N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

As a few recent examples, Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, is changing the face of finance as the first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network powered by its users with no central authority or intermediaries. It takes a unique mindset to execute them. .

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QAspire

AUGUST 30, 2016

Simplicity stems from decentralization of power. “ New Power ” as they call it, is all about empowering people, creating conducive ecosystems for performance, learning collectively and encouraging collaboration. Most complexity in organization is introduced in an attempt to centralize power.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

And with today’s digital economy and globalized markets making organizations more and more decentralized, it’s getting harder than ever for workers to create meaningful relationships with others. These leaders show you who they are as human beings, rather than hiding behind a mantle of power. A recent MIT study underscores this.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“We find that blockchain technology, investor sentiment, and stress level have predictive power for bitcoin returns,” they explain. Initially, it functioned as a form of currency, providing a decentralized and digital means of exchange.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 29, 2023

Generations Over Dinner is a decentralized model which encourages thousands of hosts to gather their friends, family, and even strangers at both physical dinner parties and virtual gatherings to discuss key topics through the unique lens of each generation.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

They know when to centralize and decentralize to maintain efficiency without sacrificing effectiveness. They understand that “we” is more powerful than “me.” They ask people what they think, what they want—and listen. They nurture and demand, praise and correct. They know when to be rigid in enforcing the rules and when to flex them.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 22, 2021

The research highlights how the algorithms that power the likes of Twitter and Facebook are largely designed at the moment to steer us towards like minds who share our interests and ideas. New research from the University of Rochester suggests that it might, at least, provide us with a degree of help in terms of our creativity.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

Most companies have decentralized their teams due to social distancing, measures directed by state and federal governments to keep people home and prevent further spread of the disease. Social psychologist, Philip Zimbardo said, “Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.”

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LDRLB

AUGUST 8, 2012

She found that when most firms flatten their hierarchies, decision-making power moves upward instead of downward, away from the front-line employees who interact with customers. In addition, rather than decentralizing the structure of the organization, flattening usually results in a drastic centralization.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Decentralization of power: increasing responsibilities for line positions and lower echelons; fewer staff levels and hierarchical levels. Developments of global network organizations. Companies are becoming increasingly information sensitive, and at the same time vulnerable for third parties. Great attention for innovation.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 19, 2019

Blockchain-Powered Content. Blockchain technology – the decentralized tech that was famously introduced to supports bitcoin – is now be leveraged to remedy the many disparities that exist in today’s online content landscape. . They can be 86’d from the platform, loosing ownership rights of their own content – and their income stream.

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

His new book is The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey into the Business of Shared Leadership. It struck me that perhaps the partial loss of my own voice was an invitation to lead differently, in a way that dispersed power and strengthened the voices of others. In this way, power is typically collected into the center of an organization.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Morgan (2005) uses a great image of a spider-plant to describe the decentralization trend. Handy’s (1998) shamrock organization might provide the right blend of centralization and decentralization to make it worthwhile for for-profit companies. A company could be centralized on one-leaf and decentralized on another.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Perceive that how they matter is not strictly tied to their positional power. Helgesen : Back when I wrote, The Web of Inclusion , I was looking at how networked technologies were upending hierarchies in organizations by decentralizing decision-making and giving people access to unprecedented information.

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Coaching Ourselves

MARCH 1, 2024

As McGill undergoes a transformative shift from a large, traditional organization to a more decentralized, hybrid structure, CoachingOurselves consistently delivers high value and facilitates continuous learning. The expertise of big-name thinkers is important to us, and we can always count on the topics to be effective and tasteful.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 17, 2015

Hone your diplomacy for better peer-to-peer communication - Since leaders are used to being in positions of authority, it’s a bit unnatural and uncomfortable to affect progress and change with peers without that authority, with only your own guile and power of persuasion to see you through. Study up, and lead well!

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The Practical Leader

MAY 13, 2020

These times also accentuate the power of decentralized decision making. .” Through surveys, meetings, e-mail polling, “town halls,” (or video conferencing), and the like, managers facilitate brainstorming, get input, set priorities, and make joint decisions and action plans.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The ITU conference was highly technical, which may be why the media outside of tech blogs paid little attention, but the result is noteworthy: A majority of the 193 United Nations member countries approved a treaty giving governments new powers to close off access to the Internet in their countries. Gives Governments More Power Over Internet.

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Change Starts Here

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Is power and work centralized or decentralized? Culture can create both roadblocks and shortcuts to change, depending on whether it clashes with or is aligned with the change. The organization’s design can impact the change. Is the emphasis on processes or functions? Expected Reactions.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 9, 2017

D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy took place 73 years and three days ago, heralding the beginning of the end of the Axis powers in Europe during World War II. A powerful German counterattack in the first days of the operation could doom the entire enterprise. Today is June 9 th. to make decisions in the moment.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Its goal is to seamlessly meld centralized vision and planning with empowered decentralized execution – where everyone is encouraged to exercise disciplined initiative, improvise, innovate, and take smart risks in accomplishing a shared goal. You talk about the agile mindset and the CEO.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

This will allow him to quickly become aware that the situation is beyond his control, which is in turn a by-product of your ability to consistently increase fire-power attrition, cutting down the amount of time that opposes your maneuver warfare action cycle that wins everything regardless of circumstances.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Many companies have managed to gain an edge tapping into its transformative power. By the Power of the Team. To shape their mindset, harness the power of corporate culture. So, open the channels of communication and decentralize decision-making. More power to you! In fact, it entices you to dismantle them.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

The world is undergoing a transformation in how it gets its power. In this transformation, we are witnessing the decarbonization of power consumption, thanks to the large-scale deployment of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. At the same time, we’re also seeing the decentralization of power production.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 7, 2014

October 14 brings a powerful new book full of leadership lessons for " how to be a first responder in business." Wood : Football taught me a lot about the power of understanding roles. Operation: Starting Gun in Moore, OK, Summer 2013 Photo By: Kirk Jackson, Team Rubicon 1. My coach, Barry Alvarez, used to yell "know your role."

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Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

The first step in achieving the vision of a decentralized, citizen-focused police service. Field operations are decentralized into four areas of the city – central, south, east, north and west. The chief begins check-ins with detectives regarding decentralization and how their work can be improved. Year eight. Year twelve.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Those benefits fall into three categories: To jumpstart network effects that provide a first-mover advantage: Many of the projects being built using blockchain technology are “protocols” that govern the interactions between users in a decentralized autonomous network. How ICOs Constrain.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

This is due largely to the fact that the German economy went through an unprecedented process of decentralization of wage bargaining during the 1990s. During the 1990s employers and workers started using the wage-setting system differently, and that led to an unprecedented decentralization. Controversial Labor Reforms.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Like the general security systems at high-risk sites such as nuclear power plants, companies require multiple layers of redundant safety mechanisms and cybernetic control systems. Decentralized, intelligent systems can significantly decrease the risk of cyberattacks and minimize their damage. Harm Reduction.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

A detailed plan to decentralize. Three years later the CEO calls the consultant back in, worried that decision making has become too decentralized. When we’re triggered, as little as 60 seconds of breathing deeply can be a powerful way to maintain physiological and emotional equilibrium. The consultant’s solution?

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 25, 2011

Here are 3 reasons I personally prefer a team approach for this function of our church: Decentralized control - With one person in charge, if that person gets sick, moves, or decides he or she gets tired and quits, the whole church would suffer.

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Lead from Within

MAY 28, 2020

Times of crisis show us the value of decentralized leadership, and the ability to create a network of talented experts with access to good data is fast becoming an essential leadership skill. We will need leaders who know how to engage the expertise of others. The best leaders are no longer in front, making all the immediate decisions.

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Decker Communication

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

As we close out the decade, let’s look at how leadership has become decentralized and team-oriented. ” For the C-suite, decentralization also means it’s critical to communicate a vision that cascades through the organization. The Power of Teams . The Days of Centralized Leadership in Business are Long Gone. .

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption. For our study, we collected data on 512 strategic initiatives, both centralized and decentralized, launched by 48 leading U.S.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

David Dye of Trailblaze tells us that one of the most powerful opportunities you have to connect with your team – is when things go wrong. Alli Polin of Break the Frame observes that teams are increasingly decentralized and leaders are challenged to create connection when face to face interaction is infrequent at best.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

What does it take to cause something big about a community to change — something that no one individually has much power over, even something as big as a prevailing mindset? Increasingly there is an insistence that these powerful forces must leverage human creativity, not marginalize it. Tim Ellis/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Products fueled by data and machine learning can be a powerful way to solve users’ needs. But the opportunity extends far beyond the tech giants: companies of a range of sizes and across sectors are investing in their own data-powered products. Consider a recommendations product powered by users’ self-reported profile data.

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