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The Big Picture of Business – The Future Has Moved… and Left No Forwarding Address.

Strategy Driven

” Will Rogers. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Clarke, Technology and the Future. The following concepts do not constitute Futurism by themselves: sales, technology, re-engineering, marketing, research, training, operations, administration. ” Alan Kay.

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The Three Keys to Employee and Company Fulfillment

Strategy Driven

When that happens, you don’t need a lot of rules because people make judgments that are in sync with what the business needs and how the business operates to get there. It you are not a technology geek, picture being asked to sit in a software class. Now go optimize your talent — it’s the engine that drives strategy execution.

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The Traits of Advanced Leaders

Harvard Business Review

Such challenging goals require leaders to operate in areas where the pathways aren't paved, and the moves aren't already choreographed. The difference is illustrated by a classic joke about old-time movie dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He led Ginger Rogers around the dance floor flawlessly. He had a goal.

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What Happens After You’re Forced to Resign

Harvard Business Review

But in order to realize this future, we need to learn and employ the lessons from the architectural evolution of the internet, facilitating openness and distributed operations rather than the closed proprietary systems of individual manufacturers and service providers. In essence, he learned how to manage it.

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The Best Digital Strategists Don’t Think in Terms of Either/Or

Harvard Business Review

It has become an axiom that “strategy is about making hard choices,” as we have been advised for over 20 years by leading thinkers including Michael Porter and Roger Martin. There is concern these days about how technology is replacing our jobs and estranging our connections. Click on a product and you can make a purchase.

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Definition of Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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? No single leader can possess every needed attribute. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me.