Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The more mature you get, the better you get at managing ego.” “In It’s the thing that happens to get the product to market” Mitch Joel @mitchjoel / Author and marketing guru / In a nutshell: It’s time for Leadership 3.0… “Screw ups recalibrate confidence creep.” To punish failure is to encourage mediocrity.” “The

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Management Simon COO Blog 48

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

One tool we've developed to help companies manage their innovation portfolio is the Innovation Ambition Matrix (see the chart below). Ansoff's matrix clarified the notion that tactics should differ according to whether a firm was launching a new product, entering a new market, or both.

Ansoff 15

Ansoff Tools Innovation Management 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Pampers is now one of UNICEF's largest corporate donors, yet the campaign has delivered year-on-year growth for P&G's brand even in its toughest markets. The result is a new model for cause-related marketing, an innovative way to strengthen mature brands, and a path-breaking avenue to raise money for the big issues.

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Maturity Mass Marketing Brand Comparison 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

They do not act impulsively on a solution immediately, keenly aware of the need to honor the discovery phase for the new solution, giving it time to develop and crystallize. It sounds scary and unfathomable to most mature organizations, although it’s often what is needed to resuscitate a dying company. Pattern #5: Pivoting.

Self-aware 13

Self-aware Innovation Engineering Outsourcing 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

It governs an organization's cultivation of its intellectual capital—how it leverages what it already knows how to do, and how it evolves its offering based on changing market demands. With hardware markets, money is spent upfront to develop a system. How does the company deal with dramatic change?

Software 13

Software Intellectual Capital Maturity Customer Loyalty 13

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. They didn’t want this book – they wanted a tactical book on sales and marketing. Once we challenge our beliefs and knowns –the sky is the limit.

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Open-book Greenleaf Blog Marketing 272

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

Or: "the technology is close, but not quite developed enough." Because solutions found in other industries are often more mature, they can look like a convenient shortcut. They're more fully developed, further along the R&D timeline, and often easier to modify for your application. It might not actually work.

Innovation 8

Innovation Maturity Engineering Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

A second accelerant of IT delivery is the iterative software development philosophy known as "agile development." While not as old and not yet as mature as cloud systems, it warrants a closer look. This simple tactic is seemingly backed up by the research. Our own research has further looked at the problem.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Agility Software 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2012

Corporate executives must develop themselves for the next level and to be useful to their companies and communities in the future. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. Mid-Level Sellers (consumer services, multi-level marketing, retailers, vendors).

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Business Development Development Learning-by-Doing Ethics 51

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While developing an understanding of great communication skills is easier than one might think, being able to appropriately draw upon said skills when the chips are down is not always as easy as one might hope for. So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator?

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Tips Blog Learning-by-Doing Open-book 410

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Your maturity means that “you can relate to a number of life stages,” she says. Holly Pavlika, the SVP of marketing and content at Collective Bias , a social media company focused on brands and shopping, is “officially the oldest person” across all seven of the organization’s offices.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Case Study Advice Report 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. Mature confidence and informed judgment. As one matures, survives, life becomes a giant reflection. The secret to long-term success lies in mapping out the vision and building a body of work that supports it. by Hank Moore.

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Balanced Scorecard Budgeting Risk Management Learning-by-Doing 73

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. Niche consultants place emphasis in the areas where they have training, expertise and staff support for implementation… and will market their services accordingly. What is their maturity level? by Hank Moore.

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Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 60

Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2011

The successful professional person takes the time and appropriates the resources to develop a Body of Work, rather than just hold jobs. This sophisticated and vital category includes: The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. by Hank Moore. Running the business.

Learning-by-Doing 57

Learning-by-Doing Career Strategic Planning Mentor 57

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business development. This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Branding is a sub-set of marketing, which is a sub-sub-set of corporate strategy. Cause-related marketing materials.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In 2001 the list of companies with the highest market caps was dominated by blue chips. The market now rewards the long-term vision and continual investment in new growth represented by these younger enterprises. While these tactics are necessary and useful, when used alone they serve merely as Band-Aids to the problem.

CEO 8

CEO Consensus Management Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Thomas Green winced as he reread an e-mail message from his new boss, Frank Davis, marketing director for the travel and hospitality group at D7 Displays. Tom, this week's client meetings went well, but they would have gone better if you had been on top of the market data. I was thinking through my kiosk-services development project.

Case Study 15

Case Study Airlines Hotels Software 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

Over the years, online community research has matured from novelty to necessity – an essential tool for marketing professionals. According to the Market Research Society (MRS) , spending on online research increased 15 percent from 2008 to 2012. The use of communities has grown steadily as a result.

ROI 8

ROI Brand Strategic Planning Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

Because they are innovative by nature, consumer tech companies need to invest heavily in research and development, which could be done if they had a portfolio of products at different stages of maturity, with some of them being established cash cows. Today, telco market leaders like Verizon and Sprint are in a similar position.

IPO 8

IPO Company Maturity Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2016

They’ve simply reached a level of maturity where health is not about getting bigger, but about sustaining vitality. Boards incentivize CEOs to increase short-term profits by any means necessary, even if it means defunding research and development labs and personnel whose value creation may be a few years off.

Technology 8

Technology Short-term Long-term Creativity 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Despite the claims of those that support certification, I do not believe those with certification will be paid more than those without it and I do not believe the market will be fooled into believing that certification is a substitute for experience and wisdom. It is about getting the result the client wants. Here is my bottom line take.

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