Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

Total investment (internal and external) in AI reached somewhere in the range of $26 billion to $39 billion in 2016, with external investment tripling since 2013. With the AI field recently picking up its pace of innovation after the decades-long “AI winter,” technical expertise and capabilities are in short supply.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2018

Finally, in 2016, it took a new tack. Even when companies do want to expand their product offerings, internal preparation and sequencing can matter more than the innovation itself. Each was set loose to develop or acquire products to satisfy those markets. But sales hardly budged.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Decentralization Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Uber has used petitions to demonstrate consumer—and voter—support in at least 10 cities, mostly in North America and Europe, where it has met resistance from local taxi companies. The proposal, which would have benefited on-campus restaurants, stalled in council after the scale of consumer resistance became apparent.

Licensing 9

Licensing Proposal Retail Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Consider that the basis for the health care market’s inertia — the resistance of the incumbents to changing the volume and direction of the money flowing in the current system — is counted in trillions of dollars. For more about innov ation in health care delivery, see NEJM Catalyst , a new resource from NEJM Group.

Health Care 8

Health Care Analysis Constraint Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Start by developing a strategy across the entire enterprise that includes a clear understanding of what you hope to accomplish and how success will be measured. Innovate more effectively? Cultural resistance can also become a bigger obstacle than anticipated. What’s the best way to build effective D&A capabilities?

Organization 8

Organization How To Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 12, 2017

Few would argue with that, and even if they did, there is evidence to support the idea that resisting distraction and staying present have benefits: practicing mindfulness for 10 minutes a day , for example, can enhance leadership effectiveness by helping you become more able to regulate your emotions and make sense of past experiences.

Creativity 8

Creativity Agility Self-aware Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2016

Her mother, Kyle Richey, and her co-founder, David Richey, are known for helping luxury service businesses — including hotel, retail, fashion, and professional sports — develop brand-defining service standards. The Richeys invited me to join their product development advisory board.

Hotels 8

Hotels Film Fashion Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2016

That makes bureaucracy the organizational equivalent of kudzu, the invasive, herbicide-resistant vine that has overrun thousands of acres of woodland in the American south. Gore , the high-tech materials company known for its Gore-Tex fabrics, these companies developed their distinctive management practices over decades.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Proposal Middle Management Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The ED-CELL team developed software to provide the stream of RFID data to frontline staff in a usable manner. Frontline caregivers often react to new data-collecting technologies with caution and resistance. And equipment is tagged with discrete RFID stickers. Address potential obstacles early.

Technology 8

Technology Mayo Health Care Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2017

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. Matthew Eyring , Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of Vivint Inc.

Franchising 15

Franchising CEO Business Model Strategy 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Since I prepared that article, new developments have only strengthened the case for a 3-D future – and heightened the urgency for management teams to adjust their strategies. Many of the new developments have to do with broadening the science underpinning additive manufacturing. Another promising development is multi-jet fusion.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Technology Industry Film 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2018

And they face an even greater challenge: maintaining flawless consistency, while simultaneously being innovative and cutting-edge. In 1990 they gained a second Michelin Star, and in 1994, they became the first high-end restaurant to invest in a development team and a lab.

Innovation 8

Innovation Project Creativity Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

Numerical predictions offer a range of benefits for large, innovation organizations like Twitch. Today, the training we’ve developed is allowing us to surpass that limitation and scale up forecasting throughout the company. How much did viewership grow year-over-year in 2016? The Arc of Forecasting at Twitch.

Company 8

Company Participative Training Project 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

On November 8, 2016, India’s government did something that had no other government had attempted before at the same scale: it decided to remove 86% of the country’s currency notes by value from circulation. Ashima Narula/EyeEm/Getty Images. The country is moving rapidly toward a digital-first economy.

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

As part of the course, two students worked with SFO to help the Opera think about how to best use a new 299-seat facility that would open in early 2016. To survive and thrive with the conflicting demands of performance excellence and constrained resources, SFO has developed a highly structured organization. The audience loved it.

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Audience Brainstorming Project Class 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. Even outside of the tech sector, the employment of more software developers is associated with a greater increase in industry concentration, and this relationship appears to be causal. Architectural Innovation. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

From 2015 to 2016, investors poured more than $8 billion into funding these tools. How the most innovative providers are creating value. In 2011 81 digital health startups received venture funding; with consistent year-over-year increases, 296 startups were venture backed in 2016. But technology has become rooted firmly in U.S.

Health Care 9

Health Care Trends Venture Funding Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Second, because it’s centralized, which makes it resistant to change and vulnerable to systems failures and attacks. But the solution to this innovation logjam has emerged: blockchain. Blockchain was originally developed as the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8