N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

I cannot even begin to count the number of times I’ve had a CEO tell me that certain immutable business principles just don’t apply to his/her business because, “this business is different.&# What about competing against the innovation of others that could cause the obsolescence of your product or service?

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Modern Servant Leader

JULY 10, 2012

Their work focuses on innovative developments with silicon. When the Faichild board seeks a new CEO from outside the company, the remaining two members of the original eight also leave, feeling slighted for not being placed in the role. Shockley Semiconductor Consolidates Great People. Shockley Fails at People Leadership.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

First Borders, then Barnes & Noble CEOs make the wrong leadership decisions. As the business grew, it was time for the Borders brothers to hire a professional CEO. Tom Borders told me that they decided to hire a CEO whose experience was in retailing versus a strategic marketing expert. Barnes & Noble CEO Steps Down.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Competitive advantage, not information, is power. Now, I don’t want anyone to think that I don’t value information technology. When I was a CMO and CEO, I operated with an entrepreneurial mindset that required taking decisions as early as possible. Entrepreneurial Mindset Power. But, I’m a disciple of point #4.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Drive Innovation. Technology’s impact on society and business is substantial as it has become a part of everyday life. In an ever-changing, dynamic market, businesses must be able to brand themselves as unique by constantly innovating. Richard Milam is the president and CEO of EnableSoft. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

A business will not survive in today’s commodity-driven, consumer-demanding economy if they do not continue to innovate. Knowledge workers are businesses’ source of innovations. Richard Milam is the president and CEO of EnableSoft. About the Author.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Here’s a question: where do you speak about strategy issues when you don’t know exactly what it is you want to say? Certainly not in the board room or at a company presentation. Probably not even in front of your senior leadership team or even in a one-to-one meeting with a key report. You’re supposed […].

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CEO Insider

JUNE 30, 2023

The acquisition minded executive is the norm in the business world. Most executives I’ve talked to are either actively seeking acquisitions or, to use their common turn of phrase, they’re “opportunistic.” In other words, if the right deal falls into their laps, they might be stirred into action.

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CEO Insider

MAY 26, 2023

This month I had my biannual chance to be a fly on the wall while Silicon Valley Investor Partners had a very candid, frank conversation with a group of Seed/A startups that had already raised sizable rounds during the “party” of 2021 funding.

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CEO Insider

MAY 21, 2022

It’s 2022, and both blockchain technology and the digital assets that it enables are seemingly everywhere in the corporate world — a stark departure from crypto’s grassroots origins. The post What Executives Should Know About Digital Currencies appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

So why, despite all the evidence to the contrary, do we see so many corporations dip their toes into the pool of innovation instead of diving in? Corporate innovation is already a difficult proposition; why doom it to failure by pursuing it half-heartedly? With the right approach, innovation at a big company is realistic.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 8, 2022

According to an October 2022 Zippia study, 26% of U.S. employees work remotely, and remote jobs make up 15% of all work opportunities. It also mentions that sales are one of the top industries for remote workers. As a sales manager or company owner, embracing the remote selling trend is imperative. While doing so, there […].

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 2, 2022

We could all use a confidence boost these days – especially with how fast life is moving around us. Think about the last compliment you got from a friend, colleague or even from the boss. How did it feel? Great, right? That’s exactly how I feel every time I connect with my leadership coach – […].

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 19, 2022

That’s because the strategic orchestration of technologies described in this book—conversational AI, hyperautomation, and intelligent automation—will do a lot more […]. I don’t want to scare you, but the status quo is a death sentence.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 30, 2023

The dust from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse is nearly settled, but as we look at the new landscape, we need to take a hard look at what can be learned from it.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 10, 2022

It’s been said that ‘managing by walking around does not translate into managing by emailing around’. That might be true – but it’s also not a bad thing. In my experience, a manager walking around meant someone checking up to make sure you were at your desk. Not helpfully asking if you were okay, more […].

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CEO Insider

JULY 28, 2022

There is nothing like escaping the winter of Melbourne, Australia, for the warmth and relaxation of Bali. The beaches, the rice terraces, the mountains, the beautifully kind people, the food, the vibe – there are so many reasons to make Bali your next holiday destination. But, what if you want more than a holiday? As […].

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. Because of the web, social media, and advances in mobile and interactive communications and information technologies, the experiences of human beings are now at the heart of value creation.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 9, 2022

In reference to this, does anyone who has access to a computer or a reasonably recent mobile device really yearn for the “good old days?” Can most visualize making decisions on what to sell, who to sell stuff to and how best to do that without being immersed entirely in the wonderful world of research? […]. The post SOPHISTICATED RESEARCH?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

That is, why bother trying to innovate if no matter what they do, large companies can no longer maintain a sustainable advantage and their life spans are just getting shorter and shorter? In these markets if existing companies don’t rise to the innovation challenge, no one will. “Why bother?”.

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CEO Insider

MAY 6, 2022

An important part of designing your investment and retirement strategy is deciding exactly what your wealth goals are. You’ll want to determine how you plan to spend the money that you save or earn through investing later in life. Some individuals may seek to set higher wealth goals as they will want to continue to […].

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

So why, despite all the evidence to the contrary, do we see so many corporations dip their toes into the pool of innovation instead of diving in? Corporate innovation is already a difficult proposition; why doom it to failure by pursuing it half-heartedly? With the right approach, innovation at a big company is realistic.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 18, 2023

In recent years, cherished US institutions have revealed toxic workplace cultures characterized by racism, bullying, misogyny, homophobia or a combination of all four, that is hard to fathom. It’s easy enough to write these instances off as extreme anomalies in the corporate world.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

An interview with Aaron Levie , cofounder and CEO of Box. IT management Information & technology Innovation' Follow him on Twitter at @levie. Download this podcast. A written transcript will be available by July 8.

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. DAVID: Yeah. You call it this big bang disruption.

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CEO Insider

DECEMBER 14, 2022

‘Tis the season for reflection – a time to learn, grow and appreciate all that’s good in this one precious life of ours. As I look back on the past year, it’s easy to point out where I could have done more, how I could have done better, or whether I served the people I […].

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CEO Insider

JUNE 8, 2022

While moderating somewhat due to rising interest rates and other factors, the real-estate housing sector continues to generate record sales — particularly in certain pockets throughout the country, including cities in Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and California.

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CEO Insider

JUNE 5, 2022

Everyone who knows me, knows I reject ‘The Great Resignation’ – it’s a million-dollar catch-phrase, but it’s quite dangerously misleading. This is not a great resignation – which suggests that people have made a sudden decision to do something dramatic that we didn’t see coming. Most of the labour market movement we have seen in […].

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CEO Insider

MAY 25, 2022

Changes are essential for our development, and even though every start may be scary initially, it should finally be welcomed and embraced, even in the cases where you were not the one who decided on this significant change, you need to think about how you can adjust to the new standards. When it comes to […].

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

For the past several years we have watched with increasing dismay at the increasing chasm between information technology (IT) groups and their business counterparts. The business complains that IT doesn’t understand the business, consistently overpromises and under-delivers, and slows innovation.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. When you are gone, will analytics be first in the hearts and minds of your CEO, your CMO and your board of directors?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., A new component of the IT function must be developed to support this category of work: the Distributed Innovation Group (DIG). DIG is responsible for emerging technology, collaboration methods and technology (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Digital technology is the biggest agitator of the business world today. Mobile technology, social media, cloud computing, embedded devices, big data, and analytics have radically changed the nature of work and competition. And digital innovations will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. Their strategic use of information technology (IT) presaged the dot.com boom of the 1990s when the Internet made this kind of online ordering commonplace. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2013

Perhaps the most exciting (and challenging) aspect of working in a progressive IT organization is the pace of technological change. Managing this rapid change and fostering innovation while "keeping the trains running on time" is the primary leadership role required of any CIO, new or old. Generate Room for Innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

The company’s stock price has languished for years, and CEO Jeff Immelt—a powerful advocate of the company’s digital ambitions—recently departed the company under pressure from activist investors. The new CEO, John Flannery, is focused primarily on cutting costs. Other senior executives have left as well.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

As one CEO said to us: "I just want to forget about IT and concentrate on my core business.". Of course, this response would be fine if the challenge were merely to deploy technology (on time and to budget) and ensure it continues to function properly for as long as required. IT management Information & technology'

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