N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

My wife has always told me that “you can’t go wrong by going right,” and as usual I find her advice to be spot on…Never compromise you value system, your character, or your integrity. Thanks for stopping by Steve… Rob Mike- Systems thinking can be of high value to leaders. I'll be sure and check it out.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Discipline requires a systemic approach. To make good decisions, we need to understand how the system works. The most productive leaders I know have the ability to be extremely nice, very civil and always polite while maintaining the ability to be direct, focused, and candid. It takes some work, but don't settle for anything less.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Clarify management values. Usually, management has not yet articulated their own individual values, let alone those of the organization. This process helps to define and develop value systems to create success. I ask clients to do so without using the words: ‘technology,’ ‘sales,’ and ‘solutions.’

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

They will not compromise their value system and personal ethics for temporary gain. They are voracious learners always looking for better methods, different approaches, enhanced efficiencies, better technology and increased velocity. On with the exam… Section I: Character. Section X: Results.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

I find that it's rarely this bolt of lighting epiphany and rather a collective result of thinking systemically about solving a key problem. Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. Vision is often misunderstood.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

When it’s time to hire for critical positions within your company, consider the training and certification in military systems offered to service men and women.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Regardless of whether your firm embraces a meritocracy, a tenure based system, a highly sophisticated compensatory system, or some form of a benevolent dictatorship, bonuses are always an issue.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The leader has failed to communicate with those around him of what their system does, its current and future capabilities, and the group or individual's vision for the future. You assume that the person asking the question is always right. But are they?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice. Then we look for tools and systems to manage those relationships and expand our capacity for more relationships, and they can add an additional layer of complexity.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Or if they do-more times than not, it’s impersonal and relies on a rating system-not the feedback itself. The best source is the customer and yet companies would rather do anything but ask a customer their opinion.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Visit [link] to learn more about the leadership system. Leaders need to have a passion for what their company does or creates, not just a passion for the money it can make. Leaders need to have an profound appreciation for all the people working for them and the skills they bring to the table.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

"False" beliefs, a lack of sincerity, or any belief system that is not genuine can be harmful. What I was able to take away from your comment was insightful if viewed with perspective.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Have they been fudging their research for years?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

But the moral of this story is not how to do crisis management faster and better in a lightning-fast digital world. It’s that even the nimblest and deftest crisis management response cannot contain the damage of going straight to “call security” and crossing the last line of defense in customer service design.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Their core is the design and the idea, the operating system, plus the network environment such as iTunes. AAPL) the iPod, iPad & iPhone are cherished as innovative and beautiful products. But Apple does not manufacture them. Apple truly defines next practice in all of these areas. But manufacturing?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Systems and Processes. You employ state-of-the-art technology and are in the vanguard of your industry. Duties, activities, tasks, behaviors, attitudes, contracting, project fulfillment. Role and Job. Assignments, responsibilities, functions, relationships, follow-through, accountability. Planning, tactics, organizational development.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

Since my youth I've been an early adopter of new technology. I know new technology can bring much creativity and value. Investments in technology were so low for so long that we were having technological blackouts with frequency. Nowadays, technology is at the core of our urban planning and management of public policies.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2018

Businesses are constantly experimenting with new ways to use artificial intelligence for better risk management and faster, more responsive fraud detection — and even to predict and prevent crimes. While today’s basic technology is not necessarily revolutionary, the algorithms it uses and the results they can produce are.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

As a HIPAA-regulated organization, we have a heightened sense of responsibility for business continuity and crisis management," she told me. Their crisis plan was enviable. Reckman jumped out of bed and activated their emergency notification system. Crisis management'

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). But I have been doing people and project management for years. And I believe that management is about applying common sense. So, people management is applying common sense on common people. Your blog certainly deserves to be at the top, in my opinion. I’m not an MBA.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

working with one of our business partners was installing an electronic security system in the Pentagon window that was struck. Of particular note, I remember receiving the call that a young technician (Allen Bandy – sp?) He left behind a lovely wife and 3 small children.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

FireEye’s sophisticated system worked: It triggered alerts that malware had entered Target’s computers. There may have been some skepticism about the system, because it was new to Target. In response, Target acknowledged that its computer system had been alerted to suspicious activity. Except no one did anything.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Government agencies should consider leveraging the internet of things (IoT) and other web-driven technologies to obtain timely and accurate data that can better inform decisions and actions. Using the most current technology could help them more efficiently and safely address these costly disasters. Since 1980 the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

As you point out though we are now faced with a culture of political correctness> It no longer comes just from the "top" but is deeply ingrained in our belief system, especially when it comes to work environments. I don't think you are in the minority in your view.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

These include legislation, regulation, investigation, enforcement, litigation, ethics, reputation, crisis management, corporate citizenship, and pressures from public officials, NGOs, and the media. These ethical questions arise in the whole range of corporate activity from technology and manufacturing to marketing and sales.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I love the comment by Sally Kempton when she said…"It's hard to fight an enemy that has outposts in our heads" As we encounter challenges we are afforded invaluable opportunities to reshape our mental filters and personal belief systems. M [link] mikemyatt Hi Mark: You point about chosen beliefs is an astute one.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

It also means thinking systemically. Here are some ways you can foster strategic thinking as part of your management approach: Encourage managers to set a regular time aside for strategic planning (alone and in meeting with others). A strategic approach takes time. Make it a regular part of their job.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Now six years later, an actual event has occurred that is eerily similar to that fictional scenario: a trusted retailer’s point-of-sale system security was breached and a large amount of customer data may be compromised. Crisis management Leadership Risk management' Are you ready?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Their system data had been encrypted by malicious software. After two weeks of writing everything down on paper, the hospital paid a $17,000 ransom in Bitcoin to regain access to their computer systems. Our customer care team has implemented a new system to track and respond to incidents. So take additional safeguards.

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Roundtable Talk

AUGUST 17, 2010

Technology and increased expectations are driving a pace that is hard to keep up with. What I don’t see organizations do is provide the support systems in place to help people step out of the daily grind to assess what’s really important/true.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

A potentially catastrophic technological problem, an incomplete crisis response plan, misleading early information, divided private and public authority, ineffective initial actions. Of course, such plans will have to adapt to actual events, but without a robust plan, "seat of the pants" crisis management won't work.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

The system must connect the dots horizontally. A system cannot respond effectively when information has to flow up and down hierarchical lines: it is slow, and superiors often suppress the information because they do not see its importance or relevance or don't have time to respond. just passed on), and if not, to act themselves.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Real estate consultants are not business strategists, but the retail system gives them the say-so in establishing community presence. economy spent one trillion dollars fixing and treating the so-called Y2K Bug, which we now know was a manufactured “crisis” by technology consulting companies. In 1999, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2014

The Department of Defense, which had originally opposed the deal, reversed course when it finally occurred to government officials that if we did not sell the Rumanians this technology, others in Western Europe would. Crisis management Global business Government' The Rumanians awarded the contract to Firestone.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Frankly, I'm all for letting the system be overrun by those who deserve to be there. Our educational system, family, societal status, etc indoctrinates biases). We all experience it, and both the introduction and experience are better when it occurs naturally and not via contrived mandates.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

It helps to have people that like and know how to lead (like is the born part), but born leaders without knowledge, goals and belief system are leaders for leaders sake and often end up creating a lot of trouble for themselves and those they lead. link] mikemyatt We are in agreement on all points Dan.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We’ve got the latest technology. We got an automated phone system to take care of all that. Our company has got the most up to date technology. Companies spend disproportionate amounts of money on technology and neglect their people, processes and policies. Quality is our middle name. Customers are a dime a dozen.

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