N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Talent is clearly a plus as long as it is a value add and not a business requirement. If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. Thanks for sharing Todd.

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Business Model Brand Blog Supply Chain 344

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Underpinning the philosophy of governance excellence is the knowledge that effective governance fosters trust, propelling an organization’s reputation and sustainable growth. Moreover, influential leaders enhance performance by fostering an environment with innovation, learning, and growth.

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Compliance Efficiency Ethics Metrics 235

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2012

Risk management is critical for business decisions — but may not be healthy for making decisions about your career. In fact, if you want your career to take off, you may need to do the opposite of what risk managers try to do: Instead of focusing on how to reduce risks, you may need to embrace and enhance them.

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Career Risk Management Long-term Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

When facing a reputation problem, most organizations simply rebrand. This is the safe route: stick with what you know but tell the public you are innovating, hoping they won’t notice you’re doing nothing of the sort. Avaya embraced innovation as a risk management exercise.

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Agility Innovation Metrics Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2013

While participating in social media is not without risk, not participating might prove to be the greater risk — especially to reputations. This is the new frontier for reputation risk management. If you don''t tell your story, others will tell it for you.

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Media Reputation Brand Participative 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

” Improving risk management. Climate change, water scarcity, and poor labor conditions in much of the world increase the risk. Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Fostering innovation.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

To gain more insights into a specific firm, investors have shown more interest in intangibles like strategy, brand, innovation, systems integration, collaboration, and so on. Wise, long term investors recognize that leadership affects firm performance.

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Marketing Leadership Venture Capitalist GAAP 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Both practices have long developed insights into their customers based on data and analytics. But in the aftermath of the financial crisis, risk managers have become increasingly involved in business strategy and decisions. Use risk data as an avenue for innovation. The risk function can do the same.

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Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

And by shifting from defined benefit to defined contribution pension schemes, they have avoided the risks from increasingly long-lived retirees and persistently low interest rates. In other words, business leaders have been dealing with the direct, market-based risks presented by major economic, technological, and demographic trends.

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Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 9