N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This includes evaluating whether the board composition is diverse and well-aligned with the organization’s goals, whether there are clear roles and responsibilities defined for board members, and whether the board operates with transparency and integrity.

Compliance 411

Compliance Risk Management Objective Process 411

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

It often helps if the executive in charge is not from IT, but from operations or marketing, and that there are close links with customer-facing and other operational roles. Worryingly, one recent survey indicated that while companies are investing heavily in Big Data, many employees lack data-mining and analytics skills.

Leadership Styles 83

Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate. It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. Commission customer and employee surveys. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’ve been a consultant for almost 20 years, advising companies on complex challenges in ethics, risk, and responsibility. Happily fading from memory is the cliché that ethics and compliance teams effectively constitute a “business prevention department.”

Ethics 10

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

While AI will be deployed to manage certain tasks, including higher-level decision making, the technology’s true power is in augmenting human capabilities — and that holds true in the supply chain. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. Insight Center. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

Over the last decade, industries, academics, and the public sector have turned their focus toward culture and ethics in response to the financial crisis as well as misconduct at a broad range of corporations. Investments in cultural capital is one way to reduce that risk. naqiewei/Getty Images. Adverse selection.

Company 9

Company Banking Incentives Human Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Companies are both operators and investors. Many established firms— a 2017 Deloitte survey suggested about 20% in the U.S.—are Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. 4 to $5 billion was invested by VCs in AI in 2016.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8