N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Real life is not a spectator sport – it’s a participation sport, and in fact, I submit to you that it’s a full contact participation sport. When black & white becomes permanently blurred so that everything reads as shades of grey, things can become dicey. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Walt Disney, one of the greatest creative talents and true innovators of our time realized the value of action when he said: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.&# Remember that leadership is not a spectator sport. Great leaders will do anything to get off the bench and into the game. I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

In thinking of your example of sports teams, for example, is it possible that leaders can emerge at different times, for different purposes or tasks? One question: in addition to the hierarchy (focused accountability) you identify so well, is it still possible that leadership can emerge at any level? I Think Not.

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Sales Wolf Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

So far Peters has posted close to 20 videos that explore a variety of ways to pursue excellence both personally and professionally including servant leadership, personal branding, innovation, performance management, and thriving during the recession - just to name a few.   Not big on online video? . 

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 30, 2010

Our guests have embraced collaboration and innovation that impacts the way we all do business both now and in the future. Our guests have embraced collaboration and innovation that impacts the way we all do business both now and in the future.  Saying that Bryan is involved in the HR profession is a bit of an understatement! .

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Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Strategy isn’t really a solo sport – even if you’re the CEO. There are stacks of books on my desk and lists of downloaded ebooks on my smartphone and tablet – I’m currently reading all of them along with academic papers. Most organizations have a strategy. What are the biggest mistakes most executives make in forming a strategic plan?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

We could also compete as a team against others, much like playing pick up sports at the park or having poker night. They deserve credit for not only successfully competing in the brutal gaming arena with breakthrough product innovations Xbox 360 and Kinect, but also by breakthrough business model innovation via Xbox Live.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

We could also compete as a team against others, much like playing pick up sports at the park or having poker night. They deserve credit for not only successfully competing in the brutal gaming arena with breakthrough product innovations Xbox 360 and Kinect, but also by breakthrough business model innovation via Xbox Live.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

There are about 56 million blogs on Wordpress right now and travel is the fifth most often used tag — it's bigger than fashion and sports. If there was no structured data set for music, you could still download an MP3, but value-added services like Pandora and Spotify couldn't exist.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2012

There are about 56 million blogs on Wordpress right now and travel is the fifth most often used tag — it's bigger than fashion and sports. If there was no structured data set for music, you could still download an MP3, but value-added services like Pandora and Spotify couldn't exist.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Because it isnt their sport. As I think about companies that compete on consistent, low cost, reliable operations, most have or had leaders who were process innovators, such as Herb Kelleher at Southwest Airlines, Sam Walton at Wal-Mart, Ray Kroc at McDonalds, Jeff Bezos at Amazon.com, and Fred Smith at FedEx.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Digital media continue to be springboards for global innovation and enterprise. So here are four innovation ideas — themes, really — sure to gain significantly greater mind- and market-share over the coming year. Late Night with Conan O'Brien" invites its viewers to download a 'watchalong' app.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2015

Album sales are down 14%, single downloads are down 11%, and only the streaming services are up, 28%. Here at Machine Shop , the wholly owned innovation company of the alternative rock band Linkin Park, we identified the need to think differently years ago. Photo by Mark Fiore. How do musicians make money today?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

So I have a question for you, and I want you to be brutally honest with your answer - when you hear the word “ coach &# used outside the world of sports, what’s your gut reaction? It makes me want to call myself something else as I fear non-sports related coaches and coaching is getting a bad name. I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Music CDs were unbundled into MP3s that were sold (and illicitly downloaded) individually. And so the newspaper bundle, the idea of this slug of news and sports scores and classifieds and stock quotes that arrives once a day was a consequence of the printing plant. Newspapers have been unbundled by blogs and classified ad sites.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Consider the sporting goods industry, a pioneer in innovating offerings that users perceive as filling a dual role. It will be the utility you use to download code for printing a wiper blade, and a place to put your tennis data for analysis. The Internet won’t disappear, of course as these trends continue to grow.

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