The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The authors believe this is a particular risk in developing nations, where regulations are not as stringent, due in part to the desire for those nations to attract the leading technology firms. The technology also holds significant promise in terms of lifting people out of poverty and providing cleaner, more affordable energy.

Politics 76

Politics Ethics Policies Technology 76

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

Strategy is important, innovation is important. In a December 2015 Harvard Business Review article , three authors described the pitiful results of a survey of almost 700 executives. They save time, money, and energy. But in the long run, a leader has to be somebody who knows how to get things done.

System 150

System Greenleaf Bottom-up Efficiency 150

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Neal writes, “Creativity is often described as the catalyst to innovation, and creativity does not need to be left up to chance.” Learn more about cultivating this mindset in “ Creative Innovation as a Leadership Mindset.”. Are You Living Your Leadership Life to the Fullest? Evan Sinar , Ph.D.,

Leadership Development 395

Leadership Development Development Leadership Advice 395

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030. Setting the numbers aside, employers also expend a lot of time and energy in onboarding and training a new hire. While it can feel like a localized issue, such market changes are just as possible in U.S.

Process 59

Process Attrition Trends Training 59

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2015

It is the hub of the world’s energy industry, headquarters of medical innovation and entrepreneurial phenomena. Recurring themes include pioneer spirit, business innovation, community give-back, growth and vision. Entrepreneurs have embraced innovation, creativity, safety and commitment to quality. About the Author.

Entrepreneur 50

Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage Quality Books 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

And as innovation brings self-driving cars, electric vehicles, in-vehicle data connectivity, mechanisms for sharing rides and vehicles, and other technologies to more people, getting around cities will become easier, faster, and safer. million deaths in 2015 ), and air pollution (health problems like respiratory ailments).

Transportation 11

Transportation Technology GDP Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Consider Apple, hardly a byword in the energy business. This summer, the company applied for federal licenses to sell directly to customers the excess renewable energy it generates on its new campus and in facilities across Oregon, Nevada, and California. But solar electricity is only the beginning of the future energy marketplace.

Energy 8

Energy Licensing Efficiency Software 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The year 2015 was a pivotal time when humanity turned more decisively toward building a thriving and sustainable world. Here are eight cross-cutting themes and stories from 2015 that are driving us toward a sustainable world (and two that are doing the opposite): 1. The vision of an all-renewable energy system comes into focus.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. What’s more, many of the innovations originate in relatively poor, underdeveloped regions or are designed to serve low-income customers, which means that the innovators have no choice but to be frugal. housing sector.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

"Asia Fueling Global Innovation." That was the theme of the 2-hour panel discussion I moderated as part of a full-day ceremony celebrating the groundbreaking of Procter & Gamble's SGD 250m Innovation Centre in Singapore. Historically, 80 percent of its growth comes from innovation. Simplifying technology and new business models."

Innovation 14

Innovation CTO Senge Globalization 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Some business pundits today believe innovation ignites better in startups than in large, established corporations. In fact, a lot of big companies have proven they are better positioned than emergent firms to create and execute innovation, however on-fire a startup may be. Laura Schneider FOR HBR. ” I disagree.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Transportation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Entrepreneurship aids economic vitality by getting rid of complacent incumbents, accelerating innovation, and creating jobs. While 38 companies joined the unicorn ranks in the second half of 2015, only 19 made it into the club in the first half of 2016. In 2015 global M&A volume surpassed $5 trillion — a record.

Innovation 8

Innovation Bureaucracy IPO Bottom-up 8

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. Let’s look at three investments — in wages, time and energy — that could reinvigorate the productivity cycle: Wages. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

A 2015 Gallup Poll found that Millennials are the least engaged cohort in the workplace, with only 28.9% A 2015 report on Millennials from the U.S. Embrace technology and make collaboration a way of doing business. saying that they are engaged at work. Millennials are digital natives.

Policies 8

Policies Motivation Chief Executive Officer White Paper 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Self-driving vehicles, once a science fiction technology, are rapidly becoming a reality that promises to transform our lives – making it safer and more efficient to move people and goods, while reinventing our thinking about transportation. Arizona startup Local Motors developed “Ollie,” the self-driving bus here.

Transportation 8

Transportation Content Committee Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Well, 2015 has now arrived, and earlier this month, investors, entrepreneurs, and other drone supporters gave two cheers when the agency at last released a draft of its proposed regulations.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

It’s using this development to rapidly experiment with new technologies, policies, and financial systems. In fact, China is innovating at a city level , designating tens of cities at a time as pilots for every viable clean technology. China Innovation Social enterprise' billion people.

Energy 9

Energy Policies Innovation Training 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Innovative products like fitness trackers and Google’s Nest thermostats are demonstrating the potential for both consumers and enterprises. Samsung said at its 2014 investors forum it expects the global Smart Home Device market to reach $15 billion in 2015, almost doubling from 2013’s $7.8 Information & technology Internet'

Early Adopters 12

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

Now, New Orleans is being recognized as a hub of innovation, with a rate of business startups 64% higher than the national average. Katrina allowed one of America’s most historic places to reimagine itself as a startup city. This quickly attracted entrepreneurial talent eager to find their place in the Crescent City’s renaissance.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Transportation Price Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2018

By the time of the Paris climate meeting in 2015, which resulted in the more robust global agreement now supported by every country in the world except the United States, it was clear that we needed to consider a more ambitious target, 1.5°C Embrace renewable energy. °C (3.8°F) °C (2.7°F). Getting to 1.5

Efficiency 12

Efficiency Supply Chain Energy Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds. Our ways of measuring success are reductive and backward-looking.

Management 8

Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2015

A look at global trends such as energy demand should remind leaders of businesses small and large that what we do every day matters. Last year during Climate Week, my company took the opportunity to publicly announce a commitment to increase the energy efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of our operations and product portfolio.

Energy 8

Energy Commitment Globalization Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

based shale oil producers have improved their drilling and fracturing technology, and they can ramp up production in an appraised field in as few as six months at a small fraction of the capital investment required by their conventional rivals. Energy Information Administration. crude oil production to about 50%.

Price 8

Price Energy Airlines Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When innovations threaten to disrupt an industry by replacing an old business model with a new one, incumbents need to invest in that model in order to survive. But what if an innovation poses a threat, and you can’t yet tell whether it has genuinely transformative potential? Fuse/Getty Images. These are rarely studied questions.

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

As more sectors embrace a digital strategy — transportation, aviation, health care, energy, and so on — managers will find that a deep understanding of their market is still the most potent defense against competition. Such knowledge is in fact the prerequisite to innovation. “‘Why us?’

Transportation 10

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

The shifting energy equation, for example, sets the stage for growth. Shale gas will allow the US to be energy independent, create an export industry, and reduce energy costs. Here are some steps you should take to build for 2014-2015: 1. Lower costs are already making some industrial sectors more competitive.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Market Segmentation Venture Capitalist Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. How technology is changing the way we work. The most successful innovative companies buy startups and other private companies to help transform themselves.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. This is not guesswork.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

If innovation is a key strategic priority, does your organizational structure enable creative collaboration, risk-taking, and knowledge sharing? It also leads to a more positive work climate, above-average staff engagement, a strong commitment to values and few(er) energy-sapping turf wars and in-fighting. How does your company score?

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

If there are superconsumers in your midst, and if they’re encouraged to speak their minds, they will inject your culture with extra doses of energy, empathy, and creativity. Unlocking Energy. Time is a finite resource, but energy is not. In each, energy can be systematically expanded and regularly renewed.”

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

“Just as technology and entrepreneurship have transformed the way we live, applying investment and business tools to social problems is disrupting everything from philanthropy to governments to investing.” Now I think both can be used as methods for changing the world.” Invest for impact in both non- and for-profits.

Learning Curve 8

Learning Curve Hedge CEO Education 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

In order for Nissan to actually pursue the Vision Zero goal, the company is forced to think differently about innovation and product development, developing technologies that keep cars from hitting each other. But it’s also very good for the business. Walmart will eliminate landfill waste from U.S.

Goal 8

Goal Transportation Automotive COO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The American climate activists who have flocked to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this week tend to have one thing in common: many own the “it” car for their tribe, the VW Jetta Wagon TDI. At 49 MPG, the Jetta does better than many hybrids, and drives German, too.

PPM 8

PPM Policies Engineering Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2016

For virtual care to move from an innovation pilot to a standard service, five questions need to be answered by any provider: Which clinical services should be offered virtually, and why? Which technology tools will meet the demographic, clinical, and business needs for these services? Innovating for Value in Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Consultative Video Efficiency 8