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The Downside of Best Practices | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. link] Scot Herrick Best practices excuse management of really understanding their business and strategy.

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What Managers Can Do to Keep Women in Engineering

Harvard Business Review

Ten of the engineers were in the early stages of their careers, 19 were mid-career, and five were in late career. Despite these efforts, senior managers and HR officers in both companies reported that one in three women engineers continued to leave. Over 80% had undergraduate degrees, and 43% had children.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. The essence of managing cognitive bias is to realize that it is unavoidable, it is an essential part of being human." Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked.

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Just How Important Is Manufacturing?

Harvard Business Review

Since joining the Harvard Business School in 2007 (after a long career at IBM, Kodak, Silicon Graphics, and other companies), I have visited hundreds of factories. Making parts for an iPhone is a challenging mix of materials science, mechanical engineering, precision fabrication, and managing mind-boggling complexity in the supply chain.

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Prepare Your Workforce for the Automation Age

Harvard Business Review

But companies will only be able to realize productivity gains from these new operating models if they skillfully manage the soft side of their automation transformation—the people in what will be a vastly different organization. To that end, managers should develop a list of 10 to 15 processes that bots can quickly improve.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Fear is dead as a management tool. Following are a few of the thoughts David shared in closing out Day 1: Start-ups begin here, but are scaling offshore. The lack of leadership development in most organizations is tragic. Barack Obama and particularly his administration is anti-business. The best idea should win.

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An Agenda for the Future of Global Business

Harvard Business Review

While we can disagree about how to fix the problem, we must acknowledge that globalization is a hard sell if it doesn’t address these distributive issues. Finding effective and affordable ways to help people acquire transferable skills during their careers, not just before they start out, is a large social challenge.