The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

What can set them apart is their ability to influence their internal processes (orientation and business model) and immediate external environment (networks) to ensure they remain future-ready.”. “If a company is willing to learn from other sectors then that is really powerful.” Organizational agility.

Company 102

Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 102

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

The following is a guest piece by Innovation Excellence co-founder Rowan Gibson. What most companies understand now is that the only way to drive profitable growth and wealth creation over the longer term is to innovate. But that’s not the way radical innovators envisage their organizations. This is quite understandable.

How To 100

How To Retail Core Competence Innovation 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

The automotive industry is being disrupted by electric vehicles and self-driving cars, just as home appliances is being disrupted by the Internet of Things and smart appliances, home entertainment by on-demand content providers, and apparel by online personal stylists such as Stitch Fix and Trunk Club. JEWEL SAMAD/Staff/Getty Images.

Automotive 8

Automotive Brand Technology White Paper 8

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.

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Sull How To Insourcing Sharpe 71

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2020

While data is most powerful when it’s used across the organisation – from management and administration through to frontline workers – few organisations are actively investing in their employees’ ability to confidently use data.” ” A new report from EIT Health and McKinsey therefore offers a timely opportunity to gauge progress.

Skills 87

Skills Report Technology Long-term 87

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

Leading companies such as IBM, Ford, and Avery Dennison are making major improvements in key processes by creating online communities to share deep knowledge. IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities. Collaborating horizontally to create customer value.

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Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

In our world of excess everything, savvy innovators realize that less is actually best. Over the past six years I've looked at more than 2,000 ideas — products, services, processes and strategies. Over the past six years I've looked at more than 2,000 ideas — products, services, processes and strategies.

Innovation 16

Innovation Self-aware Automotive Trends 16

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Esparza emphasizes the importance of championing participation, personalized coaching, and celebrating diverse perspectives to foster innovation and mutual respect within the workplace. What unique or innovative employee initiatives set AutoNation apart from its competitors in attracting and retaining talent?

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Diversity Automotive Human Resources Career 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers. Access to innovation resources and skills matter far more than money.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? In reality, though, each step is fraught with psychological difficulties and organizational complications, making the process as much an exercise in rooting out unspoken assumptions as a mathematical exercise. Or by making process improvements? Setting the growth target.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

” In the automotive industry, we see the same thing: the best quality is associated with the greatest speed. This is why parts and processes developed for race cars are later used in leisure vehicles: “ the automotive industry has always relied upon motorsports-borne technology [i.e.,

Automotive 14

Automotive Quality Productivity Products 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

Robots have been doing tough jobs for over half a century, mostly in the automotive sector, but they’ve probably had a bigger impact in Hollywood movies than on factory floors. Some of them are no longer bolted to the factory floor, and they’re moving beyond automotive manufacturing. That’s about to change.

Automotive 8

Automotive Operations Engineering System 8

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. Machine learning is a powerful tool, but it’s not right for everything.

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Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

Virtually unlimited, low-cost, real-time data processing power. Rapid technological and competitive innovation. Take, for instance, the automotive industry's pursuit of information services like GM's OnStar and Ford's Sync, even BMW's iDrive. These trends demand change greater than typical product innovation.

Media 14

Media Industry Trends Health Care 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2012

The United States pioneered the concept of contract manufacturing organizations in the 1980s when Japan was a fearsome economic power and Western companies were realizing they could no longer rely on the vertically integrated production philosophy that dated to Henry Ford. innovation" typically means just one thing to people: novel gadgets.

Contract Manufacturing 9

Contract Manufacturing Offshoring Supply Chain Biotechnology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

While they might be good at cutting costs, they rarely knew enough to manage growth and innovation. While learning the Ford organization, he could also learn how powerful competitors operated and develop his own skills free from the bubble of Detroit’s automotive society.

CEO 8

CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

If they had doggedly followed this idea, things could just as easily have turned sour and today Honda would be just a footnote in automotive history. market: too small, not powerful enough, no existing customer base. Instead Honda stayed open and entrepreneurial. Don't let assumptions blind you to disruptive opportunities.

Strategy 15

Strategy Automotive Short-term Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

For instance, when Henry Ford disrupted the automotive world by building a company that used process assembly at scale to drive down cost, he abandoned the industry held belief that variety was important. Disruptive innovation Technology' Google Glass) which overlays digital information on the physical world around us.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Automotive Software Fixed Costs 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 14

Engineering Automotive Objective Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, innovations in digitization and robotization are quickly laying the foundation for another disruptive corporate transformation. Commerzbank has announced plans to digitize 80% of its processes within three years. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 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. 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. Insight Center. The Future of Operations. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Operations Automotive Industry 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

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. In contrast, the automotive industry has barely half the rate of digital reinventors. joshua sortino/unsplash.

Succession 8

Succession Industry McKinsey Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Thus, you can see our existing infrastructural assets, and the business processes supporting them, as information transfer proxies. Workers go to office buildings to gain access to files and communicate with co-workers—again, for information access and transfer processes.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Transportation Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2018

It only takes 10 minutes of direct observation of a nurse in a hospital to understand care-delivery processes are not standardized and are dependent on individuals, not systems. The writings of manufacturing gurus Imai and Shingo provide insight into how quality is built into processes. This lack of reproducibility leads to errors.

Process 10

Process Health Care Supply Chain Compliance 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

From automotive to semiconductors to pharma to clean energy , America’s innovation centers have shifted east, offering growing evidence that the U.S. We have identified four principles with straightforward steps that policymakers, business leaders, and universities can take to restore innovation ecosystems. percent.

Innovation 10

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

ZF, a global automotive supplier based in Germany, was no exception. With automotive analysts forecasting major changes ahead in mobility, they began to think that the firm needed a dedicated lab that focused entirely on data challenges. This power turned out to be a game changer. Key Success Factors. ” Domain experts.

Company 10

Company Automotive Project Chief Information Officer 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I studied large-scale change and innovation efforts in 56 randomly selected companies in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. But they recognize that they — and the organization — need a process to help them reach their goals.

Middle Management 14

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. In a world underpinned by ever more powerful, affordable, and public technology platforms, software is still king. Consider GE.

Software 8

Software Company Airlines Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

The apps and functions were too limited, less powerful than your phone, certainly. Retail, travel, automotive, financial services, all of these will be obvious fits. Combine all of those innovations into a single area of focus, as Microsoft has done, and boom, you find yourself five years into the future. Technology'

Forrester 8

Forrester Technology Execution Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

With over 500 million dedicated fans, it also happens to be one of the most innovative franchises when it comes to fan engagement. The lessons from the fans of Real Madrid, FOX Sports, and NASCAR are relevant across many industries, including consumer packaged goods, retail, and automotive. Empowering Digital Societies.

Sports 8

Sports Brand Content Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2012

And it is strangling both US competitiveness, and the ability for US firms to innovate. One of the prime drivers of economic growth inside America over the past century has been disruptive innovation ; yet the phenomenon that Lessig describes is increasingly being used by large incumbent firms as a mechanism to stave off the process.

Innovation 21

Innovation Transportation Disruptive Innovation Price 21

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2018

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? A Concentration of Wealth, Value, and Power. Will Other Nations Develop Local Champions and Innovation Hubs? Now, the U.S.

Company 8

Company Venture Capitalist GDP Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2013

Too often, though, managers set what appears to be a good stretch goal, only to discover that it did not produce the hoped-for innovative thinking. It demands innovative thinking. two examples of innovation — one product, one process — drawn from the annals of innovation at Toyota: 1.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Productivity Products Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

An innovative care provider organization in Eastern Massachusetts with 30 medical practices and a home health and hospice agency, it already receives almost 80% of revenue from global payments (a fixed payment for all of a patient’s medical treatment during a specified period of time) or other risk contracts. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance P&L 8