N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

The company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world leaders in the production of many commodities, including aluminium, iron ore, copper, uranium, coal, and diamonds. Sam Walsh: At Rio Tinto, we had an innovation programme called “Mine of the Future”.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Technological advances and increasingly sophisticated ways of gathering and analyzing data are changing both the kinds of products and services companies can offer and are increasing competitive pressures. To meet the moment, this article argues that organizations may need to change the way they operate to innovate.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The authors propose that local governments restructure their recycling programs to focus on materials with the highest market value and the greatest potential for carbon offset. “If we learn collectively to recycle better, we can reduce the costs to pretty much break even,” they conclude.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 5, 2014

The life of a modern leader brings challenges of leading, innovating, motivating, growing, developing, evaluating, communicating, and risking. Restructuring, remodeling, reorganization are all necessary for an organization to stay aligned in times of change. Be innovative and challenge best practices.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. To rise from the ashes, our young management team made several tough sacrifices to transform a multi-product, multi-brand operation from generalist to specialist. Specialists beat generalists – always have, always will.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

Moreover, 32% of departments in tech companies and others are redesigning functions using AI to streamline for versatility and figuring out how to best integrate the experiences gathered from worker feedback and innovation. The notable industrialists Taylor and the Gilbreths formulated plans to understand worker productivity.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The BoP markets are a hotbed for innovation and companies that are able to mold their business models to fit within this paradigm can truly alter traditional business models. LG has devised payment subscription plans that makes its products affordable. Innovation Sandbox” was the term coined by C.K.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Among the varied insights, there are some common elements that we can see emerge, which reflect the trends of the markets overall—increased automation and tech, AI innovation, demand for flexibility, and the need for reskilling. You might be able to help both the employees and yourself find some balance by fully understanding the role of HR.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Whether it’s a fresher role or one that requires experience, Qualee reports that it takes a new hire approximately eight months to reach their full productivity. Without hitting full productivity, employees often move on to the next opportunity, leaving companies to restart the hiring and onboarding process.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 13, 2020

Similarly, the researchers believe that layoffs don’t necessarily reflect the quality of the firm’s offering, in the way that product-harm crises inevitably do. Therefore, the firm has control over things like the timing, the location, and how the layoffs are communicated.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 15, 2020

This army of so-called “zombie firms” has not really improved their productivity despite being propped up, which has in turn created a drag on the entire economy. It’s an accusation that reached the west in the wake of the 2008 financial crises, which was accompanied by declines in productivity across the OECD.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 29, 2015

Here’s a few planning tips that will ensure your upcoming offsite is a fun, productive and rewarding experience, and doesn’t turn into and all day meeting from Hell. A restructuring? Examples of themes are innovation, change, diversity, or playing to win. Ask: “What is the overall purpose of the meeting?” Improve teamwork?

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In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

When I was a young product manager back in the ’70s, the only people I could talk to about brands were my colleagues in the marketing department and the advertising agency. The role has been relegated to middle managers who are brand custodians, not leaders in innovation.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Restructuring has led to fewer layers of management, also to fewer opportunities for promotion. Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Companies and government agencies often make the mistake of viewing innovation as a set of unconstrained activities with no discipline. In reality, for innovation to contribute to a company or government agency, it needs to be designed as a process from start to deployment. As the head of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

In sum, CEOs need a frugal innovation agenda. Frugal innovation is the ability to innovate cost-effectively and sustainably under severe resource constraints. Carlos Ghosn isn't the only CEO spearheading the frugal innovation revolution. By "good enough," we don't mean stripped-down versions of existing high-end products.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Dozens of studies have shown that 50 – 70% of organization improvement initiatives like customer service, leadership development, performance management systems, restructuring, quality improvement, etc., There’s a decades-long history of failed organization initiatives. have failed. How do we know we have the right competencies?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

In sum, CEOs need a frugal innovation agenda. Frugal innovation is the ability to innovate cost-effectively and sustainably under severe resource constraints. Carlos Ghosn isn't the only CEO spearheading the frugal innovation revolution. By "good enough," we don't mean stripped-down versions of existing high-end products.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 17, 2024

Their unique products and growing revenues were papering over many huge cracks and barely holding them together. They hired consultants and launched a series of restructuring and improvement projects in warehouse and shipping logistics, branding, renovating stores, revamping product lines, customer service training, IT systems, and the like.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 12, 2024

The innovations are endless, from peer-to-peer payments to automated portfolio managers and trading platforms. Streamlined Processes Fintech innovations have transformed the financial sector, fostering inclusivity, enhancing operational efficiency, and facilitating personalized customer experiences.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 25, 2019

Countries around the world are faced with considerable skills, productivity and social inclusion challenges that require novel and innovative approaches to skills development. “Skills improvements complement other key building blocks of an innovative and inclusive economy,” the authors explain. Restructuring.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

And a recent working paper out of the Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics ( DICE ), a think tank of sorts, focuses on the latter by exploring whether leveraged buyouts (LBOs) make firms more innovative. PE investors don’t typically invest in firms known for innovation. ” There were other limitations. .

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Deming Institute

JUNE 9, 2015

Restructure training. They need information that shows when to take action, not just figures that describe the level of production and the level of mistakes in the past. Paul Batalden and Dr. Loren Vorlicky of the Health Services Research Center translated them into a health care context. Develop the concept of tutors.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Initially when the start-up''s founder, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, looked at the space industry, he faced a quandary about where to innovate, given the restrictions and mandatory performance criteria for space travel. Musk quickly zeroed in on the one area ripe for innovation: cost reduction. They think about the future.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Increasing creativity and innovation is not only on the priority list for start-ups; it’s also a strategic goal for CEOs of small, medium, and large-sized companies. As companies grapple with long odds on innovation like these, they are also looking for ways to improve the likelihood of their intrapreneurial success.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

Or you’re an auto-industry executive and you’re excited by a new technology that you could easily build into your latest model—but contracts with suppliers make such an innovation an impossibility this year, and maybe even next year. But your agreements with your suppliers prevent you from moving quickly. The agreement was called off.

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LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

We all understand that these days it’s really not so much the number of cars or assembly line or factories that a company has, but really its ability to keep up, to be competitive, to be innovative and what gives the company its competitive edge is really the people who make it. What can we do to take advantage of this idea?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2015

firms with structures organized around customers would grow from 32% to 52% as firms raced to build customer-centric organizations, and he interviewed companies including IBM and Systems Group that had announced customer-centric restructurings. ” A good example of customer-centricity is Tumi , the innovative U.S.-based

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Increases in production costs in some parts of Asia, continual increases in freight costs, heightened government regulations, and trade restrictions are some examples of underlying forces that prevent companies from fully understanding the true costs of their products as well as the complexity in the logistics processes required to ship products within (..)

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

It also hurts the brands sold inside the stores, which in part explains why consumer product giants like Procter & Gamble are seeing their sales stagnate for products like Tide detergent, Gillette razors, Pampers diapers, and Crest toothpaste. Maxx and Marshalls—which compete aggressively on price. Price competition hurts.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

Offshoring some portion of a firm’s innovation may be beneficial, the authors argue, but beyond a certain point it becomes counterproductive. With nations like China ramping up their innovative capacities, why stop at offshoring manufacturing or customer support?

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

The conversation in the world of branding is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? I am not suggesting restructuring the entire brand management system. Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

Understand your customer's buying cycle better, and you can target your mailings and product offerings more effectively. It a powerful tool for identifying innovations, especially with the opportunities for data gathering afforded by smart technologies and social media. Take Fenwick , a leading forklift truck manufacturer in France.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Its opening sentence: "Despite another quarter of robust corporate profits, an ominous impulse is stirring at many big companies — restructuring.". In his work on responsible restructuring, Cascio discovered profitable alternatives to employee layoffs. Actual creativity and productivity also tanked.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

I don’t mean a few quarters of sluggish growth or a one-time product flop, but a radical shift in its market, a major technology disruption, or a disastrous strategic bet that threatened the company’s very existence. Xerox has tried its best, but its long-term struggles have led to a recently announced breakup and restructuring.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

PL and CM: Coherent companies – those that possess a capabilities system that aligns their strategy with their product/service portfolio – generate superior performance over time, which is what we call the coherence premium. SD : What is the ‘coherence premium?’. SD : What does it mean to have a ‘right to win?’.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2018

For the latter, we measured incumbents’ operational efficiency, commitment to innovation, and defenses against attack. Meanwhile, increasing numbers of incumbents are being compelled to adopt these technologies to stay competitive, even as cost and productivity pressures become acute. Others are exploring subscription models.

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