N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 20, 2011

In the same fashion that being the source of gossip is destructive, so is furthering the damage by ratcheting up the rhetoric by participating in gossip. If someone comes to you about a problem with another person, immediately redirect that individual back to the person in question. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising. I Think Not.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2016

If you work for a small firm or a giant organization, in fashion or finance, in Texas or Tanzania, you are competing in a ruthless, globe-spanning Expectation Economy. Innovations. Opportunistic businesses of all varieties can relieve this tension with innovative new products, services, experiences or entire new business models.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Social media expands my reach and influence and allows me help people I would not otherwise interact with in a meaningful fashion. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fear based motivations don’t instill loyalty, create trust, build morale, inspire creativity, attract talent, or drive innovation. My suspicion is your best memories are of those teachers who inspired you, encouraged you, brought out your passion, and challenged you in a positive fashion. The boss will never go for that.&#

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lack of Focus and Follow-Through : Those leaders who lack the focus and attention to detail needed to apply leverage and resources in an aggressive and committed fashion will perish. The best leaders are focused on leading change and innovation to keep their organizations fresh, dynamic and growing. " on Amazon.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones innovating and breaking-down barriers. only to fail in miserable fashion. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict, and proactively intervening in a fair and decisive fashion, you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising. If conflict does flare up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Experience, while a great teacher, can nonetheless result in a very costly education that rarely occurs in a timely fashion. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I’ve addressed this topic before, but perhaps not in this fashion…True leadership is dedication to something beyond self. In the text that follows I’ll examine the softer sides of leadership – love, compassion, humility, kindness and empathy. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The first key in understanding how to make great decisions is learning how to synthesize the overwhelming amount incoming information leaders must deal with on a daily basis, while making the best decisions possible in a timely fashion. I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

If you’re still on the fence, I would request you try and answer the following question: If you can engage those with whom you conduct business, or otherwise desire to interact with in a meaningful and value added fashion why wouldn’t you do so? Thoughts? Also, It seems like a ton of time needs to be devoted to it all.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

The word no ends discussions, stifles creativity, kills innovation, impedes learning, and gates initiative. Parents are raising their children in the same fashion and we are breeding a world where people cant take rejection, and people or managers who do say no are bad or don't practice "intellegent leadership."

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. By actually seeking out areas of potential conflict and proactively intervening in a well reasoned and decisive fashion you will likely prevent certain conflicts from ever arising. I Think Not.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. Radical flattening of organizations is a fashionable recipe for dealing with accelerating change and uncertainty. Northern Command.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

” It is a school of thought now fashionable in entrepreneurship circles. This includes everything from past entrepreneurial experience to the need for external finance and the urge to grow the business or to innovate. Better-financed startups are more likely to succeed. So are more experienced entrepreneurs.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Invariably, each CEO we host recognizes two truths: Digital disruption will reshape their industry in one fashion or another and they must find a way to embrace these changes. But the corporate innovators we’ve talked to all know that. They’ve read Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I'm hopeful that today's comments will help us all process things in a healthier fashion while not forgetting the sacrifices that have been made for us. link] mikemyatt Hi Erin: Thanks for sharing your memories of that day, and your prayers for all affected. Best wishes Erin. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT @janemyatt Their sacrifice.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

For years, those of us who study business innovation have been thrilled by the results and influence of Muhammad Yunus , Grameen Bank, and the idea that one powerful way to fight poverty is to make small loans to villagers (mainly women) who have tons of energy but no access to capital. That's a central challenge for innovators everywhere.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

It also received its early stage finance from the U.S. Other Silicon Valley companies, like Google, have profited in a similarly immense fashion: Google's algorithm was funded by the National Science Foundation. An even bigger question for the American taxpayer is whether such support leads to a "parasitic" innovation eco-system.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Our research suggests that investors like us succumb time and again to narrative fallacies, a well-studied behavioral finance bias. The first story relates to plain old-fashioned competition. Work by Christensen and other innovation thought leaders has built a body of theory about why certain ideas succeed and others fail.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Build your strategy on a foundation of continuous innovations, both new products and new processes. Test those innovations quickly, and pursue only those that work. For more than 40 years, the network developed new programs the old-fashioned way. Once you have discarded the myths, what would be a better approach?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Our research suggests that investors like us succumb time and again to narrative fallacies, a well-studied behavioral finance bias. The first story relates to plain old-fashioned competition. Work by Christensen and other innovation thought leaders has built a body of theory about why certain ideas succeed and others fail.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola beverages in the world, set the stage for this learning two years ago when it created centers of excellence (COEs) to drive transformation in each of its functional or process areas, including supply chain, distribution, commercial, finance, HR and IT.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Modern design schools increasingly encourage this, demanding that graduates be familiar not just with a traditional creative skillset, but with ethnography, finance, coding, and a host of other competencies. Yet she is still emphatically a designer at the core, and respectful of the creative expertise around her. The Master Craftsman.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2016

” We would do well to begin fashioning our own blueprint aimed at this end, starting with common sense steps focused on the development of multigenerational ties. These are just a few ideas based on innovations already underway that might contribute to a more comprehensive scheme. And they’re hardly feel-good indulgences.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s tempting to think of distinctive capabilities as a kind of artistry performed by an elite corps of high-potential talent: the elite players work long hours and deliver unusual results, while the rest of the organization struggles along in its usual incoherent fashion. The functional model of organization dates back to the 1850s.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

This can occur because you’re leveraging the investments of time, money and efforts made by someone else who now doesn’t value them in the same fashion they once did. or informal efforts produced via someone else’s R&D or innovation efforts, companies often start projects that they don’t finish.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

He's not only the controlling shareholder of Rose Park Advisors; our investment approach is based on his theory of disruptive innovation. These things result in his brain being worked more than mine, and over time, innovative ideas being formed in his brain, not mine. When Clay is in the room, people want to hear from him.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

For that reason, the "Lean" mentality is one of the most powerful tools in the innovator''s arsenal — in startups and mature corporations alike. That has resulted in some misconceptions that can be counterproductive in the quest for innovation. But you how do you get there? You can''t just ask for it.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I am a huge fan of the benefits of professional development gained from good old-fashioned reading. With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. Thanks again for stopping by Dan.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

To drive shareholder value and be a catalyst for economic recovery, our nation's largest companies must deploy their assets in a productive manner, either internally for innovation and organic growth, or externally for corporate venture capital investments, research partnerships, joint ventures and alliances, or acquisitions.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The conviction spread that, thanks in part to financial innovation, the world's developed economies had become more resilient even as financial markets became more volatile. None of them brought economic devastation in the U.S. and Europe, though (and Japan's long struggles were seen as the product of peculiarly Japanese economic traits).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation is widely regarded as important to long-term business performance. We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

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