N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective. If it’s not really meaningful, it’s not a game changer so why do it? Focus on value creation.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I developed the concept of integrating Pop Culture Wisdom with management training and business planning over the last 40 years. I emceed concerts with stars like Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick and Andre Previn.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

In team development, research has shown that individual learning works best when accompanied by team learning. [1]. So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

We tend to overestimate the power of influence. The best-known example of the threshold model at work is the diffusion of innovations model developed by Everett Rogers , in which a small group of innovators gets hold of an idea and indoctrinates a somewhat more reluctant group of early adopters to form local majorities.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. created a program called Women and Opportunity that aims to develop women for future leadership roles at Gap. The business case for diversity is clear. For example, Gap Inc.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Any standing meeting, whether it’s of a departmental leadership team, a cross-functional group owning a process like innovation or talent management, or a task force managing a six-month transition to a new technology, should be designed and linked to a broader governance plan. Roger Schwarz. You and Your Team Series.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Whether it is rivalry between people (Bill Gates versus Steve Jobs; Roger Federer versus Rafael Nadal), between organizations (e.g., Our goal was to determine whether, how, and why feelings of rivalry between competitors influenced their propensity to take risk. Rivalry is everywhere. Ford versus GM), or between nations (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

When I talk with leaders of process improvement activities about the role of HR in change, however, I generally hear that HR is bureaucratic and a brake on innovation. Training and Development : Training courses and development investments send messages about what matters. Others say that HR is under-utilized.

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Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Rogers diffusion of innovation curve. Like the Kubler-Ross model the innovation adoption curve categorises people. It asks how quickly do we take to innovations – another type of change. It got me thinking… How does the Rogers adoption model link to the Kubler-Ross model? Or start earlier? What had I missed?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2013

The American humorist Will Rogers said, "You never get a second chance to make a first impression." So if you don''t already have a strong work ethic and good work habits, either strive to develop them, or prepare yourself for mediocrity. The act of listening, actively and thoroughly, is the most powerful influence technique there is.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.&# - General Colin Powell “Develop success from failures. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. Writing in 1979, Roger Hansen (in Beyond the North-South Stalemate ) succinctly characterized the choices faced by developed and developing countries in the face of these demands.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

Numerical predictions offer a range of benefits for large, innovation organizations like Twitch. So I decided to make a prediction: If we build auto host I’m 70% confident that, within 8 weeks, 15% of our partners (our largest influencers) will be auto-hosting. The Arc of Forecasting at Twitch.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Whenever asked to recommend business books, I immediately inquire, “What is the single greatest challenge that you and your organization now face?” ” Of course, responses vary but over time, these seem to be the ten challenges most frequently cited, followed by the book(s) I think will be most helpful.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

The HR Digest: How did your journey in leadership and business development shape your perspective on organizational change over the past decade? These foundational competencies provide the framework for selection, development, assessment and rewards. Your firm brand is what you want your customers to know your business for.

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