group.

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Rules For the Social Era

Harvard Business Review

Facebook, KickStarter, Kiva, Twitter, and other companies thriving in the social era are operating by the rules of the Social Era. But too many major companies — Bank of America, Sony, Gap, Yahoo, Nokia — that need to get it, don't. Most organizations operating today started when companies needed more operating capital.

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Reinvent Your Company by Reassessing Its Strengths

Harvard Business Review

Wells Fargo has become the most valuable bank in the world by sticking to its strategy of building a value proposition around selling more products per customer than anyone else. But the capabilities — from merchandising to managing store staff and operating the supply chain — are very different for a small-store format.

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8 Tech Trends to Watch in 2016

Harvard Business Review

” In order to chart the best way forward, you must understand emerging trends: what they are, what they aren’t, and how they operate. My 2016 trends offer early warnings and opportunities for managers in all industries. HR managers can use bots to train employees. Here are eight to note for 2016.

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most and Least Resilient Economies

Harvard Business Review

Nestlé announced plans to cut its staff in some central African countries, while Barclays’s new CEO is considering selling off the bank’s Africa assets. Companies operating in SSA cannot ignore the country, even though it will suffer substantially from the impact of low oil prices on the currency and business activity.

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