N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

This means a monthly letter from our CEO to explain our monthly financial results (in broad terms as we are a private company), talk about the investments we are making, competitive threats, opportunities, and a review of all key metrics – a kind of monthly update on state of business. a 12 month project. I Think Not.

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. You call it this big bang disruption.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 14, 2010

She also wrote a letter to Build-A-Bear Founder and Chief Executive Maxine Clark after reading Clark’s book. Consider the methods that Megan Megale used to get in touch with the people she knew would support her daughter’s remarkable project. What are some innovative ways you can target and reach your potential advocates?

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CO2

JANUARY 4, 2011

He once asked if we wanted to a direct mailing project for him. What we thought was a small project turned into a very lengthy one (any time you do 18,00 of something you should think it is a big project) which we were afraid we would miss the deadline to get the promotion mailed. Technology and its role in travel 2.0

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

They are not only changing the economics of innovation and operations, they are also pushing the frontier of what’s possible. The CRISPR tool, which has electrified the scientific community, lets scientists easily disable genes or change their function by replacing DNA letters; its many applications include the development of new drugs.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 27, 2014

It’s a book about the power of connecting within and learning from people who are very different than us as the real key to innovation, collaboration, and greater business and personal success. We work to inspire at risk kids to love learning and to find their voice through the power of the written word and the power of digital technology.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence? Undeterred, we issue our Letter of Intent to the State; one of hundreds. The Challenge: Be Careful What You Ask For.

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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 15, 2015

Be willing to kill a project if it gets out of hand. They were constantly trying to innovate to increase their profits. Being an innovative organization is a must. He didn’t succeed even though he had what was considered to be the best technology. Make sure you’re confident in the direction you’re going.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Before I go any further, today’s rant should not be construed as a call for elitism, but rather a call for authenticity, innovation and professionalism. As leadership advisors and coaches we counsel our clients on the need for change and innovation, but have we become the proverbial shoe maker without shoes?

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

Lean methods, such as value stream mapping and improvement projects carried out by cross-functional teams can break down barriers and increase understanding. Lean organizations engage every employee, regardless of the letters after their names, in improvement through Plan Do Study Adjust cycles and a Kaizen improvement process.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2018

With all the recent advances in technology, there is no doubt the health care industry as a whole gets an “A” in science. The tradeoff, however, is that we’ve become so focused on using the technology (as this HBR article points out) that we spend far less time listening to individual human stories. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Zeitgeist, German for "spirit of the time," is the complex interplay of economic, technological, political, and social forces that can determine which ideas will flop and which will fly in a particular moment. We call the lifecycle of management ideas the "P-Cycle" because each phase of an idea's life begins with that letter.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2015

At that point Alphabet could sell shares of Google to more risk-averse investors; it could raise capital for its self-driving cars from the same sort of people who are betting on Uber or Tesla; it could seek funding for its renewable electricity projects from energy financiers. “We do not intend to become one.”

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Write letters to the editors and blogs to encourage dialogue. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. A good way to start honing this courage is through Letters to Editors.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Challenge , asking how could technology inform and enable management innovation. There is so much to learn, borrow, and build upon in these winning entries when it comes to how we can use the principles, and tools of the Web to make our organizations more adaptable, innovative, inspiring, and accountable. Story by Paul Green.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

making changes to my business projections by starting small. is dynamic, and investors know that there are companies interested in buying innovative tech startups. With no funds, I decided to hang around and pursue my Ph.D., It's something that U.S. also has a vibrant IPO system to take companies public.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Siege Media stands out from the rest by innovating the way they create their content. TopRank Marketing TopRank Marketing has been doing innovative and impactful work with interactive content and B2B influencers for huge brands like SAP, Dell, LinkedIn, 3M, and Oracle for over 18 years. Just do it. Eva Hatzenbihler Know your market!

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Even if you're working for a company but you're interested in moving to a different part of the business - see if you can help them with some projects. Always keep up with emerging trends and technologies in your specific sector. It can be a part-time gig, a consulting project, or a sideline that might turn into a startup.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

New York Mayor Bloomberg, a Republican, endorsed President Obama in the election, titling his open letter, " A Vote for a President to Lead on Climate Change.". Over one-third of the world's largest companies surveyed by the Carbon Disclosure Project are already seeing the impacts of climate change on their business.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Renewables have been trouncing fossil fuels for a few years as the costs of the newer technologies have dropped remarkably fast. New capital is still flowing to the clean tech — Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and some other business leaders just announced a $1 billion fund to invest in “next generation energy technologies.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Thanks to the pace of change in information technology over the last quarter century, we have been conditioned to believe that a single innovative company driven by a visionary entrepreneur can change the world. To many, this notion rings true when you look at companies like Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Uber, among others.

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