N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous. Great leaders intrinsically understand that team building catalyzes collaboration, creates both disruptive and incremental innovation, facilitates a certainty of execution, and is one of the key foundational elements associated with creating a dynamic corporate culture.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We recently attended the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2011 in Mumbai, where we moderated several panels and workshops on the topic of innovation. Jugaad innovators are modern-day alchemists who transmute adversity into opportunity, and in so doing c reate value for their organizations and communities.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

 Bob shares his thoughts on why the most effective leaders are those with the special ability to manage and implement the "big ideas" they come up with as leaders. Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S.  In other words produce more, get more in return.

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Blog Human Resources Welch Emotional Intelligence 133

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

  Weekly topics are wide and varied and include just about everything from innovation and communication to leadership and corporate social responsibility.   Bottom line, if you can only find thirty seconds a day to advance your professional development, this is where you should be using it.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

The fear of getting Netflix-ed or Uber-ized is spurring big companies to dial up their investment in innovation. But as investment increases, many companies are struggling with a challenging question: how do you know whether your chosen innovation strategy is actually bearing fruit? Number of projects in the innovation pipeline.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

We carefully planned our route based on a series of speaking events, conferences, and workshops that maximized our ability to gather as many diverse leaders in one location at the same time. Recently, African business leaders have focused on innovation in the workplace and the imperative to nurture and grow talent on the continent.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

And they should prioritize doing so, as real data shows diversity of thought and perspective drives innovation and has a meaningful impact on invention, engagement and the bottom line. We built a new, highly customized interview, onboarding and L&D plan to set the Returners up for success. .

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

And they should prioritize doing so, as real data shows diversity of thought and perspective drives innovation and has a meaningful impact on invention, engagement and the bottom line. We built a new, highly customized interview, onboarding and L&D plan to set the Returners up for success. .

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Diversity Katz Learning-by-Doing Globalization 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2011

He has challenged Indian companies to come up with inclusive business models that deliver more value at less cost for more citizens — be it in agriculture, healthcare, education, energy, or financial services. Today, however, that old model is being retired.

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Business Model Bottom-up Entrepreneur Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2016

Leading the crusade, we have the diversity industry, that unstoppable army of consultants, books, and workshops that has spent decades trying to sell business on what it calls the “business case” for workplace diversity and inclusion. But does that case have any relevance in Silicon Valley? today but perhaps anywhere, ever.

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Diversity Innovation Bottom-up Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Cumbersome legacy system maintenance, hardware and software upgrades, and tire-kicking in the name of research take up far too much of IT's time--time that could be spent building valuable business applications. Finally, even large projects can be broken up into what a banking client of mine calls "human bites." The result?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Business history offers innumerable stories of companies that launch whizz-bang new products on the basis of extensive quantitative customer research only to find that the customers didn't end up doing what they said they would. To see an alternative approach, take a look at Geox , an innovative European footwear company.

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How To Bottom-up Workshop Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

Too often, companies demand a laundry list of vague qualities, such as creativity and innovation, which fail to align with organizational needs. These aren’t one-off initiatives or stand-alone workshops without follow-up. This puts you at risk of missing out on true top talent and promoting the wrong people. .”

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Nine years ago, when I launched The Energy Project during an economic boom, it was nearly impossible to find senior leaders open to the idea that demand was exceeding people's capacity, and that it was critical to the bottom line to teach employees new ways to manage their energy more skillfully.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Mauro Porcini is PepsiCo’s Chief Design Officer—the first to hold the position—where he oversees design-led innovation across all the company’s brands under CEO Indra Nooyi. That’s where our work is really about innovation. I strongly believe that design and innovation are exactly the same thing.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2014

a company specializing in presentations and corporate messaging workshops. Clearly articulate this need as soon as you begin, because no matter how well researched or innovative your solution, you won’t get support if the need isn’t apparent or convincing. Is there a market opportunity the company is overlooking?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Coaching is about delivering what the client needs - it is not about a cute set of questions you picked-up during a certification class. Bottom line…good advisors make things happen and get things done at the behest of their clients for the purpose of enabling the accomplishment of anything ranging from a single task to a lifelong goal.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

While individual leadership approaches will be as different as night and day, and some will clearly be more effective than others, there is something to be learned from them all…There are leaders that we look up to by virtue of their street-smarts, wisdom, and experience; or by virtue of their expertise and contribution to a given field.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2016

Those hoping to launch the world’s next great innovation hub would be better off looking to an older, even more remarkable genius cluster: Renaissance Florence. This hothouse of innovation offers lessons as relevant and valuable today as they were 500 years ago. Innovation in Cities. Insight Center. Mentors matter.

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