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Design Matters

N2Growth Blog

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. The iPod pioneered innovative design in the mp3 player vertical with great technical design, outstanding functional design, and is in a class by itself with regard to aesthetic design.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The fuel for toxicity is conflict not resolution, ego not humility, self-interest not service above self, gossip & innuendo not truth, social & corporate climbing not team-building, and the list could go on. People can do some due diligence before going to work for a compnay. link] Donna Svei Great post Mike.

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Reinvent Yourself For Greater Success | Guy Harris: The Recovering.

The Recovering Engineer

For part of my career, I diligently pursued technical roles. They fit my personality, and the technical work was comfortable. I just didn’t enjoy parts of the environment I worked in when I did the technical work. Did you catch the reinvention part of the story? You see, I’m a lot like Bubble Wrap.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Priority number two is team building and talent management. Which hat, or hats do you wear? link] Larry bruce Wow nice post Mike!

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Leadership Self Examination | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Better yet, for those of you bold enough to place yourself under what might be the harsh scrutiny of others, you can get the benefits of a mini leadeship 360 review by asking your co-workers to rate you as a leader. Section IX: Team Building. Great leaders create great teams throughout the entire value chain.

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AoAD2 Practice: Blind Spot Discovery

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. More than anything else, teams build the wrong thing. More than anything else, teams build the wrong thing. I think this happens because so many teams think of their job as building the product they were told to build.

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Attitude Reflects Leadership

N2Growth Blog

If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. I’ve seen several (entrepreneur) CEOs who suffer from this Jekyl/Hyde personality, most likely due to the extreme stresses of starting/running a self-funded business. In fact, many of the online survey companies (e.g.