N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside. With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. Learn more about Hank Moore and The Business Tree™ by visiting his website, www.HankMoore.com. Change is innovative. Technology is but one tool of the trade. Been There… Learned from It. Innovated It… and Teach You Why. by Hank Moore.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. Change is innovative. Technology is but one tool of the trade. In the 1940s, technology brought us the 45-RPM and 33-1/3-RPM records… adding up to the ‘mother speed’ of 78-RPM. Been There… Learned from It. by Hank Moore.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. Working with new technologies in new and nimbler ways creates the need for additional innovation in talent practices.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Change is innovative. One can always learn from the past, dust it off and reapply it. Good opportunities to compare successes, case studies, methodologies, learning curves and insights. Learn from successes and three times more from failures. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative. Benchmarking.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Four years ago, Craig Hatkoff, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, approached me about a brainstorm: an event recognizing and celebrating breakthrough innovators. When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2018

It’s also one of the hardest skills for a new manager to learn, in part because — unless you’re working at a very fast-growing company — you typically don’t get a lot of practice with it. When you don’t have a lot of opportunities to practice, it’s easy for your learning curve to remain flat.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

It is based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and is implemented by fastworks as an add-in to Microsoft Excel, a ubiquitous engine that many already use for various business applications, which reduces the learning curve and the need for expensive proprietary software. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

It is based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and is implemented by fastworks as an add-in to Microsoft Excel, a ubiquitous engine that many already use for various business applications, which reduces the learning curve and the need for expensive proprietary software. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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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. So, what do you need to know to get up the learning curve? Sponsored by DXC Technology. Let’s start with financing the deal. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2012

Learn more about Hank Moore and The Business Tree™ by visiting his website, www.HankMoore.com. Technology constitutes less than 1% of any organization’s overall Big Picture. Computer activity constitutes less than 1% of the technology picture. There always must exist a learning curve. Partially Address.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

Rivals were developing digital technology to replace the existing analog standard. Could both technologies exist side by side? What those engineers couldn’t see was that, for most listeners, digital technology’s advantages far outweighed the often undetectable losses from digitization. Internal debate raged.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2011

As IBM celebrates its 100th birthday, many observers are rightly calling attention to the many strategic changes the company put itself through to remain relevant amidst dramatic technological and economic change. To maintain its leadership position, the company has been willing to experiment with bold new methods.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. Good leadership certainly helps, but more often than not, the organization will revert to business as usual. Longer tenure reduces the challenge of a steep learning curve.”

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Always keep up with emerging trends and technologies in your specific sector. However, it's also the MOST CRITICAL skill in senior management and leadership positions. Be able to recognise learning curves and achievements and to know when to move on and when to dig in and make the most of an opportunity. Self-assuredness.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

As companies rethink their supply chains, they ought to seriously consider embracing a new manufacturing technology that’s now ready for prime time: 3-D printing. Those supports will be crucial to getting manufacturers on board with the new technology. Undoubtedly, it will accelerate the reshoring of items now sourced in China.

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