The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

As Michael Hammer famously warned back in 1990, it’s no use applying new technologies to old processes, so in order to get the most out of AI and automation, jobs are having to be redesigned so that man and machine can work well together. Redesigning the business.

Supply Chain 66

Supply Chain Technology Hammer Report 66

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. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging. Resist the temptation to put technology teams solely in charge of AI initiatives.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

The client, which constituted some 80 percent of Home Run’s billings, advised Home Run that its 2016 billings were likely to fall sharply. Hammering home the point, the client added, “It’s probably a good time to terminate our contract.” Vendors posed a trickier problem.

Media 9

Media Hammer Software Company 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

To be sure, the headline reads well in the Xinhua news release on July 28, 2016: “ China Grants Legal Status to Ride-Hailing Services.” There’s also a saying in China: “The nail that sticks up is the nail that gets hammered down.” These national regulations are now a reality. ” Here is the takeaway.

Marketing 8

Marketing CEO Mass Marketing Price 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2016

Recruiting is like a hammer. If you’re building a house and the only tool you’ve supplied your framer is a hammer, then then don’t blame the framer if it takes five times longer than you’d like, and costs a bundle more than it should. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Recruiting Is Overused and Misapplied.

Planning 50

Planning Hammer Succession Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The first half of the ad hammers this home by saying: “Illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay, collecting social security benefits—skipping the line.” It is the military might of WWII and the “Greatest Generation,” not the invisible cyber warfare or clinical drone strikes of 2016.

Advertising 8

Advertising Hammer PR Sharpe 8