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Digital Transformation Or Digital Free Fall: What Every CEO Must Know

N2Growth Blog

The speed of technology advances in the market are making the old paradigm of first mover versus fast follower largely irrelevant – every business must now become some version of a first mover. Many leaders have fallen into the trap of believing digital transformation is like playing a game of technology catch-up.

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How to Solve Complex Problems Fast

Skip Prichard

Don’t tell people that the answer lies in insourcing or outsourcing or technology or big data or acquisitions or divestitures… Let them conclude for themselves what the answers are, having explored your broad question, from the universe of possibilities you open to them. Now, how do leaders sustain execution on all three?

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Stress Test Your Company’s Competitive Edge with These 4 Questions

Harvard Business Review

As uncertainty is increasing and competition is becoming more fierce, executives need to have a broader understanding of competition itself in order to sustain an edge. Executives who consider and discuss all four types of competition will uncover important insights, and such an analysis can help move your strategy forward.

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HBR’s Guide to Obama’s 2014 State of the Union

Harvard Business Review

Obama proposed raising the minimum wage to $10.10, and will do so for federal workers by executive action. Manufacturing and Insourcing. ” For a little more nuance on the insourcing trend, read Brad Power on GE. Harvard’s David Hemenway argues businesses can play a role in promoting gun safety , as does Eddie Yoon.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. Do you really want to financially incentivize your executives to make hiring decisions that place a greater value upon diversity mandates than qualifications?

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners: Lessons from Banner Health

Harvard Business Review

Next, the 10-member senior leadership team used a variety of means, such as town halls, and videos of executives explaining the plan, to clearly and repeatedly communicate the urgent need for cost reduction as a requirement for process redesign across the system that would ultimately improve patient care.

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