N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. One of Rochet’s first tasks was to create a leadership development program that equipped executives with the knowledge, mindset, and ways of working the company would need to grow in the digital age. Help Employees Embrace Agility.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

Like many technology companies, DataStax competes with some of the world’s largest enterprises for top talent. For example, each week we have an extended leadership meeting with 12-14 participants in nine cities, half of whom may be co-located. By Billy Bosworth, CEO, DataStax. That meant creating regional offices.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It turns out there are many ways to make a billion dollars: real estate, investing, gaming and entertainment, retail, technology, and good old-fashioned inheritance. The beauty category of billionaires includes the larger-than-life fashion figures of Ralph Lauren, Bernard Arnault (of LVMH), and recently minted billionaire Tory Burch.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Yet, in recent years technology startups have embraced a new role, Growth Manager — alternatively Growth Hacker, Growth PM, or Head of Growth — that focuses on it exclusively. They work cross-functionally with engineering, design, analytics, product management, operations, and marketing to design and execute growth initiatives.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

However, recently they began to take a more holistic approach, focusing on lifetime value and their most profitable segment, the “fashionable spender.” ” This group looks across the business to gather behind-the-scenes information on the runway, newest clothing lines, and aspirational fashion content.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Leadership is changing — fast. Successful computer hacks now more often than not involve “social engineering,” the modern equivalent of an old-fashioned con. And this factor is likely to loom even larger in the future because many of the benefits of new technologies increase as more people join in.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2013

It's the "new black," to borrow from a fashion phrase — as well as a reference to its influence on profitability. 1 billion price tag paid by Facebook for Instagram, whose primary asset is not technology, but the best photo sharing UX in the business (and some of the best UX talent as well). Just look at the. $1

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

With guidance from Paul English, chief technology officer of Kayak, we borrowed a common tool from business — professional virtual communities (PVCs) — and adapted it to leverage the wisdom of the crowds. Community moderators select the instant notifications so they can ensure a specialist responds to clinicians in a timely fashion.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Realistic : Adopting a new idea should be based upon solid business logic that drives corresponding financial engineering and modeling. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted. " Regards, Leadership Freak Dan Rockwell [link] Bob MacNeal Mike, Thanks for this helpful post.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

And the more growth opportunities stretch beyond a company’s current capabilities, the more the company needs to build systems to manage the unique nature of these opportunities (the kind we describe in more depth in our recent article “ Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days ” and our 2012 e-book Building a Growth Factory ).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Currently, our alumni include the Head of Design at every car manufacturer in the world, apart from BMW, 8 of Apple’s 18 product designers and at least one designer in every Paris fashion house.” And they carefully manage leadership transitions, so nothing is lost along the way.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. In a perfect world you would build relationships with the largest possible universe of targeted constituents where you can productively engage and contribute.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Companies were split into divisions, each with their own leadership. Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information, which helps it attract world-class engineers who share its mission. Frank and honest leadership is usually enough. Authority flowed downwards and your rank determined your responsibility.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

On a separate track, he launched the device and content ecosystem, starting with iPod and iTunes, that would become the company’s new growth engine. In 2011 the board selected as the new CEO one of its own members, Heinrich Hiesinger, a Siemens executive with experience supplying technology to many industries.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

Whether it is a public company or not, every business should fashion an Annual Report. Some of the old ways really work better… and should not be dismissed just because they are old or some fashionable trend of the moment looks better. Technology is but one tool of the trade. Ideas make the future happen.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

Similarly, the inputs, or contributions, are also valued differently — these could be cash, technology, know-how, and so forth. Across all these various forms, the elements that are critical to creating joint value must be managed effectively in a coordinated fashion. Daimler was a more powerful player than any of its partners.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Some of the old ways really work better… and should not be dismissed just because they are old or some fashionable trend of the moment looks better. Technology is but one tool of the trade. In the 1940s, technology brought us the 45-RPM and 33-1/3-RPM records… adding up to the ‘mother speed’ of 78-RPM.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

” Little did they know that the business they founded, Vineyard Vines, would become a darling of the fashion industry and a household brand name around the country. This principle has always been a priority for the leadership team at Vineyard Vines and it is still top of mind today.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The Google/Alphabet metamorphosis has catapulted Sundar Pichai into one of the highest profile leadership jobs in Silicon Valley. Pichai now leads an all “bits” business even though he was trained, solidly, in the world of “atoms,” as a metallurgical engineer. Born in Chennai, India, he came to the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

About the Research We looked at the background and performance data of 297 CEOs leading the largest companies in three different industries which are widely regarded as innovative: pharmaceuticals, high-tech, and fashion retail. There was no strong association between CEO background and firm performance in high-tech and fashion retail.

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