N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He was on the creative planning team for catalyst, works with leadership development of Chick-Fil-A, and is quarterbacking many projects for well known leaders. but you’ll not find that here. He has recently aquired ownership of The Whiteboard Sessions (a conference designed for leaders & strategy). She’s 37.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2018

In early June, at the invitation of the European Commission to Brussels (Belgium), I toured some fascinating AI and blockchain-based projects, which the Commission is funding. The global consensus is that emerging technologies like AI and blockchain would transform markets and economies, possibly resulting in job losses or displacements.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Is this a big project for this person or entity, or a small, relatively insignificant project? How many such projects are they handling currently? How does it define its market, or in the case of an NGO or government agency, its central purpose? Research the market, the person, the entity, etc.,

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. The Shell Foundation provided HPS with market-based expertise and funding to help the company validate and scale its model.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

To tackle threats to the future health and wellbeing of people in need, businesses must partner with governments and NGOs, lending their skills, resources, and reach. Understand your audience : We've been in emerging markets for over 100 years, offering products aimed at the bottom of the pyramid as much as for wealthier consumers.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

In total, these brands are projected to reach revenues of $1 billion at Target alone this year. Target and Walmart launched the Personal Care Sustainability Summit last year, and invited the largest players in the $74 billion market for lotions, soaps, and other beauty and grooming products to join them.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Specifically, our analysis found that the net benefits to ranchers ranged from $18 million to $34 million (12% to 23% of revenues) in net present value projected over 10 years. For slaughterhouses and retailers (Brazilian operations), we also projected positive benefits: $20 million to $120 million (0.01% to 0.1% of revenues).

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Refugees face specific issues in entering a new labor market that will require investment in dedicated processes. They may have no social networks to build upon and will be unfamiliar with local labor market norms. This successful project works with 50 refugee doctors each year. Interfacing with the job market.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

Don’t make any big decisions in those first few days and don’t rush into the job market the day after you’ve received the news. So before you make that call, Lees recommends asking your trusted circle for objective feedback on your job market-readiness. .” Go hiking. Go camping. Go kayaking. Don’t.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And, importantly, it would set up the sales and distribution infrastructure to sell the product to those who could afford to pay for it, while still focusing on bottom of the pyramid markets. While our primary focus is in India, Embrace is doing pilot projects with NGO partners in 10 countries, and we hope to further scale this year.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

One large company, Dow, is now tackling this issue, working with the environmental NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to try and make the business logic clearer. But perhaps more importantly, the project will be an open-source exercise, with the partners sharing all the tools and lessons learned. is very low in the near-term).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

They acknowledge how delicate new projects, new business models, new strategies feel during the creative process so they create safe spaces where pioneers can meet, test, and refine their ideas over and over before being released into the world. But funding is critically needed to get these projects off the ground and to sustain them.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

That’s understandable — the growth of the consumer mobile market in Africa has been spectacular. And while almost all the examples I cite are from West Africa, many of these ideas and innovations are well suited for emerging markets around the world. In emerging markets, infrastructure is always an issue.

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