N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Here is the rub and the reason why adopting this principle is so critical: in our experience, the priority initiatives turn out to be on new product, service, customer, and technology initiatives accompanied by an assumption that the organization has the capabilities to execute them. Focus on Advantage. Nothing new here, right?

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Process Agility Competitive Advantage Strategy 150

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

” So GE has hired 1,000 software engineers and data scientists to provide enhanced software and analytical skills across GE’s many businesses. Though technology would have allowed for a significantly virtual enterprise, it was important to Ruh to have a physical building where people could actually be located together.

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Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

It's rare to find a corporate human resources function that accelerates change by actively finding ways to help drive new strategies. Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. There was lots of resistance.

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Globalization Human Resources Diversity Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Perhaps it's easier to start by discussing the pathologies of a dysfunctional Chief of Human Resources Officer (CHRO). Your CHRO thinks of email as modern technology. Resist the temptation. Does the CHRO pick staff who are excellent in their fields, and complement the CHRO's own skills?

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Metrics Human Resources Attrition CEO 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

” Tell them why they’re losing their jobs, whether it’s because of a drop in demand, changes in technology, or productivity and quality issues. At the same time, resist those who would have you go so fast that the wheels fall off. Treat employees with dignity, fairness, and respect. Help people find jobs.

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Hammer Operations Quality Project 8

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show. An honest self-evaluation will tell you where you have to increase your emotional and interactive skills. Rigorously (with honesty and diligence).

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Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

Branch 2: Environmental, safety, IT systems design and computer software, training for computers and technology, architecture, engineering and legal. Human resource administration, employee testing, behavioral research, executive search, talent pools, reorganizations, downsizing, executive outplacement, labor issues and negotiating.

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Review Company Strategic Planning Industry 57

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

Important clues are emerging from a unique consortium of human resource executives and other leaders. Exponential technology change. Organizations and workers balance long-term bets and flexibility under uncertainty by engaging automation to adapt to frequent changes and rapid skills obsolescence. Today, turbo-charged.

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Human Resources Technology Globalization Trends 8