The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 1, 2022

The researchers assessed each report from 2005 to 2016 as well as examined data from the International Federation of Robots on the exposure to robots across the country. “Our findings add to a long-standing discussion on the effects of technology—household appliances, medical progress, etc.—on

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Iger truly embraces innovation. When he took over as CEO in 2005, he laid out three strategic priorities saying it should be about the future, not the past : Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger—think global—and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2014

But scanning technology has evolved since the slow, clunky models that first arrived on the scene. Now scanning takes just seconds, and if you get the right technology package, you can automatically create editable, keyword-searchable files in a universal format like PDF while you scan. About the Author.

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Mills Scofield

JULY 27, 2014

On 16 October 2005, an incredible feat was achieved sixteen miles West of Denver, Colorado. Although we certainly need systems, processes, technology, and a host of other tools and platforms to accomplish our goals and objectives, none of these are a suitable substitute for the power of people working toward a common, compelling cause.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2011

Forbes recently published our list of the world's most innovative companies in which we ranked companies based upon their innovation premium. But why do some companies have a high innovation premium while others do not? This expectation helped foster an innovation focus throughout the company.

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Building Personal Strength

APRIL 4, 2011

2005 photo by Derek Jensen But in a way, paying for gas is less painful than it used to be. Pay-at-the-pump technology, now commonplace, makes the transaction quick and easy. One of their first course offerings in La Jolla was the "Targeted Innovation" course, and they wanted my help. And, oh yeah - the price of gas.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We’re used to thinking of high-tech innovation and startups as generated and clustered predominantly in fertile U.S. The first is technological, as the confluence of high-speed internet, mobile devices, and cloud computing has made it possible to start and scale digitally-enabled businesses at a fraction of the cost.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

As Steve Jobs steps down as Apple's CEO — and Tim Cook takes over — many folks are wondering whether Apple can keep its innovation engine humming. During Jobs' absence from 1986-1998, Apple's innovation premium dropped by 30% as the company quit innovating and its investors lost confidence. Can he do it?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

This ongoing struggle raises an issue that is endemic in such acquisitions: In search of innovation, big companies often buy other companies whose most innovative days are almost at an end. An acquirer looking for innovation would have been likelier to try to buy Gateway, a company that is almost an after-thought now.

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Rajesh Setty

AUGUST 16, 2008

The story is about how NY Times is using CAPTCHA technology to fix errors that crop up in their effort to digitize old issues. What IF you realized that you are a spammer… The competition dilemma Prices are always relative… Posted in the Business Models , Innovation category.

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Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 16, 2008

It is titled “The Bullock Cart and the Race Car&# In a nutshell, the column is about the “far reaching&# impact of technology over the economy. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) If you have the time, please also read the comments that are associated with this column.

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Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

© 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) rajesh301 on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work? Recent Readers Visitors Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Note: You can download the eBook “ Personal Branding for Technology Professionals ” (PDF, 40 pages) for FREE. While the eBook is targeted at Technology Professionals, the concepts are applicable to any knowledge worker. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) Thank you for your support.

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Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I am looking forward to meeting with the attendees who are all involved in leading Technology Professional Services Oraganizations. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) The talk will include a few excerpts from my upcoming book “BRANDTASTIC!&# Personal Branding 2.0

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In prior blog posts, we have described how Western multinationals such as Xerox and GE are embracing polycentric innovation by sourcing more R&D capabilities from emerging markets such as India and China and integrating them into a synergistic global innovation network. Integrate with local innovation ecosystems.

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Rajesh Setty

OCTOBER 14, 2008

It is a collection of in-depth interviews with movers and shakers in the technology world. Her fields of experience span from hard core technology disciplines like semiconductors to sophisticated consumer marketing industries including fashion and education. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8)

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

In 2005, McKesson invested in a David called RelayHealth that was in the connectivity business before connectivity was hot. A year later, we did acquire them — but rather than swallow RelayHealth whole, we wanted to preserve its innovative DNA and disseminate it across our company.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

What do you do if you're a leader in a large, successful organization with an entrenched bureaucracy, and you see the need for innovation? Consider the story of the Business Transformation Agency of the Department of Defense, which was founded in 2005 under Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, and "disestablished" in 2011 by Defense Secretary Gates.

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Rajesh Setty

AUGUST 15, 2008

This game is developed by Pramati Technologies , the leading product development company, based in Hyderabad. VP: myPicks Beijing 2008 was developed by Pramati Technologies in collaboration with Sun Microsystems. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) RS: How did you come up with this idea?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

In addition to the negative impact on decision-making, diminished communications from the lack of connection reduces the marketplace of ideas inside the organization, which in turn reduces innovation. Over the course of 2009, I (Michael) met with and interviewed Admiral Clark and several of the Naval officers who reported to him.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2018

In much the same way, IBM’s Watson project , which is helping the venerable company overcome the disruption of its traditional business, began in 2005. Google has created its own moonshot factory , to pursue game-changing technologies that may take years to pay off. We need to set our sights higher. Why We Need to Think Bigger.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Entrepreneurship aids economic vitality by getting rid of complacent incumbents, accelerating innovation, and creating jobs. Moreover, it’s not clear whether unicorns exploiting other technologies, such as genomics or robotics, will be able to expand as rapidly as Uber, Airbnb, and other smartphone-enabled businesses.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

The blizzard of conferences, initiatives, articles, and reports on how to prepare for the changes technology will bring to our economy is important. Ability to Implement New Technologies. It’s easy to forget that technology rollouts require an engaged frontline. Work currently does not work for millions of Americans.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

The relationship between technology and jobs is center stage in the policy and academic debate. On the one hand, there is widespread fear that innovation will lead to a loss of jobs and rising income inequality — the “race against the machines” narrative. The discussion reveals a fascinating, troubling contradiction.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

That means retailers must learn to compete head-on with Amazon in two fundamental capabilities: agile innovation and expense management. Amazon’s greatest competitive advantage is not its e-commerce network; it is its innovation engine. To understand this strength, take a look at the sample of innovations in the table below.

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Rajesh Setty

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

For a technology person to succeed, the coding skills are only a beginning. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) You can see the effects of problems with announcements of layoffs in several places in India. A few years ago, I wrote “ Beyond Code &# to address the exact same problem.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

More than half that reached the top quintile in terms of economic profit generation between 2001 and 2005 had been knocked off their perch a decade later, in 2010-15. While our research found that firm-level innovation is high, we also note that policy plays an important role.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

While I'm not above the feverish speculation about what exactly will be unveiled, the phrasing of the message struck me as having something to say about Apple's approach to innovation deeper than just one product launch. course we know that, as research by Booz [pdf] back in 2005 demonstrated, "Money doesn't buy results." measures of.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

An interconnected world where technology advances at a dizzying pace and new companies emerge, scale, and decline in the blink of an eye means never a dull moment for corporate leaders. Readers in industries where the pace of change has slowed and ambiguity has decreased , please stop reading. This post isn’t for you. Everyone still here?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. We know that great ideas that drive breakthroughs in productivity come from human beings with the time, talent and energy to innovate. And wages are stagnant.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. Intuit had many failures as part of their innovation process. Yet leaders of both companies persevered despite these headwinds, setbacks, and challenges.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

Or as thought leader Jennifer Sertl writes, "innovation ultimately begins on the inside.". The term "disruptive innovation" has become an industry buzzword. Hence, the Innovator's Dilemma: whether you innovate or not, you risk downward mobility. But I've found that the rules of disruption apply to the individual too.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

invests vast amounts in innovation – $135 billion from federal government sources alone in 2015 – yet it lacks a coherent intellectual property strategy to ensure that the investment pays off. The strategy of promoting its technology helped Europe win this battle and gather the spoils in growth, profitability, and employment.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. What is the nature of that power and what levers must we wiggle to generate effective learning through online technologies?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

A Unilever R&D team in India first developed and introduced the countertop product, which includes innovative four-stage germ kill technology, in Chennai, India in early 2005. PureIt became a grand market success in India, winning a Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award and acclaim in UNESCO's Water Digest.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

It’s often not much more complicated than studying the patient’s needs, studying the work, and respecting and engaging team members to have a say in how processes, technology, and spaces are designed and utilized. He is the founder and lead blogger and podcaster at LeanBlog.org , started in January 2005.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

This paper by the Richmond Fed shows how from 1960 to 2005, the U.S. In chemicals, energy, technology, beer and more, you can see a multi-decade trend toward the consolidation of behemoths. When a company had dozens of potential competitors in various geographic regions, there was an incentive to innovate before the other guy does.

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