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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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? While many have scoffed at the CBS show &# Undercover Boss, &# I believe it signals a very disturbing trend. I Think Not.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. Yet, it’s essential to your reputation. The CEO’s reputation for trustworthiness had been wounded forever.

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“Trust Me, I’m a Leader”: Why Building a Culture of Trust Will Boost Employee Performance – and Maybe Even Save Your Company

Strategy Driven

And when they don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks – and where there is no risk taken, there is less innovation, less ‘going the extra mile,’ and therefore, very little unexpected upside. Yet, it’s essential to your reputation. The CEO’s reputation for trustworthiness had been wounded forever.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. IBM's stock (and reputation) did not take off immediately , and many people questioned the wisdom of becoming a services and knowledge business.

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The Flipside of Cisco's Flip Decision

Harvard Business Review

It did not hold on in the face of likely technological oblivion. A case in point, the Photo CD, a way of taking film to photo shops and bringing a digital product home. The problem was, you still had to pay for film and development, the precise thing that a pure digital route would bypass. But there is another concern.

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The Impact of the Blockchain Goes Beyond Financial Services

Harvard Business Review

The technology most likely to change the next decade of business is not the social web, big data, the cloud, robotics, or even artificial intelligence. It’s the blockchain, the technology behind digital currencies like Bitcoin. Blockchain technology is complex, but the idea is simple. They make it difficult to cheat.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. IBM's stock (and reputation) did not take off immediately , and many people questioned the wisdom of becoming a services and knowledge business.