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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design. I Think Not.

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Starting a Business for the Post-Pandemic World

Strategy Driven

Then, of course, one of the largest shakeups came with the rise of fast food. American Express – The credit card company that originally delivered parcels across the country. You need to innovate immediately. While some industries may face more frequent and drastic changes, every business needs to adapt sometimes.

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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Of course subordinating one's ego to more productive traits never hurts.:) Controlling one's emotions is part and parcel of emotional intelligence. by thecoachingconnection on July 15, 2010 This was reprinted below in its entirely by Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth, who originally [.] Thanks for commenting.

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How Corporate Investors Can Improve Their Odds

Harvard Business Review

VCs, they’re told, take more of a long-term approach, have a greater degree of risk tolerance, and parcel out their funds in stages to mitigate risk. By contrast, for corporate innovators each idea needs to carry its own weight. And of course the more the company pushes the edges of today’s business, the lower those odds sink.

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Workforce Analytics Isn't as Scary as It Sounds

Harvard Business Review

ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you what it comes to." Thankfully, in the course of researching our new book, my coauthors and I found several companies that don't fall victim to the Gradgrind effect. Of course, not every organization thinks it can use analytics. A man who is. Take Sprint.

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How to Design Work Projects for Maximum Learning

Harvard Business Review

Of course, a goal that is too ambitious will break the team’s spirit. The severances team aimed to increase the number of land parcels processed per day by 50% in one field office in 100 days. The severances team increased parcels processed per day by 175%. (If the goal can be achieved through business as usual, it will.)

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Will Moneyball Analytics Kill Loyalty and Leadership?

Harvard Business Review

Of course, encouraging the kind of loyalties and leadership that enhance collaboration becomes inherently more difficult when performers fear they may fall on the wrong side of the aging curve. The classic response, of course, is to insist that, ultimately, these decisions come down to human judgments rather than computational dictatorships.