The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2020

Yet, in the space of a month, telehealth has grown to the point that 90% of primary care appointments were being delivered virtually, with apps being developed to provide remote monitoring of people as they monitor and manage their symptoms of the virus. ” Developing the skills. ” Developing the skills.

Skills 96

Skills Report Technology Long-term 96

Change Starts Here

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

About twenty years ago, I was an engineering co-op student at Delco Electronics (now Delphi), an automotive electronics company that at the time was a subsidiary of General Motors. One summer, the company put on a Technology Expo to show off all the futuristic technology they were developing. Meet Minimal Expectations.

Early Adopters 92

Early Adopters Automotive Technology Cost 92

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. He is credited with inventing the phonograph, the motion picture camera, the alkaline battery, and, most importantly, the electric light bulb and the accompanying distribution system for electric power. Innovation Capital.

Innovation 82

Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 82

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

In my new book “ The 4 Lenses of Innovation ”, I outline four proven ways to generate the new strategic opportunities that will power your company’s future growth. In other words, Larry Page sees Google as a broad portfolio of science, technology, and Internet-related resources that can be leveraged into almost any meaningful new venture.

How To 100

How To Retail Core Competence Innovation 100

Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

Fixing a car is complicated; disrupting the automotive industry is complex. ” The Power of Questions. Talk about the power of a good question to crack complexity. “A A really, really good question has the power to be your anchor in that boiling sea of doubt. 10 Steps to Solving Complexity. ” -Komlos, Benjamin.

Sull 70

Sull How To Insourcing Sharpe 70

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Authority on new technology and communication. 14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. HR and talent development roles with General Motors Australia.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Dilenschneider, author of A Briefing for Leaders: Communication As the Ultimate Exercise of Power. It’s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington’s corridors of power, they didn’t even stand out.” Bob Waterman has written a penetrating little book, Adhocracy: The Power to Change.

Waterman 140

Waterman Automotive Learning-by-Doing Industry 140

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Think through the implications of these technologies, however, and an even more startling vision emerges: the future will look more like the past. Today, information and communications technologies remove the need for such proxies. Helping to effect this reversal are any number of new technologies.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Transportation Construction 8

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Dilenschneider, Author of A Briefing for Leaders: Communication As the Ultimate Exercise of Power There are many fine values, such as courtesy, confidence, ingenuity, thrift, and so on. It''s that among the sharp-elbowed hordes pushing through Washington''s corridors of power, they didn''t even stand Out."

Waterman 55

Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 55

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

Given how central automotive transportation is to our cities, commerce, and daily lives, saying that AI will change life as we know it is no understatement. To understand where this new mobility might take us, it’s important to distinguish between two types of AI-powered motor vehicles: self-driving and driverless.

Automotive 8

Automotive Transportation Health Care Maturity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

While Blue Sky is an SOE, I think they really want to differentiate themselves, and they're willing to use a lot of our technology.". The only person not applauding was Wang Xiguo, the engineer who had led the development of Prime's power train technology. The workers standing near him applauded. We had Apex.".

Case Study 8

Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

In the online program we run to help working professionals develop more productive work behaviors, about half of our participants have agreed with the statement: “I’m sure I could get more done in less time, but the quality of my work would go down.” Where my chin should be going uphill, downhill.”

Automotive 10

Automotive Quality Productivity Products 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

Survey 9

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

But, as Elon Musk surely understands, it is not always the best technology that wins the innovation race. Rather, it’s often the one that best fits with existing dominant technologies, so that the success of the two becomes interrelated. Powerwall therefore has all the characteristics needed to succeed in this market.

Price 8

Price Energy Technology Automotive 8

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Clearly, artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technologies are finding their way into most everything that we touch and use in everyday life, including consumer products, financial services and healthcare delivery. ” In October, Samsung Electronics unveiled Bixby 2.0,

Press Release 170

Press Release Automotive Innovation Technology 170

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

In the tech startup world, technology is important for success, but it does not disproportionately determine winners and losers. Two companies can invent similar technologies; one will win and the other will lose. Focusing on technology supremacy alone is a model for failure. You can't resell that CD, legally.

Licensing 15

Licensing Software Automotive Incubator 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

While Gordon’s argument is often characterized as being the opposite of the one I have made in my two books about the impact of advancing automation technology on the job market (most recently, Rise of the Robots ), there are many areas in which I think we would agree. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy. Sponsored by Accenture.

Gordon 8

Gordon Transportation Tourism Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2011

Engineers are no longer design experts; they are mediators who structure and enable design interactions between imaginative customers and innovative suppliers of technologies and systems. The development of those tools—we call them engagement platforms—represents a major opportunity for product companies and technology developers.

Engineering 13

Engineering Automotive Objective Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

” They had developed inside the company and therefore knew the organization and its norms as well as the people and their capabilities — but they had also retained a strong streak of objectivity. The world of activist investors has made the task of developing insider-outsiders that much more difficult.

CEO 8

CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

Mulally challenged this dysfunction head on and championed a single, clear vision for the organization: “One Ford,” With One Ford, the company set about reviving what Mulally called the "phenomenally powerful" Ford brand, promoting “the critical ingredients that made a Ford a Ford.” And the company posted annual profits of $6.6

Brand 193

Brand BPR FOB Automotive 193

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

The five largest automotive companies in the world generate more than 750 billion euro in annual revenue. Information technology, however, is one of those industries. Beyond purchasing power, scale helps companies establish strong network effects. Transportation is one of the world’s largest industries.

Industry 8

Industry Transportation Automotive Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. Ford reengineered its global product development process so that an engineering plan designed in Detroit can drive the shop floor in a European factory. Power ranks Ford the highest in initial quality among non-luxury automotive brands.

Process 15

Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

We are in the midst of a technological revolution that is every bit as profound as the impact of cheap computing power, but it’s subtler and harder to notice. Consider, for example, how we convert and control electrical power. What I’m referring to is the migration of functionality from hardware to software.

Software 8

Software Engineering Efficiency Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2014

In a June 12 th blog post that made instant waves, Elon Musk, founder and CEO of electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla Motors, declared: “Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.” Why would the leading company in EVs voluntarily open up its technology to competitors? “Our

Automotive 8

Automotive Industry Disruptive Innovation Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Freeways full of driverless cars and beer trucks are still far off, because of technological and regulatory limitations. To figure out how to effectively integrate software robots and digitization, executives can take some cues from the automotive industry.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2018

AutoEmotive , Affectiva’s Automotive AI , and Ford are racing to get emotional car software market-ready to detect human emotions such as anger or lack of attention, and then take control over or stop the vehicle, preventing accidents or acts of road rage. Systems that mimic and ultimately replace human-to- human interactions.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware Analysis Brand Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In the traditional model of electricity generation, large power plants produce power at a centralized location, which operates at a considerable distance from the points of consumption. The information presented itself along two big dimensions: the power-generation assets owned by the centralized power plants (i.e.,

Company 8

Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 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. Deutsche Bahn: Achieve rail transport that is CO2-free and powered by renewables.

Goal 8

Goal Transportation Automotive COO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

There are many reasons why Silicon Valley might have been a top contender: for years, it''s been the premier technology hub of the world. While no one can dispute Silicon Valley embodies the quintessential technology culture, there''s another piece of the culture equation that matters just as much for a company like ours: diversity.

Software 8

Software Diversity Engineering Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

Yes, there could be thousands of these nexus suppliers, but we now have the computing power to identify how critical each is. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. We have compiled the data for the top three tiers of a particular automotive company to its third-tier and identified over 8,000 suppliers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Operations Automotive Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2011

These veterans are basically order-takers who feel no urgency to develop new business. These metrics can discourage teamwork and distract salespeople from focusing on what is required to develop sustainable customer relationships while driving new business and long-term success. monthly territory sales). Salespeople drive the top line.

Incentives 12

Incentives Short-term Long-term Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

Still, it’s true that China’s economy today is undergoing rapid change: the middle class is expanding, purchasing power is increasing, and with loosening regulation, China is becoming a fertile new market for global companies. What if language barriers stood in the way of these technologies? I’m with him.

Innovation 8

Innovation Globalization IPO Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Edison’s breakthrough was guided by a fundamental insight: any given product is only as powerful as the system in which it is deployed. Embracing a larger, more encompassing self-definition powers systems-level ambitions. Twenty or so inventors and labs had already come up with similar designs when he patented his in 1879.

Strategy 8

Strategy Levitt Energy System 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Consider the automotive industry. automotive manufacturers owned rental car companies in the hopes of maintaining strong unit sales figures by captive fleet purchases (which were also to maintain volume to fulfill their onerous union obligations). Power by the hour aligns customers and suppliers. For years, U.S.

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. These investments are more about the development of human capital than finance. As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8