The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

In a previous article , I explored how technology is generally not feeding through into productivity statistics. Data shows that despite considerable advances in technology in the last decade, productivity has largely remained flat.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017.

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QAspire

MAY 7, 2017

Our workplace conversations today are dominated by topics like increasing globalization, economic uncertainties, automation, disruptive innovations, social technologies, generational shifts, mobility, people analytics, gig economy and such. This article originally appeared as Cover Story in PeopleMatters Magazine April 2017 Edition.

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Joseph Lalonde

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Fueled by his personal and corporate desire to give to others, Paul developed skills and techniques in Leadership, Goal Setting, and Sales Techniques, including his Grid Square Technology. His latest book, It All Matters: 125 Strategies to Achieve Maximum Confidence, Clarity, Certainty, and Creativity released October 9, 2017.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 1, 2018

Corporate leadership. Technology consulting firms. Articles excerpted for meetings. Online articles and blogs. People with whom you work in community and charity leadership roles. Leadership programs. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Website consulting. Internal Management.

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HR Digest

MAY 1, 2019

The contribution of technology in improving customer experience is well documented, but little has been done in using it for enriching workplace experiences. Diane Gherson is a trailblazer when it comes to introducing agile technologies in the gamut of Human Resources. Digital technologies forced-disruption of all that.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 26, 2019

Bart is a sales leader, entrepreneur, executive advisor, and platform developer who specializes in team building, sales execution, sales leadership methodologies, and global operational efficiency. He has deep experience in building, leading, and scaling technology teams committed to rapid growth.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 9, 2018

Leadership has to step up and take the initiative if you want to experience real change. Upgrade your technology, innovate repetitive tasks and always be thinking about how to make your environment more engaging for your staff. Be open about your initiative and seek additional ideas from staff and leadership members.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2018

While many people will mention all their experiences, if someone only has leadership skills as a secondary skillset and no actual qualification in this area, then you may have to find someone else who does have the qualifications you’re looking for. could have more honed in leadership skills than someone who didn’t. Resilience.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Technology. One way to attract candidates is to have updated technology. It’s difficult to get any work done without modern technology, and smart candidates will recognize this and run the other way. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. See how to attract the right employees. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Just because you have hired the best possible people for every leadership role in your company doesn’t mean they are all going to get along all the time. Perhaps the technology team want to spend more time developing an upgrade to your product, but the finance team insist the money is better spent elsewhere. Expect conflict.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 23, 2018

It may take some time for employees to get used to cloud computing and paperless technologies. One of the main reasons is that employees can be split over various locations due to outsourcing and the capabilities of new technology. Your leadership and the team’s communication will play a crucial role at all times.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Technology has provided companies of all sizes with a very efficient tool to improve team communication ; while you should never underestimate the value of the phone or email, instant messaging apps such as Slack, Hipchat, or Campfire instantly pass work updates to your colleagues. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 15, 2017

If Napoleon lived in the technology era, would he have a Twitter account? Social media allows them to expand their leadership to a wider audience. He improves the way people perceive his leadership by allowing everyone to post comments and ask questions. The Power of Social Media Leadership. I bet he would.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

These anniversaries should be celebrated in 2017: NASA’s move to Houston, 55th. Technology is but one tool of the trade. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. Trait-centered Leadership vs. Servant Leadership.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 18, 2018

Meteor Forms is essentially a technology that helps its clients build customized forms. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. This company fills out your forms while you relax and enjoy high security of your data. Keep Active.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Drucker Forum 2017: Growth and Inclusive Prosperity. This article is one in a series related to the 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum, taking place in November 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Of course, success of individual Hidden Champions is based on their leadership and strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

Innovation abounds (especially in technology) and new value is being created hand over fist — yet the resulting wealth gains go to the few, while the many wind up financially worse off. Drucker Forum 2017: Growth and Inclusive Prosperity. Could we make growth more inclusive?” Many people are already trying to answer it.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2017

In PwC’s 2017 Global Digital IQ Survey, 52% rated their digital IQ as strong. The survey, conducted among 2,200 technology executives, identified critical skill gaps such as cybersecurity and privacy. Ten years ago the PwC survey found that emerging technology constituted 17% of a company’s digital technology budget.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2018

” The email contained a link to a 2017 article one of us wrote for HBR, and suggested the CMO read it before their meeting. ” Like many of the CMOs described in the 2017 article, she was initially hired to focus on downstream commercialization roles, such as overseeing advertising.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. However, doing this with blanket eliminations of layers carries a risk: inadvertently pruning away the next generation of leadership talent. PM Images/Getty Images. A recent Navigant survey found that U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In a previous HBR article , we argued that, in contrast to physical assets that depreciate with use, intangible assets might enhance with use. Therefore the most important aim for digital companies is to achieve market leadership, create network effects , and command a “winner-take-all” profit structure. billion and $0.8

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Extrapolating from past trends is useful but limiting in a world of accelerating technological change. The fact that so many readers feel that it’s actually about 2017 is a testament to Orwell’s insights into human nature and the always-evolving relationship between technology, power, and society.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Technological innovations have radically transformed the business landscape in many ways over the last two centuries, from the introduction of steam power to the market conquest of radial-ply tires. Fix leadership skills first. Experiment with frontier technologies. joshua sortino/unsplash.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2017

The Economist recently argued that with all the disruptions in the modern economy, particularly technology, ongoing skill acquisition is critical to persistent professional relevance. read 24 books in 2017) and daily or weekly habits I need to cultivate in accordance with those goals (e.g., You and Your Team Series. Improving Yourself.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Fortunately, the proliferation of digital communication data and the advancement of sensor technology have enabled us to more precisely measure workplace behavior. Women had the same number of contacts as men, they spent as much time with senior leadership, and they allocated their time similarly to men in the same role.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

From leadership transitions and restructurings, to mergers and acquisitions, to regulatory changes, there seems to be constant unrest in the workforce. But how your leadership reacts to change will trickle down and impact your managers, who then impact your employees and their engagement. Alan Copson/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2018

When I speak to large groups about leadership, one question I often ask is, “How many of you have ever received a compliment from your boss that actually offended you?” For example, say a manager gets his team to adopt a new technology platform as part of a beta test. H.Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2018

My recent paper , coauthored with Naoshi Ikeda and Sho Watanabe of Tokyo Institute of Technology, empirically tests this quiet life hypothesis with Japanese data. Nissan rearranged business relations with them under the strong leadership of Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan from 1999 to 2017.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. So far in 2017, our firm, Semler Brossy, has identified 200 shareholder proposals on the environment among the Russell 3000 companies, already exceeding 2016’s total. It’s not for every company.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. The structured interviews were conducted by me over the phone, Skype, or in person, between February and June 2017.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Last year was a record year for data breaches , and 2017, so far, has seen its fair share of high-profile cyberattacks. A massive breach is not an individual error or a technology failure — it’s an organizational breakdown that is the responsibility of the top executive. Tom Knight/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

In an interview with The HR Digest, Lewis describes how she uses Lockheed Martin’s Full Spectrum Leadership to deliver results and shape the future. Lockheed Martin Code Quest 2017 Denver. The HR Digest: 'Full Spectrum Leadership' is the cornerstone of leadership at Lockheed Martin. Patricia L. Patricia L.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

It had 115 engineers, but we would soon scale to 300, and later grow to over 400 in 2017. We gathered our leadership in a room and came up with 20 different outcomes — from speed to cost efficiency — and prioritized them, No. Get Buy-In, and Not Just From Leadership. Determine What You’re Working Toward.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

In Seattle, for example, large employers will have to pay a $15 minimum wage by January 2017. So far, the technology we hear most about in retail is self-checkout. Consequently, investors should ask: What technologies are you planning to use to increase labor productivity without undermining service or increasing costs elsewhere?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

They remind us that we’ve been here before and that, rather than simply increasing efficiency and cutting costs, emerging technologies can be used to augment our work and raise the quality of life for the population as a whole. Just 8% report having the opportunity to develop necessary leadership and management skills.

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