N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

Great businesses are in constant search of improvement, innovation, change, disruption, knowledge and other strategic leverage points that lead to a competitive advantage or operational enhancement. Don’t fall into the rut of allowing your business to be trapped in a perpetual state of static thinking.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Staying ahead of the competition will require constant work. You need to be aware of key strategies for building your competitive advantage, improving the customer experience, and keeping the competition at bay. The most efficient way to stay ahead of the competition is to research your competitors carefully.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 2, 2010

If you’re passionate about something it means you care so much that it hurts…Refusing to surrender, and having the ability to make the tough decision or the needed sacrifice, will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Underpinning the philosophy of governance excellence is the knowledge that effective governance fosters trust, propelling an organization’s reputation and sustainable growth. Implementing new strategies driven by advanced technology contributes significantly to organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2015

PERSONAL NOTE: When I saw the statistic that 68% of Facebook usage is mobile, I realized the revolution was in full swing and those not playing hard would lose sales, loyalty, goodwill, reputation, and profit. In short, pacesetters use technology for the competitive advantage and the results are more profitable business outcomes.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Professors of business and corporate strategy (which includes me) research and lecture about the goal of long-term “sustained” competitive advantage, driven by grand plans that mesmerize and seduce the most seasoned leaders and leadership teams. The hard truth is that companies that do not pursue corporate entrepreneurship are doomed.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Therefor by definition it is not unique or likely to generate any competitive advantage. Again a core that keeps customers loyal & provides a competitive advantage. By definition 'best practice' is something codified by someone else. I always appreciate your insights William. Manufacturing, oh yes!

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

Refusing to surrender, having the ability to make the tough decision, the needed sacrifice, and the focus to place fiduciary obligations above your self interest will allow your company to continue taking ground and will keep the competitive advantage on the side of your enterprise.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially; and with that burgeoning growth, IT organizations have seen tremendous expansion. IT companies, in particular, need to be deliberate in getting out in front of change or risk being surpassed by advancing technology. A monthly recurring subscription of $9.95

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Breaches of data integrity, or BDIs, can damage a company’s reputation, demographic, product or service, or what’s worse, and often the outcome, finances. The good news is, new technologies are enabling a seamless data migration process and ensuring the structure of the data is consistent in the manner it needs to be maintained and accessed.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2015

With cloud implementation you'll be able to go wherever your business takes you by accessing it from different technologies, too. By learning the area's customs and traditions, you are able to relate with locals better and establish a positive reputation. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 10, 2014

Then reputation is somewhere between questionable and lost. Things like rundown hotels, lousy food in a restaurant, rude clerk in a retail store, long lines to be served, long waits on hold, not keeping up with technology, and poor management seem to be pervasive in our society. Oh, it’s also your reputation. And it’s also FREE!

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If your company has passive and/or timid leadership you will face serious problems in sustaining your competitive advantage. Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 18, 2014

Imagine combining the brilliant technological advances of today with timeless people skills, and consider the potential of future generations. Follow an email ‘thank you’ with a personalized, real ‘thank you’ note (repetition is reputation). EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2014

LESSON: Don’t stay attached to old technology or products even though they have brought success and profit in the past. POWER – This year I intend to capitalize on the convergent power of reputation, brand, intellectual property, and online distribution. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

His talented student, the legendary Warren Buffet, thought the same: “ when management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.” The odds aren’t favorable.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

Technology innovation and the power of data analytics present tremendous value, but also new challenges. There have been many breakdowns in security or privacy causing significant, and even irreparable, damage to companies’ reputations. Gaining a competitive advantage.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

That is to say: they are finding competitive advantage in what were historically reckoned to be (or ignored as) externalities. I think that a "game-changer" along the lines you mention may the increasing capacity of companies to create value by advancing the values of their customers and other stakeholders.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2014

Matthew Bidwell, an assistant professor at Wharton, and his colleagues wanted to better understand how something not-so-concrete like reputation stacks up against more tangible enticements. And, in particular, they wanted to find out whether the ability to offer more money is really a competitive advantage.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2017

” In Porter’s view, sustainable competitive advantage depends on trade-offs, including the fact that it’s difficult for one company to serve all customers across a wide range of needs. Maybe digital technology and the changing economics of scale really have changed the nature of competition, as Irwin suggests.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2015

If your product or service has become your customer’s secret sauce – putting them in a position to outperform in the marketplace — then spreading the word may appear to risk diluting the customer’s competitive advantage. Extol reputation benefits. Point out the perils of remaining a lone wolf.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency. This role is common in technology, engineering, and life sciences companies, where domain expertise in narrow and arcane areas can be crucial to market success. Essential Experts.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

However, with technology, digitalization, and artificial intelligence accelerating changes to jobs, the relationships between performance and value become even more complex and yield potentially exponential opportunities for value creation. Insight Center. The Automation Age. Sponsored by KPMG.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

Managing your reputation and its attendant risks has become far more complex. Netbook makers such as Asus projected strong demand growth in their category for 2010, because they assumed more-or-less continuous technological trajectory from portable computers to netbooks as web appliances.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

They all speak of the quality of their talent as a key success metric…in fact, many of them will emphatically state that talent is their single biggest competitive advantage. Rarely do I speak with an executive who hasn’t drunk the talent messaging Kool-Aid.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Employees with influence — or with reputations for influence — enjoy understandable competitive advantages in the organizational marketplace. Klout-ish services are simply logical and inevitable initiatives to measure that competitive advantage. But who decides who has influence?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2014

This theory states that success is dependent on positioning your business in a profitable market, where it will have or can gain a competitive advantage. Moreover, the split does not change the competitive advantages either. Unfortunately this theory also fails to explain the decision to split.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

The advantage of hybrids is that they are a half-step that can help their developers manage long and difficult transitions, such as the one between generations of technology or the transition between careers. The challenge of hybrids is that they are only temporary half-steps, and so in retrospect they can look clumsy.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. I want to start by actually defining what an idea is, and is not.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Reputation among affected constituencies within the business community. They embrace technology, rather than ideas and concepts. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Trainers with too narrow a niche will not ultimately serve your best interests. Professional status is important.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2013

But it is also a complex market, with a reputation for corruption, uncertainty, and bureaucracy. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up) — your world is awash with data.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

Our study clearly shows that great leadership is a strong competitive advantage, with the top 20 BCL firms far outperforming the S&P 500 benchmark on shareholder returns. Beyond strong financial performance, the top 20 BCL companies have something else in common. Enable organizational agility.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And this factor is likely to loom even larger in the future because many of the benefits of new technologies increase as more people join in. Companies do not all depend equally on proprietary information for competitive advantage. You can protect them better (which, as already stated, might get expensive). How can you do this?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Do you have the necessary resources (financial, technology, talent, infrastructure, etc.) How does it drive revenue, profit, brand equity, competitive advantage, etc. " My days in technology have taught me that you frequently have to ask "why" up to 5 times before you REALLY get the answer.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Britain’s biggest supermarket chain has not only seen its fortunes erode but its reputation for competitiveness, creativity and integrity collapse. Information & technology Leadership Retail' That was a huge mistake by me.” ” Indeed. Or is it probability?

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