Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Most companies sabotage their own innovation processes without meaning to. For a while, things move along: people make interesting discoveries, and find new places where the company's capabilities might be relevant. Too little diversity of thought; too much isolation from customers' experience. Innovation is episodic.

Process 16

Process Innovation Diversity Budgeting 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents to our survey see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that technology trends are a major strategic challenge. We found that concerns about innovation fall behind other issues for most directors.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

For example, using a small wireless device plugged into a car’s diagnostic port, some companies now allow consumers to pay for car insurance on a per-mile basis, making it economical for low-frequency drivers to be fully insured without subsidizing customers who drive more.

Mass Marketing 13

Mass Marketing Technology Contract Manufacturing Insurance 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2012

Today, "data" are increasingly important to virtually all companies, government agencies, and nonprofits. Bell Labs led fundamental work in physics, information theory, computing, wireless telephony, and quality control that underpins much of today's economy. Here are three steps to setting up a discovery process in your company.

Organization 14

Organization Wireless Diversity Quality 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2018

Cyber risk is now firmly at the top of the international agenda as consumers, companies, and governments recognize the potential destructive impact of hack attacks and other security failures. Company officials cited Arizona’s quality workforce and pro-business environment as the key factors in the decision.

Content 8

Content Self-aware Technology Education 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The trick, says Bennett, is to look for the people first: "see what they can do, and then create a company to deliver it, not the other way around.". While Director of the Computer Center at the University of Zambia he developed the country's first ISP, which was then spun off as a campus company. He's created several.

Market Penetration 15

Market Penetration Wireless GDP Education 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Both paths are problematic — neither is particularly transparent or relies on objective measures and given that many boards are stubborn bastions of white masculinity, pursuing the "right" network can be fraught, especially for women and other diverse candidates. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Health Care (e.g.,

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical companies, buffeted by regulatory changes, new drug technologies that alter entry barriers and competition, price pressures, and an estimated 300,000 job cuts since 2000, seem to fit the popular narrative of large organizations unable to deal with disruptive forces. Merck and Co. Integration is key.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

As a result, both traditional circuit-switched telephone companies and over-the-air television broadcasters have seen their value propositions deteriorate, in Hemingway’s great phrase, gradually, then suddenly. It’s a perfect example of the phenomenon that Paul Nunes and I refer to as Big Bang Disruption.

Technology 8

Technology Information Technology Wireless Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Systems conceived and built 50-60 years ago should be reimagined for the 20 th century, whether high speed trains, innovative public transit, or technology-enabled roads and vehicles that tap the potential of sensors, smartphones, wireless networks, and Big Data for greener, cleaner, more efficient mobility.

Transportation 8

Transportation Wireless Entrepreneur Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

As these devices become subject to the same cyber threats with which software developers have long been familiar, companies will need to take steps to integrate security considerations into their designs and design processes right from the start. Is Anyone Really Responsible for Your Company''s Data Security?

Engineering 8

Engineering Software Wireless Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

This was especially daunting during periods of change or growth in which companies needed to hire in large numbers. AT&T, for example, had to switch its focus from traditional telecom services to wireless services, and this shift required employees with different skill sets. We were not a global company yet.

CEO 8

CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 4, 2010

Some of us are totally immersed and intrigued by what can be accomplished in a wireless world, (including all the cool toys that come along with it). It has to do with the value of diverse experience, and the value that can be had in fleshing out the big picture to a degree that wasn’t nearly as immediate in times past.

Learning-by-Doing 41

Learning-by-Doing Media Blog Technology 41

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

Because "good enough" is not good enough, we were interested to learn what percentage of directors "strongly agreed" their companies were doing an effective job on each of these practices--in other words, a great job. In fact, in two practices in particular — "firing" and "leveraging diversity" — many companies fail dismally.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Company Telecommunications Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

The iPhone roared into the marketplace 10 years ago today, and overwhelmed the wireless world. Wireless is the same, but without the cat. Homogenized content, with far less diversity than an open market would support, was the result. Wireless rights became more flexible, ceding spectrum management to the market.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I have had a front row seat as companies have struggled to enter the emerging world of the Internet of Things — first, 10 years ago as a vice president at Ambient Devices , an MIT Media Lab spinoff that was a pioneer in commercializing IoT devices, and then as a consultant. Building an IoT offering requires design thinking from the get-go.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

billion cell phone users around the globe, and 90 percent of the world's population is covered by a commercial wireless signal. The rapid expansion of wireless networks represents a particularly exciting opportunity to reach those who are currently isolated by distance and lack of communication, using " mHealth " (mobile health) programs.

Wireless 15

Wireless Health Care Pharmaceuticals Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

But let’s think about Google’s move from a strategic perspective: What does the creation of Alphabet tell us about the company’s strategic motives? Project Loon is such a moonshot project, providing internet access to remote regions by equipping balloons with wireless capabilities. Three main things.

Strategy 8

Strategy Maturity Business Model Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

Many companies begin an internet of things (IoT) journey with great expectations, only to end up with disappointing business results. Accordingly, IoT is driving a shift in business structures from a one-company-does-it-all model to a let’s-work-together approach. How the best companies get up to speed. Insight Center.

Succession 8

Succession ROI Technology Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

That company was a pioneer in the audio component market, having entered the MP3 market before Apple. ” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2013

When one person with a wireless connection can be an agency, a media company, or even a manufacturer, traditional advertising organizations have to change their culture, processes, structure, talent policies, resources, and even their business and revenue models in order to embrace the power of open systems being fueled by digital connectivity.

Advertising 10

Advertising Brand Innovation Creativity 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

That’s one of the questions we asked ourselves as we conducted a survey of directors of public and private companies headquartered in the United States. The disparities in the perceived importance of these issues could affect how directors prioritize and choose to address risks to the company. We also found that industry matters.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8