N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CDO’s mandate extends beyond mere technology implementation; it encompasses the development of comprehensive digital strategies and the cultivation of a culture that embraces continuous innovation. This includes fostering a culture that values innovation and agility.

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Luis Goncalves

APRIL 11, 2025

Discover a comprehensive framework for scaling your business The Scaleup Methodology 7 Pillars for Sustainable Growth Through extensive research and work with hundreds of scaling companies, we’ve identified seven critical pillars forming the Scaleup Methodologya proven framework for sustainable scaling: 1.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This surge is driven by the rapid expansion of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, both of which are reshaping industries and enabling unprecedented scalability and innovation. However, the rapid pace of growth also highlights the urgent need for more sustainable and efficient resource management practices.

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CIO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For organizations seeking productivity and innovation gains, a best practice is to prioritize use cases based on value, feasibility, and breadth. Does it contribute to business outcomes such as revenue, sustainability, customer experience, or saving lives? Identify your top genAI use cases. Prioritize data quality and security.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

This lean, agile model has been extremely successful over the past two decades — launching thousands of successful startups, some of which have grown into billion-dollar companies. The assessment should look at sustainability as well and evaluate what harm the AI solution might do to the environment.

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

If you look at 23 and 2024 you had a lot of budget increases, you had a bunch of layoffs over the last couple of years, and not something thats sustainable. The company used the sale to reduce debt and to focus on innovation in cloud, security, and AI markets, it said.

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CIO

APRIL 13, 2023

The push from the top to deliver against goals Now, with 94% of organizations integrating environmental, sustainability, and governance goals into their strategy, CIOs, operations teams, and solutions engineers are under mounting pressure to produce results. What is the state of the art for circular practices in this area?

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CIO

JANUARY 14, 2025

Would you focus solely on approving individual building permits, or would you first establish a comprehensive city plan that considers infrastructure, sustainability and community needs? This means creating environments that enable innovation while ensuring system integrity and sustainability.

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CIO

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This alignment ensures that technology investments and projects directly contribute to achieving business goals, such as market expansion, product innovation, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. By staying ahead of market trends, the organization remains agile, adaptable, and ready to outperform rivals.

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Crunchbase News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

These examples underscore why more entrepreneurs should consider bootstrapping as a strategic choice, not as a fallback, focusing on sustainable growth which can become effective in times of trouble. Control and agility: Founders who bootstrap retain complete ownership and control over their companies.

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2025

However, they also recognized the need for bold actions to achieve sustainable success. For CIOs, the message was clear: Efficiency, future-ready technology, and innovative workforce strategies are essential. Our take: Building resilient and sustainable supply chains is crucial. See also: 10 IT budgeting mistakes to avoid.)

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Customer sentiment, evolving corporate values, and government regulation have converged to make sustainability a strategic priority for nearly every business. 1] Preparing for long-term sustainability has become a fundamental part of future-proofing your organization.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Evolving Focus on Human Capital As geopolitical and economic uncertainties rise, investors are shifting their focus on businesses with a long-term perspective, placing increased emphasis on resilient, sustainable business models supported by strong leadership. This allows founders to stay visionary while adjusting flexibly when needed.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These roles, while distinct, are increasingly interwoven, and their synergy can unlock unprecedented opportunities for growth and innovation. This role involves integrating cutting-edge technologies, optimizing digital platforms, and fostering innovation to enhance operational efficiency and customer value.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For decades, we’ve been investing in innovation, partnerships, and programs that apply our technology, scale, and talented workforce to drive human progress – all intending to have a measurable influence on some of the complex challenges important to our business, customers, the communities we serve and society at large.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

This ensures that our technology roadmap is fully aligned with our overarching business objectives and fosters a continuous cycle of innovation and efficiency. He adds, I cultivate a culture of innovation and healthy competition, ensuring that both business and technology teams remain motivated to achieve shared goals.

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CIO

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The digital factory delivers quarterly waves of use cases, which are implemented in agile sprints. EGA has established a Digital Academy, which has trained over 2,000 employees in AI, data science, and agile methodologies. EGA also employs an agile operating framework, called Sabeel, which supports a rapid delivery model.

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CIO

APRIL 9, 2025

To address these issues, IT organizations are increasingly migrating workloads to the cloud to gain operational efficiency and agility. Not only does this reduce costs but it also translates to a reduced carbon footprint, helping organizations meet sustainability goals.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In many organizations, this role is instrumental in spearheading transformational initiatives, optimizing resource allocation, and enhancing overall organizational agility. It demands a culture where every team member collaborates to innovate and prioritize enhancements.

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CIO

OCTOBER 12, 2023

If we don’t replace fossil fuels with sustainable alternatives, it’s going to keep getting worse. Siemens is serious about sustainability. Not only are they leading the world in generating energy from sustainable sources — they’re pioneering new infrastructure that is sustainable in itself. We’re all living through it.

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Xebia

JANUARY 19, 2024

Going Beyond Agile Nobody can deny that the digital revolution has fundamentally changed the way we live in the world. Organizations have to take innovation and agility to the next level to survive in this new age. Organizations have to take innovation and agility to the next level to survive in this new age.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

With emerging technologies like Gen-AI keeping organizations in a flurry of new implementations, a rapidly shifting CIO role, new innovations testing budgets and adaptability of organizations and increasing competition, a competent CIO is the ace that can change the game. Namrita prioritizes agility as a virtue.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

APRIL 22, 2024

Organizations are facing ever-increasing requirements for sustainability goals alongside environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices. survey revealed that 87 percent of business leaders expect to increase their organization’s investment in sustainability over the next years. A Gartner, Inc.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The transformational leadership approach encourages, inspires, and motivates employees to innovate and create the change necessary to shape the future success of the company. It’s applicable across every industry, but it’s especially vital to the fast-paced tech industry where innovation and agility can make or break a company.

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Xebia

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In a related session, Ricardo Angel Granados López (Xebia) and Akhil Nambiar from ING discussed how data is driving sustainable ESG initiatives , offering a strategic blueprint for organizations looking to align business objectives with environmental goals. You can check out their presentation here. You can check it out here.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 9, 2025

Yet it’s manufacturing companies that turn these dreams into a reality innovating production lines and processes to fulfill tasks in the most cost-effective way possible. Lets examine how manufacturing startups and venture capitalists can navigate these changes and take innovation into their own hands. The latest round of U.S.

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Evolution4all

JULY 2, 2018

Does your organisation’s budget system hinder growth and innovation? Secondly, which is far worse: traditional budgeting spoils innovation. As business scholars put it, innovation is the creation of new ideas or “sparks”. We’re talking about an agile approach to budgeting. And yes, that is possible.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Today, organizations face multifaceted challenges that demand agile and decisive leadership. Interim Executives Embedded in Leadership Solutions Interim executives’ agility and expertise make them invaluable during times of transition or uncertainty. Industry insights support the critical role of interim executives.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) explained The Scaled Agile Framework encompasses a set of principles, processes, and best practices that helps larger organizations adopt agile methodologies , such as Lean, Kanban, and Scrum , to deliver high-quality products and services faster.

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CIO

JULY 8, 2022

Of the many possible answers, some of our clients elect to carry the transformation further by separating their employees into two groups: those responsible for operations and those responsible for innovation. You might know it by one of its aliases: sustain , keep-the-lights-on , run-the-business , or support. Trade-offs.

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CIO

MAY 15, 2023

Tesla, Uber, and many other stories of business innovation have this in common: Their business models have technology at their cores. They recognize that innovative use of technology is enabling new business models with competition-crushing advantages built right in. Does it sound like a lot could go wrong with this service?

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CIO

APRIL 26, 2023

In April 1972, entrepreneurs Dietmar Hopp, Hasso Plattner, Claus Wellenreuther, Klaus Tschira, and Hans-Werner Hector started an amazing innovation journey, which culminated in SAP’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2022. Together with our customers and partners, we are happy to celebrate the 10 th Anniversary of the SAP Innovation Awards.

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CIO

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The network also plays a vital role in achieving sustainability goals. Sustainability is not just a strategic priority. In essence, networking capabilities must align with corporate sustainability goals and initiatives to truly achieve its full potential. Networking

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Instead, it has evolved into an indispensable leadership position encompassing digital innovation, organizational change, and business model reinvention. At N2Growth, we have seen this combination of entrepreneurial agility , technical fluency, and strategic foresight become a hallmark of the most effective digital leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

This unique combination allows them to identify underlying issues, implement necessary changes, and drive innovation without being handicapped by internal politics or cultural biases. These executives excel in ensuring the seamless execution of business strategies and fostering sustainable growth, all while optimizing performance.

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

CIOs face the daunting challenge of driving innovation while managing costs and ensuring practical implementation in a rapidly advancing digital landscape. This article presents essential strategies for CIOs to strike the optimal balance among innovation, value, cost, and practicality in tech investments.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Don’t miss CIO’s Future of Digital Innovation Summit and Awards Canada, happening on November 29-30 produced by IDC and CIO, in partnership with TECHNATION. Registration is complimentary , and attendees will have the opportunity to gain the latest knowledge in innovation from experts in a broad range of industries.

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