Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2021

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. In the fall of 2017, we set off on the first of several lengthy expeditions to Europe. Airbnb and Uber, for example, were created by Outsiders who had no institutional knowledge of the hotel or taxi industry – and that was a big part of their edge.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. In the fall of 2017, we set off on the first of several lengthy expeditions to Europe. Airbnb and Uber, for example, were created by Outsiders who had no institutional knowledge of the hotel or taxi industry – and that was a big part of their edge.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

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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Agility Self-aware Innovation Human Resources 90

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Beginning in 2013, a handful of tech companies (including Yelp, where some of us work, Google, LinkedIn, and Facebook) began to research and release data on the diversity of their workforces. Second, having a diverse set of employees would help Yelp to customize its services for its diverse set of users. The numbers were grim.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

The business case for diversity is clear. Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. And many diversity programs fail. I asked three questions: Why do you care about diversity?

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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

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Despite recent efforts to increase diversity in tech, the hiring and retention rates of underrepresented groups in the industry remain abysmal. When I took a look at my workforce two years ago, I saw that I hadn’t created a diverse team. In order for our team to match the diversity of America , we’d need 13.4%

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2018

For example, despite the company’s younger customer profile, men and women over 55 were buying gifts for their children, nieces, and grandchildren, making them, in fact, a very profitable audience. Resistance to disruptive, technology-driven change is not unusual. In 2017, sales improved 15% due to the campaigns.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

One of the big reasons is that security businesses tend to look for people with traditional technology credentials — college degrees in tech fields, for example. Security businesses need to follow this example, taking a hard look at themselves to see what’s holding them back.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. Fortunately, in December of 2017 GE’s board downsized from 18 members to 12. HBR Staff/YASUYOSHI CHIBA/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

By 2017 it was operating in over 190 countries, and today close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. internet companies have scaled internationally, of course (Facebook and Google are two obvious examples). Fernando Trabanco Fotografía/Getty Images.

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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. For example, consider female mentorship programs that try to connect high-potential women with management. But this isn’t happening.

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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. had a diversity metric.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

That deal sent the price of Brent crude oil to above $70 a barrel in January, after the industry that had suffered through $54 per barrel oil on average in 2017. Last year, for example, India, which imports about 80% of its crude requirements, began importing oil from the US for the first time in its history.

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HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

Dawn Jones, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Vice President of Social Impact, Intel, is not short on ambition. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, Intel continues to make great strides in the field of diversity and inclusion (D&I). All of this enabled through our technology and the passion and expertise of our employees.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The reaction of many could be summed up as: It’s 2017 and we’re still dealing with this stuff? And endless sensitivity and diversity trainings clearly aren’t helping. Her essay has received nationwide attention — and alarm. Sadly, we are.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The survey gathers perspectives from a small but influential group of executives — chief information officers, chief data officers, and senior business and technology leaders of Fortune 1000 firms. 63% of firms reported that they expect to invest greater than $10 million in Big Data by 2017, up from 24% in 2012. Insight Center.

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Coaching Ourselves

AUGUST 29, 2018

Nathalie is co-author of the book Collaborer et agir | Mieux et autrement : guide pratique pour implanter des groupes de codéveloppement (A practical guide to implementing professional co-development action learning groups) (2017). The process involves 6-8 people, coming from the same organization or diverse settings. Références.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

For example, there was anxiety among CEOs about how to respond to President Trump’s recent executive order restricting immigration. At Oracle, for example , hundreds of employees signed a petition for the company to join the aforementioned amicus brief. The unpredictability of our current political environment, in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In 2017, as the Trump administration began, CEO activism has surged. Second, many companies have invested substantial time and money in establishing uncompromising core values such as diversity and inclusion. For example, Google spent a hefty $265 million on diversity programs from 2014 to 2016 alone.) ” 2. .”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The context for sustainable business in 2017 may center on the competition between these two stories; that is, how will Trump and his team impact or impede progress on climate and other sustainability issues? Renewables have been trouncing fossil fuels for a few years as the costs of the newer technologies have dropped remarkably fast.

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Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2017

While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often in rather banal circumstances. The potential for technologies to enable smart societies is rising. trillion by 2026.

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