The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2023

Recent research from the University of Oxford argued that decarbonizing the global economy would provide a $12 trillion boost by 2050 due to the improving efficiencies of renewable sources of energy. In China, for instance, spending on fossil fuel innovation grew from just $90 million in 2001 to $1.673 billion in 2018.

Energy 65

Energy Innovation Cooper Crisis 65

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 5, 2010

To help you get a head start on your 2010 leadership development plan, here’s a list of development goals that may apply to you too. Do not attempt to work on all 12, just because there are 12 months in a year. (-: For 2010, I’d like to improve my: 1. Industry, competitive, and customer knowledge. Strategic thinking.

Goal 286

Goal Development Active Listening Leadership Styles 286

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

With the highest per capita spending across all industries, Washington, D.C. Detroit , MI With the auto industry and heavy manufacturing in decline, Detroit is using its stimulus dollars to combat soaring unemployment. New York , NY With the financial sector reeling, New York is counting on technological innovation to save the day.

Press Release 157

Press Release Discount Education Transportation 157

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 10, 2019

With VoIP termination taking the telecom industry by storm, and it’s continuing to grow each year, carriers are looking for ways to woo customers by offering a competitive advantage. As the VoIP industry grows, the demand for rapid change, services, and adaptation grows too. billion by 2010 from $1.1 Pay Per User Model.

Price 65

Price Competitive Advantage Industry Bottom-up 65

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

According to licensing agreements and industry sources, Monsanto’s stranglehold on the genetically-engineered seed market in the United States and the world squeezes customers, limits competitors and provides staggering profits. It has not – 2010 profits for Exxon and Shell rose by 57 and 61% respectively. Monsanto is a good example.

Strategy 97

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 97

Tony Mayo

JULY 26, 2010

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences?

Executive Coaching 113

Executive Coaching Execution Mayo Strategy 113

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

According to licensing agreements and industry sources, Monsanto’s stranglehold on the genetically-engineered seed market in the United States and the world squeezes customers, limits competitors and provides staggering profits. It has not – 2010 profits for Exxon and Shell rose by 57 and 61% respectively. Monsanto is a good example.

Strategy 131

Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

  I really like the carnival's focus on lean management techniques, which I feel is especially relevant in today's tenuous business environment as all of us can afford to seek out additional operational efficiencies via lean management processes.  This week I have a great management blog carnival to share with you.

Management 133

Management Six Sigma Human Resources Kaizen 133

CoachStation

MARCH 7, 2016

Let me know how you go. Could you summarise what CoachStation offers and does in a few sentences? CoachStation helps people and businesses to become more effective and efficient in what they do. in 2010 and started full time work in the business in 2012. Purpose = Building Success, Making a difference.

Self-aware 146

Self-aware Ethics Tools Finance 146

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Given the massive changes happening in their industry, I used the recently updated five minute video Shift Happens: Did You Know? We went on to discuss the biggest changes they’re seeing in their industry externally and what internal organizational changes are needed. New Technology. Improving Efficiency/Productivity.

Video 56

Video Restructuring Brainstorming Morale 56

Chris Brady

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Posted by: Phyllis Hoff | September 09, 2010 at 07:56 AM Not only is that post an unbelievably efficient statement of life-changing truths, but its also an almost ironic testimony to the power of the "different game" those who have access to your blog, training system, etc. Deliberate practice over time - Wow! are playing.

Process 73

Process EVA Letter Blog 73

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

According to licensing agreements and industry sources, Monsanto’s stranglehold on the genetically-engineered seed market in the United States and the world squeezes customers, limits competitors and provides staggering profits. It has not – 2010 profits for Exxon and Shell rose by 57 and 61% respectively. Thank clout for that.

Strategy 74

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 74

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Companies in many industries stand to lose significant numbers of highly skilled, tenured workers. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

How To 72

How To Tacit Knowledge Intellectual Capital Newsletter 72

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees. Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another.

Diversity 292

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 292

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. For more information about Ken Ball and Gina Gotsill and Surviving the Baby Boomer Exodus (Course Technology PTR, Cengage Learning 2010), please visit their website www.survivingtheboomerexodus.com.

Newsletter 57

Newsletter Tools Finance Diversity 57

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. At Bettcher Industries, we love the meat processing industry; we’ve always loved the meat processing industry and one reason we do is because many others don’t.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Many leaders, particularly in financial services industry, seemed perfectly happy to disrupt the global economy and lay off thousands of employees while collecting multimillion-dollar compensation packages. High scorers on Critical Thinking are constantly identifying ways to improve productivity or efficiency, drive sales, reduce costs, etc.;

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

Businesses understand the power of digital innovations to reshape industries and markets. Yet, time and again, they have struggled to innovate with new and disruptive technologies. Clayton Christensen and others argue that an incumbent’s failure has little to do with the newness or complexity of the technology.

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Marketing Christensen 10

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Posted by Thornton May on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment The classic Harvard Business School case “Otisline (A)” 1 begins with the quote, “… our objective is to go unnoticed.” Dickens Jr.

Magazine 51

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 51

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

Today, almost every industry is vulnerable to the effects of digitization and to what Accenture calls “Big Bang Disruption.” The industries most susceptible to disruption are those selling information-based services that can be delivered digitally – and a perfect example is the insurance industry. Insurethebox, a U.K.

Insurance 15

Insurance Disruptive Innovation Industry Innovation 15

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. About the Author Doug Moran has more than twenty-five years of leadership experience in a variety of industries. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

Leadership 56

Leadership Newsletter Executive Coaching Follow-up 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

°F) since pre-industrial times, holding the world to 1.5°C ” We will need to cut CO2 emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, the report says, and get to no emissions by 2050. auto industry. The current administration gave the auto companies way more than they wanted and froze the fuel efficiency levels.

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Guidelines 62

Guidelines Management Media Newsletter 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2015

Yet compared to great technological inventions of the past, it is also a colossal economic disappointment. The technologies of the past had massive new job creation effects that swamped displacement effects. The new machines were less expensive, far faster, more reliable, substantially smaller, and much more energy efficient.

Retail 8

Retail Automotive Efficiency Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

There’s been a gold rush happening in technology these last few years, focused on the Internet of Things, or IoT. It’s even frequently been referred to as “the next Industrial Revolution.” In our minds, the whole package was a tremendous leap forward in terms of efficiency, convenience, and comfort.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Early Adopters Software 9

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Some examples of shared team learning are: Regular seminars and guest lecturers: Bring in experts and professors on various topics related to the history, science, or culture of your industry as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and technologists who work in peripherally related fields. In economics, trust is a mechanism of efficiency.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

American firms alone laid off more than 8 million workers from the end of 2008 to the middle of 2010. Even in healthier financial times, such as now, firms often downsize because it is seen as a way to reduce costs, adjust structures, and create leaner, more efficient workplaces.

Company 8

Company Short-term Altman Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

There is another seemingly mundane but profoundly important application of this technology: to better managers ourselves and our time. The underlying technology behind all of the advances in robotic technology mentioned above is Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). The company was registered as SIRI Inc.

Productivity 9

Productivity Products Technology Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2011

The situation is such that if a physician from the 1950s were magically brought back to life today, he would recognize none of the technology that a contemporary doctor uses, but he would feel quite at home in the settings in which the technology is used. Think instead about other industries. Here, then, is the conundrum.

Health Care 15

Health Care Biotechnology Mayo Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010. The basic facts are these: Most industries in the U.S. Firms are failing faster than they used to , for instance, and there is substantial evidence that the gap between winning and losing firms is partly driven by technology adoption. Then Netflix happened. Take Facebook as an example.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Kaplan Innovation Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

Today, almost every industry is vulnerable to the effects of digitization and to what Accenture calls “Big Bang Disruption.” The industries most susceptible to disruption are those selling information-based services that can be delivered digitally – and a perfect example is the insurance industry. Insurethebox, a U.K.

Insurance 8

Insurance Disruptive Innovation Industry Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

Numerous countries, from Singapore to Japan, have established intellectual-property strategies aimed at achieving the greatest possible public benefits from their companies’ innovative ideas, primarily by ensuring that home-grown technologies become globally dominant in their fields. For example, in the late 1980s, a U.S.

Licensing 8

Licensing Technology Participative Globalization 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

and this is in addition to reading a variety of industry publications and periodicals. With the plethora of reading material on the market today it is not a simple thing to make sure that you’re covering all the bases in a time efficient fashion. Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year?

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. For example, Bunge, an agribusiness firm, reported a $56 million quarterly loss in its sugar and bioenergy segments due to drought in 2010. billion in mining projects since 2010.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2014

To find out, I surveyed senior consultants in 2010 at a top-five global executive-search firm. Another said, “Driving an organization or function to a higher level of performance, efficiency, or growth requires a ‘take-charge’ leadership.” Technical and technology skills. What executive skills are most prized by companies today?

Skills 9

Skills Consultative Ethics Chief Information Officer 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. In several industries, such as consumer goods, financial services, industrial products, and logistics, COOs usually had backgrounds in either managing operations or information technology departments.

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. Dual asymmetrical joint venture.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8