The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 25, 2022

At the backend of last year, analysis from Cybersecurity Ventures predicted that the cost of cybercrime would reach around $6 trillion during 2021, with this figure growing by around 15% per year in the next five years. A part of the challenge surrounds the environment we want cybersecurity professionals to operate in.

Diversity 98

Diversity Policies Industry Open-book 98

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Fostering Group Cohesion: Promoting unity at the cost of critical thinking. By implementing small, cost-effective pilot projects that demonstrate the potential of new ideas, organizations can counteract these clichés with tangible results (Brown, 2018). “You have to wear many hats.” Rhetorical Tools in Organizational Culture.

Strategy 78

Strategy P&L Taylorism Taylor 78

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 23, 2015

Stop Enabling your High Cost Producers – Like your Exemplars, the High Cost Producers on your team produce good results, but they incur high costs along the way. Victor Prince: As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the U.S. They may cause a lot of problems and ill will with others as they steamroll their way to results.

Team 120

Team Micromanagement Chief Operating Officer COO 120

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Developing well-honed capability to think and act effectively, skillfully, and competently in different situations is a baseline requirement for effectiveness. Most efforts to develop mastery in leadership focus on the outer game of competence with little focus on the inner game of consciousness. Adams (Wiley, 2015).

Skills 150

Skills Maturity Leadership Self-aware 150

ExactHire - Leadership

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The cloud is one of the best business tools to be developed in recent years. It has freed companies from the constraints of their locations and endless paperwork, and helped them to become more robust, flexible, and cost-effective. Reduced Cost. The cost for local IT infrastructure can be very expensive.

Document 52

Document Operations Cost System 52

Strategy Driven

JUNE 2, 2015

For nearly three decades, Ruth led the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations’ (INPO) Information Technology Division as Director, Computer Systems and Telecommunications and Director, Information Technology and Data Services. nuclear power industry which reduced costs with economies of scale, shared content, and secure student data.

Information Technology 50

Information Technology Telecommunications Committee Technology 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

A radical departure from the traditional consulting model that would further lower costs. Our employment of true experts, use of modern technologies and streamlined business operations ensures clients receive exceptional advisory services at an affordable price regardless of their budget. And why not? All delivered affordably.

Consultative 50

Consultative Advice Long-term Tools 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The assessment program contains fully developed process procedures, forms and templates, performance metrics, how-to guides, and a library of best practices. Not only is this program cost effective to implement, but it yields real and immediate benefits.”. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Benchmarking Library Maturity 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. An inefficient operation results in unproductive activities which often miss the point and worse yet, result in wasted time and wasted resources.

Succession 50

Succession Strategic Planning Budgeting Goal 50

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2015

There are financial factors too, and your operational costs may be lower when outsourcing. The investment required to find, employ, and train staff to do so often outweighs that of the one-off cost you would pay a freelancer or a small web developer company. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Outsourcing 50

Outsourcing Strategic Planning Offshoring Resources 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2015

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC announced the launch of an online business performance assessment forum; providing innovative thought leadership and collaboration opportunities to help executives and managers better assess the performance of their business operations. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Document Benchmarking Library 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 12, 2015

You also need to place your operation in the best location possible. You simply have to provide them with lots of information about your operation. It would cost a fortune to employ ten people just to answer emails, letters, and telephone calls. Web development. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Outsourcing 50

Outsourcing Succession Letter Content 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Not only is this operational approach costly, but outsourcing activities face many challenges such as communication barriers, untimeliness, and data errors. The ability to automate processes has transformed business operations; in order to thrive in a competitive market, businesses must conform to the new business model of automating work.

Strategy 50

Strategy Outsourcing Process Technology 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 1, 2015

StrategyDriven’s line of Sevian Business Programs provides clients with fully developed, immediately implementable business performance improvement programs. Each Sevian Business Program manual contains fully developed process procedures, forms and templates, performance metrics, how-to guides, and a library of best practices. “By

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Chief Executive Officer Metrics 50

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2016

At some point, senior leaders developed the misguided notion that they have to pay to terminate employees. In addition to costing dearly, these practices send the message that bad performance will be rewarded. She is an expert on setting strategy, planning succession, and developing talent. She can be reached in St.

Short-term 50

Short-term Advice Uncertainty Environment 50

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Booth exhibitions at trade shows are viable and cost-effective sales tools to: Achieve new customers, in order to grow and increase profits. Trade shows generate sales leads at a lower cost per contact than a typical sales call. Research shows that industrial sales calls costing $252 to reach a prospect, with 4.6

How To 50

How To Follow-up Participative Objective 50

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Here is another of those articles: How Intermountain Trimmed Health Care Costs Through Robust Quality Improvement Efforts by Brent James and Lucy Savitz (2011). … Intermountain has been identified as a low-cost, high-quality provider.1 However, our payments also fell—often even further than our operating costs.

Deming 28

Deming Health Care System Cost 28

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Make-good efforts cost more on the back end than doing things right on the front end. It applies to service industries and manufacturing operations. Research shows the by-product costs of poor quality are high for any business, up to 40 percent. Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. Developers have two primary ways to help create new and better jobs. This needs to change.

Real Estate 13

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 13

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2015

Their work is off-the-shelf, conforms to an established mode of operation, contains original thought and draws precedents from experience. (17%). Paying attention to quality can realize: Lower operating costs. The sharing of trust and ideas leads to developing business philosophies. Research shows they can be cut in half.

Mentor 50

Mentor Consultative Strategic Planning Entrepreneur 50

Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

Professional education is an important ingredient in corporate development. Organizations of all sizes must have the Think Tank.which delineates future operations, including education and training. 7 Steps of Professional Development : 1. Personal Development. Developing a Body of Work-Knowledge. Teaching-Training.

Education 50

Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

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. Driven by economies of scale, container ship size has been increasing for decades, with the largest ships now costing roughly $200 million.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

What are the costs and benefits of self-disruption at that uncertain stage? We studied the sector for three years and came up with some very interesting findings about the “adjustment costs” that companies incur when they disrupt themselves. These are rarely studied questions. A rare natural experiment.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Creating better outcomes at reduced cost. Despite this lack of focused attention toward development of leadership capabilities in trainees, evidence suggests that leadership quality affects patients, healthcare system outcomes, and finances alike. Sponsored by Medtronic. Leadership curricula should focus on two key sets of skills.

Training 12

Training Leadership Health Care Education 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

These have forced AirBnB, Tesla, and Uber to make costly concessions to their operating practices or to exit certain markets altogether. The petition was seen as instrumental in getting the city council to adopt new regulations which permitted Uber to operate legally. How can new firms overcome the regulations that protect incumbents?

Licensing 9

Licensing Proposal Retail Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 9

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2017

In 2015, around 40% of new PV installations were accompanied by a battery. Around the world in 2015, additions of renewable power capacity outpaced other forms of electricity generation —coal, gas, oil, and nuclear—combined. At the same time, we’re also seeing the decentralization of power production.

Energy 9

Energy Decentralization Industry Power 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

That leaves most organizations lacking a clear total workforce perspective and no integrated strategy to engage workers at the right time, cost, and contractual arrangement. Their goal is to attract, engage, develop and retain employees – moving talent into, through and out of the organization.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Productivity in most developed economies has been anemic. 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. One step in reversing this trend is to start treating hours like dollars, with a real opportunity cost.

Human Capital 14

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For most of 2015, I was the director of Rhode Island’s SBM, known as HealthSource RI, which more than 32,000 Rhode Islanders use to purchase health insurance. By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. Financial challenges. Technological challenges.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

All too often companies misunderstand the value of their cybersecurity teams and underfund their development. Before joining Facebook as a security engineer in 2015, I worked in industries from consulting to manufacturing to retail. This enables developers to quickly and effectively write code that is more secure from the start.

Team 8

Team P&L Engineering Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

They saw it as an opportunity to completely transform the operation to improve care and the patient experience and to lower costs. To that end, they decided to have a team study how care is delivered, identify the barriers to smooth operations, and fix the barriers. It was fully integrated into emergency room operations at St.

Technology 8

Technology Mayo Health Care Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

By one estimate , the number of international migrants worldwide reached 244 million in 2015, up from 222 million in 2010, and 173 million in 2000. In fact, whether cultural diversity carries more economic benefits than costs is still a hotly disputed question among scholars. percentage points in developing countries.

Long-term 9

Long-term GDP Diversity Construction 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

But with all the options available to today’s digital marketer it’s important not to lose sight of one important limiting factor, especially in emerging markets: the cost of mobile data. It’s the operating system, applications, and, of course, the access to data.

Advertising 8

Advertising Brand Marketing Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Cyberattacks cost companies an estimated half a trillion dollars in damages every year. But they continue to operate and communicate with other systems until information technology teams shut them down and correct the malfunction. So far, it seems that companies pay little heed to cybersecurity during product development.

System 8

System Decentralization Information Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In my role at the GE Foundation , I am lucky enough to meet pioneers with a global vision for health and sustainable development. Exploring cutting edge ways to lower costs and improve quality. I like to think of Project ECHO as an operating system, akin to Apple’s. So he conceived of and launched Project ECHO.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mentor Globalization Project 8