N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). Compete on your merits not why your lack thereof should be overlooked.

Diversity 296

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 296

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

At the same time, on nearly every trip I make, I have a conversation or see a local phenomenon that increases my concern over the competitive position of the United States. On a trip to South America last fall, for instance, I recall talking to people in the oil industry about a complicated offshore drilling project.

Offshoring 12

Offshoring Magazine Globalization System 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2016

Put simply, public companies and investment institutions are two of the great social innovations of the last two hundred years. But there has been a shift in how these entities are governed, one that has gone unnoticed in the outcry over executive pay packages, tax inversions, offshoring, and other controversies.

Company 8

Company Offshoring Finance Committee 8

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

We had offshored our development team but when we did a rightshoring exercise, we found that a dual-shore approach works better. Darren on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work? rajesh301 on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work?

Blue Ocean Strategy 30

Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

Innovate ferociously. Africa has to innovate — for example by building new credit models — to expand their businesses and make them more appealing. A director that reports directly to the CEO will be optimal. The old banking order is failing in Africa and central banks are losing their powers with all the disintermediation.

Banking 8

Banking Industry Disintermediation Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

A 2010 poll by The Pew Research Center found that the public had a more positive view of them than any other institution in the country – they beat out both churches and universities, for instance, as well as tech companies. from offshore. America loves small businesses.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In 2014 a CBRE report estimated that 50% of jobs would be redundant by 2025 due to technological innovation. Trends including AI, robotics, and offshoring mean constant shifts in the nature of work. Learning is positive for health. And navigating this ever-changing landscape requires continual learning and personal growth.

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. The Playbook is a policy menu, based around three core needs of small businesses: access to capital; people and skills; and innovation ecosystems.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Meanwhile, business was free to focus on generating growth, productivity, innovation, and, ultimately, societal wealth. Business leaders can take an active role in shaping the next phase of globalization by looking beyond cost-based offshoring and emphasizing the benefits of trade and technology across a wider geographic and demographic base.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

Manpower Group says more than half of the organizations it polled have trouble filling positions. manufacturing firms have upward of 600,000 skilled positions open, because they cannot find the people they need to do the job. These are not jobs that can be offshored — they must be filled right here. While the U.S.

Politics 10

Politics Maturity Mentor Offshoring 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

” Choices about whether and how to use money to remedy social problems should be left to individuals, he argued, who would be in better position to provide it if they were not being in effect taxed by corporate managers who thought they had better ideas for how to spend it. But it’s not good at innovation.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 13

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

The analysis found that high levels of automation in a country were positively associated with attempts to reshore production that had previously been moved abroad, but the logic behind this decision was not to give that work to humans, but to automate the work instead. Bringing work home.

Offshoring 63

Offshoring Short-term Long-term Policies 63

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

We have some of our largest and most innovative companies doing this. They aren’t planning to do an inversion, but on the other hand after tax they’re earning less than 1% on that money, compared to over 30% when they invest it in new products and R&D and innovation. So we need a rate, and it’s probably positive.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

We’ve already seen knowledge work such as accounting and legal services being shipped offshore to cheaper employees. The same software combined with robotics, 3D printing, and myriad other innovations will continue to eliminate jobs throughout the workforce. Soon the work will stay here but be done by computers.

Open-book 8

Open-book Technology Offshoring Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve already mentioned the historic Paris agreement, but there are more positive steps worth noting. finally got into offshore wind near Rhode Island. days of innovation). In essence, the company decided to promote system change and even invited competitors to its innovation lab for the first time in its history.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

Rather than being undercut by new, lower-cost competitors in rapidly developing economies, such as China and India, companies have globalized their supply chains or offshored their production. The successful ones have, at least. Donald Trump won the U.S. Economic nationalism is resurgent in Europe as well.

Politics 10

Politics Supply Chain Offshoring Globalization 10