N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team. Best wishes for continued success Ben. The simple truth is that all great leaders are highly skilled in matters of delegation.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives. You would be wrong.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

His hard work and diligence is evident in both his commitment and the success of his ministry. We are living in a new era of technology and understanding and Pete has his finger on the pulse of how to relate/reach individuals. I wish you continued success. His leadership is remarkable! I like your new interview format.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Despite maturity, confidence, and by all external accounts, success, I still really, really want to be liked. Prescription for Overcoming Fear Of Success Guest post by Luann Allen (you can learn more about. Why does this one refuse to fade? The answer is obvious. And I am not alone. Authentic Leadership I was recently at the Pa.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

While a brand without exposure is not much of a brand, I consistently find that brand exposure is an aspect of brand management that is all too often overlooked as a success metric. pastortom2022 Great post Mike and especially to many of us who have not experienced a great level of success or notoriety. will go into decline.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Resist the temptation to give way to emotional decisioning and you’ll see your career and company soar to new heights of success. And, emotional intelligence has been linked to successful leadership (just did a paper on this for a university class). Best wishes for continued success Kalyan. The good news?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

In today’s post I’ll bust a few myths, reveal an evil secret or two, and share with you what you need to know in order to be successful with social media… Understanding the Context Let me cut right to the chase - business is fluid. Spare me the complex charts & diagrams, and the trite commentary from the latest guru.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

Over the past few decades, Silicon Valley has been such a powerful engine for entrepreneurship in technology that, all too often, it is considered to be some kind of panacea. The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Where levels of responsibility and consequences for success or failure fall differently on various participants. It sounds like a supportive, mature environment you are describing; where ego isn't the main thing but doing the right thing is. link] mikemyatt Thanks for your comment and kind words John. In my case.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

At the company level, it is quite clear that digital maturity is synonymous with stronger economic growth and a higher level of well-being for employees. We found that the more digitally mature companies grew revenue at six times the rate of their less mature counterparts. This change is happening more commonly than we think.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Instead they are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise in AI to become more widely available. They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies. We think this is a bad idea. System Development Time. Winners Take All.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

However, only 11% described themselves as being either “mature” or “advanced” on the learning curve. Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Success brought partnerships with U.S. With foreign technology companies doing mostly of the trading in Africa, combined with a porous IPR system in the region, tech startups have limited opportunities for acquisition. That's why most investments in Africa are in mature industries like oil & gas, real estate, and finance, among others.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

If you''re a technological latecomer, you can grow fast by importing foreign technology, but once you''ve succeeded in that you have to start investing in and developing your own, which is a harder task. Remember, these difficulties are the fruits of success. China Economy Finance'

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In past years, we heard mostly from startup founders and academics — people who pay attention to early, far-reaching trends in technology. As with the internet in the 1990s, executives are realizing that this new technology could change everything, but nobody knows exactly how or when. But this year was different.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

These two stories turned out differently — the first was a success, the second a failure. IBM divested its mature hardware businesses to focus on the new growth areas; for example, its PC business was sold to Lenovo. IBM used Lotus as a springboard into software, and was willing to jettison mature hardware businesses.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

We hear a lot about technology and globalization these days, especially how they are hollowing out the American middle class. But there has been an immense positive impact from the globalization of entrepreneurship, making Silicon Valley’s formula of technology-based start-ups an international instrument for economic development.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

rubber trees take years to mature.". Eric looked back at the student and said, "Couldn''t you take some of that grant money and haul in some mature trees to test your assumptions?" For that reason, the "Lean" mentality is one of the most powerful tools in the innovator''s arsenal — in startups and mature corporations alike.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

What do you do if you're a leader in a large, successful organization with an entrenched bureaucracy, and you see the need for innovation? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), however, was successful in transforming its bureaucracy. So, what makes the difference between success and failure?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

I've always been a big believer in using results as the differentiator between success and failure. Many of the transactions included in their announcements cannot really be judged successful for several years, or until the loans mature. You either achieve your goals or you don't. Most organizations take the same stance.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Rather asking for help is a sign of maturity as a leader. Without question the most successful business people on the planet are those that have learned to blow through self-imposed barriers to openly harness the power of broader spheres of influence. So my question is this: Are you easy to help?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

CIOs need to understand business better, but the C-suite should understand technology''s potential better. While the CIO needs to understand the business to add value, equally true is that senior leadership and the board of directors don''t understand how to incorporate technology in their strategy, and some don''t even see the need to do so.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel has more than 25 turnaround engagements under her belt - she knows what it takes to be a successful leader in not just the good times, but in the toughest of times. But then I listened to everyone around me who said I needed a New York agent and publisher to have a successful first book.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

To understand the transformation that’s being brought about by blockchain technology, it’s useful to start with its largest implementation to date: bitcoin. How technology is transforming transactions. As cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and distributed ledgers continue to mature, where might they be applied next?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

So how do you know when your skills have matured to the point that you’ve become an excellent communicator? Most successful people have little interest in listening to those individuals that cannot add value to a situation or topic, but force themselves into a conversation just to hear themselves speak.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

A mature industry that's similarly fragmented and not dominated by a few powerful incumbents, or is stagnant and ripe for disruption, is also likely to be similarly malleable. Facebook couldn't hope to predict how big or successful any one of them would become. Shapers focus beyond the boundaries of their own company.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Alice, an outstanding 24-year-old engineer working for a top technology company, wants to launch her own startup within the next five years, but she doesn’t yet have a venture concept. What knowledge and skills does Alice need to lead a technology venture? Juan Díaz-faes for HBR. Several themes emerged.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

As a Big Picture business strategist, I encourage clients toward adopting new ways of thinking about old processes, including those which brought past and enduring successes. Successful enough to grow, pay its dues and continue growing. The best successes are earned and learned. Respectful of employees.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. Thus a trust and efficiency engine like blockchain technology has the potential to drive radical change in the insurance industry while improving transparency and outcomes across the entire value chain.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Although big, global supply chains certainly have their own dynamism, they mostly evolve incrementally through minnovation rather than disruption – and thus get short shrift in the business media and amongst aspiring entrepreneurs, hungry to create successful ventures. Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

” “Can successful features from existing styles be re-combined to create better ones?” Don’t bury it under another department like marketing, product, finance, etc. This way the data scientist focuses more on driving business value through testing and learning, and less on technology.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. Digital technologies are poised to change the future of work. Automation, big data, and artificial intelligence enabled by the application of digital technologies could affect 50% of the world economy.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

All I can add in deal situations is to “tell the truth in the most favorable light possible,” have reasonable expectations financially and operationally, and try to make sure that every transaction is ultimately successful for both buyer and seller. Few people become successful entirely on their own. Now make it happen.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

This suggests a more significant contributor to a successful coaching outcome is a person's state of mind rather than the qualifications and skills of the coach. Maturity comes from understanding how much you don't know and aggressively seeking sound answers rather than pretending to have them when you do not.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

In today’s post I’ll share the keys to leveraging your intellectual assets as opposed to having your intelligence serve as a barrier to your success… While leadership intelligence doesn’t have to be an oxymoron, it certainly can be. Is your intellect standing in the way of your success?

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