The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Listening to the breathless commentary surrounding technologies such as AI and robotics and one could be minded to believe that technology is transforming life as we know it on a scale never seen before. The need to disseminate technology. in 2013, compared to 2.5% in 1992.

Innovation 125

Innovation Productivity Products Technology 125

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Instead, the common belief today is that the best applications of AI and automation will be very much a joint affair, with humans doing what humans continue to do best, and technology doing what technology does best. Task management. Rather than a face-to-face consultation, for instance, they are done instead over telehealth platforms.

Govindarajan 84

Govindarajan Technology Hammer Process 84

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

Survey 9

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 9

Strategy Driven

APRIL 22, 2011

In my book, I recount an incident that took place at a famous, fast-growing technology company. So he asked the CMO to broker a meeting with the CEO to make a presentation on the subject. During the presentation the CEO was polite, if noncommittal. Because innovation requires it. That guy’s an idiot.

CEO 57

CEO How To Venture Capitalist Follow-up 57

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

Last September some of the world’s foremost technology industry leaders met in Seattle with Xi Jinping, president of China. In a group photograph, 30 CEOs with a combined market capitalization of $2.5 Conspicuously absent from the photo was Uber’s CEO , Travis Kalanick. ” Here is the takeaway.

Marketing 8

Marketing CEO Mass Marketing Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

For example, several companies embarked on Six Sigma programs after their CEO heard about GE's success with the approach, and many other companies have adopted Lean because of Toyota's success. Most missionaries of the BPM religion come from a heritage in information technology.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14