The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

No doubt many would argue that is indeed the case, and will point to the way technologies from the smartphone to CRISPR are opening up new ways of living and working. He argues that innovation has three core facets: Innovation generation , which is the sexy stuff you see all the time in the media. ” Variable outcomes.

Innovation 102

Innovation Productivity Products Technology 102

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

For me the lesson is this: Companies should complement a top-down push with as much bottom-up pull as possible to sustain momentum and avoid regression back to previous, inferior levels of performance. can often have a superior attitude and be zealots with a hammer, so that everything looks like a nail. Which camp is right?

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8