The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. As the World Economic Forum highlights , this is especially important for developing nations that tend to import science and research rather than develop it domestically.

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Diversity Entrepreneur Innovation Gordon 134

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

I actually prefer to play to the middle in that I am neither understated nor overstated, but I am comfortable with who I am and my approach to the market. Share and Enjoy: View Comments Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Thanks for your comment Gordon. Thanks for stopping by Gordon. Clogston Hi, Mike.

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Blog Gordon Brand Media 318

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2015

You Win in the Locker Room First : The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life by Jon Gordon and Mike Smith Jon Gordon and NFL coach Mike Smith describe how to transform a mediocre team into a winning one. Blog Post ). H3 Leadership : Stay Hungry. Always Hustle. Building on three H’s— Humble (Who am I?) Blog Post ).

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Books Constraint Leadership Gordon 150

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Hi Gordon: It sounds as if there is no "disconnect" in your organization. Thanks for stopping by and job well done Gordon. Clogston Mike, once again you have nailed it. We have no private offices. Job requirement determines the size. " Great article.

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Blog Gordon CEO Consultative 401

Coaching Tip

MARCH 23, 2014

Only when John Rolfe introduced West Indian tobacco in 1612 did Virginia find an export that had a market that grew explosively and made Virginia rich. Sources: John Steele Gordon: Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power. Eventually, Jamestown was nearly abandoned. Related articles. Sir William Johnson. .

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Gordon Travel Entrepreneur Industry 108

Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2011

The job market is bad, really bad,” admits Ford R. In his book, Myers divulges the seven truths of career success, for both good times and bad, as well as the 20 habits of highly effective job seekers in a down market. The whole point of is to never feel helpless again, no matter how bad the job market gets.

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Gordon Career Executive Coaching Advice 99

Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 17, 2016

Gordon Smith. As an entrepreneur with many projects on the go, Patrick Hankinson of Hello Focus grew frustrated with current tools on the market, finding that none of them really kept his team focused, becoming harder to manage as the team grew. Follow Ariana. I think I have over 60 apps on my iPhone.

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Technology Productivity Products Tools 180

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

link] Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Hi Gordon: Thanks for your well wishes Gordon. Thanks Mark. Clogston As a former Marine with 9 years of active duty I read your post and felt more than just a little of the pride and respect that I know you have for your son. They are greatly appreciated.

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Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Particularly when it comes to search marketing, as it is necessary to accumulate inbound links from other sites to your blog, website, LinkedIn and Facebook pages. As the business world and the Internet become increasingly intertwined , it''s becoming apparent just how relevant that platitude is to the success of your career and business.

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Social Capital Gordon Self-aware Human Capital 113

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

They don’t sit idly by and watch the business lose market share, suffer margin erosion, see their competitive value propositions vaporize, or watch their brand go into decline. Current or anticipated changes in market conditions that will adversely impact your business model. They make changes.

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Restructuring Blog CEO Brand 288

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Hi Gordon: Thanks for your sharing your insights and I'm glad you find the posts to be valuable and of interest. Best wishes Gordon… [link] Principal (le?) If as a leader you’re not up to this task, then you should rethink your decision to lead.

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Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 412

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

And they are comfortable using rapid design cycles to prototype and test products/services in the market, rather than depending on traditional marketing analysis. 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 1: Define the problem. 2: Disaggregate. 3: Prioritize. 4: Workplan. 5: Analyze. 6: Synthesize. How will AI impact the bulletproof approach?

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Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 79

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2017

It is most often attributed to the Marshall Field’s Department Store (which later became Macy’s), and Harry Gordon Selfridge who worked for Field at the turn of the 20th century and later founded Selfridges , a high-end department store. After all, they are the individuals purchasing what you’re putting out there on the market.

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Gordon Content Discount Brand 51

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 18, 2011

Brand # marketing in social media – Coffee House # Book Review: “Wikibrands&# [link] #. Thanks Gordon! *RT @ WikiOrgCharts @TanveerNaseer ‘s review of “Wikibrands&# celebrates org. transparency & resulting pride fm employees [link] #. Tx Elle RT @ ElleAndraWarner : Timely.

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Decisionmaking Aaker Gordon Review 112

LDRLB

JUNE 30, 2011

My colleague Dr. Gordon Self has developed a Mission Discernment Tool for use within Covenant Health (Disclaimer: I also work for Covenant Health). Rather, it is for organization-altering decisions such as: Do we expand into this market? But how exactly does one ‘discern’ the mission? Do we lay-off part of our workforce?

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Strategic Planning Planning Mission Statement Gordon 97

LDRLB

JUNE 30, 2011

My colleague Dr. Gordon Self has developed a Mission Discernment Tool for use within Covenant Health (Disclaimer: I also work for Covenant Health). Rather, it is for organization-altering decisions such as: Do we expand into this market? But how exactly does one ‘discern’ the mission? Do we lay-off part of our workforce?

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Strategic Planning Planning Mission Statement Gordon 90

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 19, 2016

Grant Gordon from Solomon Consulting Group adds: “Whether you have a customary Friday afternoon beer with your co-workers, take the whole team to a baseball game a few times a season or sweat together in corporate challenge events, the result is the same: Colleagues who are in each other’s lives work harder.

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Emotional Intelligence Team Goleman Self-aware 100

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Soup : A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture by Jon Gordon Soup , an inspirational business fable, shares a recipe for success filled with the essential ingredients to build a winning team and create a culture of greatness. Continue on to Worn out at Work?, part 2 coming next week.

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Gordon Energy Bottom-up Newsletter 58

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2015

Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. The Big Picture of Business – Community Relations and Cause Related Marketing Are Business Strategies, Not Sales Promotions: Determining the Right Kind of Tie-In Causes.

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Career Succession Film Humphrey 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Gordon, an economist at Northwestern University, has recently published an important new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth , which argues that the U.S. Such a development would surely meet Gordon’s criteria for robust innovation — the impact of the transporter on our society and economy would be staggering.

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Gordon Transportation Tourism Information Technology 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

link] Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Wow…thanks for the thoughtful comment Gordon. Thanks for sharing Gordon. link] Gordon R. Gordon [link] mikemyatt No worries…I thought that's what you meant. Thanks for the clarification Gordon. susanmazza Gordon, I loved the key points you distilled here!

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Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2019

Sean Gordon has an extensive track record recruiting, hiring, training, and unlocking the talent of people. Connect with Sean Gordon on LinkedIn. This small touch can make a huge difference in your clientele relationship, and signals yet another way that video can augment the email prospecting experience with a dash of creativity.

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Video Gordon Film Creativity 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2017

In fact, Northwestern economist Robert Gordon, in The Rise and Fall of American Growth , makes similar arguments. The dismal outcome if Jones and Gordon are correct is that growth will decline to zero (other than for population growth). Both of these ideas seem plausible.

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Gordon Company Innovation Industry 10

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2019

Presently, the global tech market is estimated around $5 trillion. But by 2021, it’s estimated that the black-hat “cybercrime” market will be worth $6 trillion. Moore’s Law was observed by Gordon Moore in the sixties, and as yet technology hasn’t quite transcended it. VII: Transitioning To And Maximizing The Mobile Market.

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Technology Contingency Plans Gordon Software 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

When Intel was still a company focused on producing memory chips, Stanford professor Robert Burgelman documented that CEO Gordon Moore had emotional trouble abandoning this product, which was losing them money, because it “had made the company” (famously declaring “but, that would be like Ford getting out of cars!?”)

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Gordon Strategy Decisionmaking Objective 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Ask any experienced marketing professional about the top moves you can make to accelerate your marketing campaigns at any level of business, and an overwhelming majority will point to the weight that compelling customer testimonials carry. Connect with Sean Gordon on LinkedIn. About the Author. Sean founded vidREACH.io

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Content Gordon Video Budgeting 51

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2014

But research from economists Gordon B. ” However, as Gordon Dahl points out, the influence of peers — both direct combined with the snowball effect — accounts for 21% of the total increase in participation in the parental leave program from 1993 to 1999. Dahl, Katrine V. ” This study seems to confirm this argument.

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Gordon Uncertainty Influence Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Therefore his mental model was not how to gain market share from other airlines, but how to create a completely new market for air travel. When Continental shuttered Lite, then CEO Gordon Bethune said, “It wasn’t implemented in an orchestrated way.” ” Other carriers fly airplanes that carry people.

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Airlines Strategy Business Model Metrics 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

In early 2016 economists David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson published an influential paper that highlighted some of the costs of global trade. If this new paper shows anything, it’s that we can’t just assume that more competition and open markets will deliver new ideas. Under the right circumstances, they can.

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Innovation Gordon Globalization Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Speaking of herds, while sacred cows can hold companies back if there is no courage to challenge orthodoxy, cows proved to be a better set of celebrity endorsers than Tiger Woods for Stonyfield Farms and their yogurt marketing. It also takes dedication. Perhaps some entrepreneurs have a passionate desire to prove something.

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Gordon Crisis CEO Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

Gordon's productivity research.) but the emerging markets boom has generally been more about catching up than exploiting cutting-edge technology.). Only communication has been truly transformed, but is the transformation really as profound as the advent of telegraphs, radio, and TV? For much more on this, consult economist Robert J.

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Stephenson Innovation Biotechnology eBook 16

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 3, 2017

Gordon Leidner answers these questions in his guest post on Great Leadership!” Dana writes, “New research has identified that companies that build high-trust cultures experience stock market returns two to three times greater than the market average and turnover rates that are 50 percent lower than industry competitors.”

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Follow-up 218

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Dump it, dump it all," Gordon Gekko says as the tape moves against him, and a lot of corporate divestitures have this feel to it — reactive. GE's expertise at building and marketing engineered products is legendary, but media and entertainment call for different skills. One question that seems reasonable in light of the low ($1.75

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Due Diligence EBITDA Health Care Gordon 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2011

Ian Bremmer is the president of Eurasia Group and the author of The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations? David Gordon is the head of research at Eurasia Group and former director of policy planning at the U.S. So much for the G-20's pledge to "avoid the mistakes of the past.". State Department.

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Politics Gordon Scenario Planning Globalization 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Managed by Q, a cleaning and office services company in New York City, decided to pay employees higher wages than the prevailing market rate. Small and large companies alike are experimenting with these concepts. The compounding and virtuous effects of increasing customer and employee advocacy more than offset the higher cost of wages.

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Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

The second bit of pushback concerns the argument, put forward by economists such as Larry Summers and Robert Gordon , that America is facing a period of slow economic growth. This could be a function of funding availability and the IPO market, or it could reflect something darker about the U.S. startup hubs.).

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GDP IPO Venture Capitalist Gordon 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

After yet another painful discussion about what to do, the late Andy Grove, then Intel’s president, turned to CEO Gordon Moore and asked , “If we got kicked out and the board brought in a new CEO, what do you think he would do?” The company will also eliminate a key chipset in the difficult tablet and smartphone market.

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