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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

The fast-paced expansion of FinTech companies into long-distance geographies has increased the Penrose effect , thus escalating the managerial constraints affecting organizational growth and development. The FinTech industry is not an exception and is yet to strike the right balance between timing and scope.

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Scaling Growth Disruption and Capacity

Mike Cardus

Being able to align the different services, constraints, and diverse pathways into a coherent vision and action. customer service, sales, finance, quality management, innovation) and products together in your business. How can we develop multiple safe-to-fail experiments to learn what happens when we decide to grow or scale?

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What It Will Take to Fix HR

Harvard Business Review

Put the most strategic pieces into the hands of up-and-comers passing through the leadership-development revolving door? Financial capital was recognized as the scarce resource and its shortage a significant constraint on growth. Lynanne Kunkle, VP-Global Talent Development and HR-Asia for Whirlpool, is a case in point.

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What Younger Workers Can Learn from Older Workers, and Vice Versa

Harvard Business Review

They have learned that some of the constraints they thought were immovable could be reframed by thinking more creatively about how they perform their tasks and what they consider the boundaries of these tasks. So it makes sense for the old to share their insights about finances with the young. How to build diverse networks.

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Women as Microfinance Leaders, Not Just Clients

Harvard Business Review

This year my organization decided to give an award for "excellence in leadership," and among the elements of excellence we expect to see in the winner, we're putting one criterion front and center: the nominees' commitment to gender diversity in their leadership ranks.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Real estate developers are integrating automation systems, sensors, and mobility options into their properties. A wave of public and private investment worldwide is going into making cities smarter — but that doesn’t change the fact that most municipal governments are working with serious spending constraints.

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Have a Real Impact; Keep Your Day Job

Harvard Business Review

The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers.