The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2021

While the success rate of digital transformation efforts has not always been much to write home about, the general consensus has remained that trying to digitally transform one’s business is far preferable to not doing so. ” Digital capabilities. .

Supply Chain 94

Supply Chain Consensus Technology Analysis 94

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 14, 2018

Guest post by John Hooker : Everyone knows that an organization can’t function without physical infrastructure communications, transportation, computer technology, and the rest. When organizations go astray ethically, it is usually due to a lack of ethical competence, not bad people. Yet we rely equally on social infrastructure.

Ethics 197

Ethics Maturity Analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis 197

Tim Milburn

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

My observation is that the cultural norms and right/wrong procedures within social networking tend to flow from an organic, grassroots consensus from the user (insert Tron quote here: “I fight for the user!&# ). Seems everyone has an opinion or touts some type of social media maven badge to show expert status. What do you think?

Technology 68

Technology Consensus eBook Tools 68

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2021

In an article published last year I highlighted how trust is crucial in our interactions with AI-based technologies in a huge range of spheres, from autonomous vehicles to healthcare. Among the private sector, however, no real consensus emerged, with several options equally popular.

Ethics 85

Ethics Consensus Constraint Report 85

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Strangely there is a consensus on some things that people who work from home do not miss at all about their old work life. But strangely there is a consensus on some things that both groups do not miss at all about their old work life. The organized types who decide on their morning clothes the night before please ignore).

Consensus 119

Consensus Transportation Politics Participative 119

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 18, 2023

During a workshop designed to identify Moose-on-the-Table issues, Jon was surprised by the very clear and strong feedback from his organization that his management group weren’t acting as a team. People who disagree, dissent, or push back against the group consensus or the boss are labeled as not being team players.

Micromanagement 116

Micromanagement Energy Consensus Advice 116

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The impact of autonomous vehicle technology on congestion has been a topic of discussion for some time now. The general consensus has been that a relatively small number of vehicles is required to make a significant difference on congestion.

Game Theory 104

Game Theory Guidelines Consensus Cooper 104

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2014

At the same time, the advent of new ground breaking technologies such as electricity and motorization – today we would call them disruptive – allowed the estates to operate with significantly less staff. It makes for a great dramatic series, but when it happens to the organization that you’re a part of, it’s much less entertaining.

Competitive Advantage 267

Competitive Advantage Resistance Business Model Consensus 267

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Last year innovation group Solverboard published their first Innovation Blockers Report to help shed some light on the main challenges organizations face in growing innovation to scale. The report, which was published in December, rapidly found itself disrupted as Covid-19 swept the world and turned most of what we know upside down.

Innovation 87

Innovation Short-term Long-term Consensus 87

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2017

F OUNDERS of organizations, whether non-profit or for-profit start-ups, often feel that they occupy a very lonely space. Here are 4 tips for leading a founder run-organization more effectively and more efficiently while getting better results in the process. But it doesn’t need to be that way!

Delegation 173

Delegation How To Real Estate CEO 173

leaderCommunicator

JUNE 3, 2014

We’ve all been to the classic planning meeting, at a conference or in an executive’s office, to think through a compelling issue or crisis at an organization. Flip charts and sticky notes flow, ideas get jotted down, and ultimately you arrive at a consensus -- the path forward. Some of the best ideas may never get much airtime.

Brainstorming 126

Brainstorming Conference Consensus eBook 126

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2021

There are numerous ways that technology has adeptly adapted to this, with apps and services across multiple platforms able to aid in employee communications no matter their location. The consensus seems to be that it is alright. But communication doesn’t just come from one direction.

Positioning 112

Positioning Long-term Short-term Video 112

QAspire

MARCH 6, 2013

All they do is respond to changing priorities and task requests and the relationship between the individual and a leader (or organization) becomes purely transactional. Face time may be enabled by technology, but the ground rules don’t change. You can organize an open-forum or have a closed door meeting.

Critical Success Factor 167

Critical Success Factor Consensus Quality Bottom-up 167

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 5, 2019

Millions are spent each year concocting the latest tastes and flavors to tantalize consumers, with companies experimenting with various AI-based technologies to help come up with interesting combinations. “Sweet was the most frequently mentioned taste quality and the reviewers definitively told us that human food is over-sweetened.”

Review 68

Review Consensus Constraint Analysis 68

Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 25, 2024

Finding Clarity When Rules Are Fuzzy In every organization, there will be activity that isn’t covered by a corporate policy. As norms shift, technology changes, and social standards develop, you and your team can resolve these ambiguous norms and unclear expectations with a conversation. Or do we want to go for consensus?” (And

Consensus 266

Consensus How To Policies Sample 266

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 21, 2012

For 150 years, corporations, governments and militaries were built for up-and-down leadership, with incentives and rewards that discouraged cross-organization thinking and, in many cases, actually created or encouraged internal competition. Focus on authentic leadership and eschew passive aggressiveness.

Incentives 258

Incentives Agility Resources Follow-up 258

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2018

Across industrial sectors, from healthcare to energy, from construction to retail, engineers are creating new technologies with potentially disruptive implications for the current architectural order of the global economy. One of the technologies, an “ AI doctor ”, shows great promise for the future of healthcare in Africa.

Health Care 10

Health Care Technology System Library 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

I see the two movements of Technology Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship beginning to converge into a promising solution. has come from high-growth technology companies. To do so will require figuring out how to unite the scalable tools of Technology Entrepreneurship with the moral ethos of Social Entrepreneurship.

Technology 18

Technology Entrepreneur Morale ROI 18

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

To Boost Organizational Performance, Connect with the Core Michael Lee Stallard and Jason Pankau It is essential to every organization’s long-term success that employees align their behavior with organizational goals and give their best efforts. Organizations with aligned and engaged employees clearly have a competitive edge.

Long-term 207

Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

This dialogue reached a consensus among political parties stipulating that the incumbent Islamists hand over power to a technocratic transitional government. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. How could I refuse? About the Author.

How To 50

How To Chief Information Officer Tourism Politics 50

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 15, 2012

When managers talk about social media the debate still seems to revolve around external uses of social technologies. Participation – You want to encourage participation from across your organization. If you flip things around however you can begin to appreciate how social media can be used as a collaboration tool.

CIO 76

CIO Media Participative Consensus 76

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

I only care that they are totally committed to making a positive contribution to the organization. The goal of a leader is not to clone him/herself, but to harness individual strenghts for the greater good of the team and for the overall benefit of the organization.

Blog 412

Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 412

Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

People often forget that because meetings consume so much time, they are extremely costly to the individual participants and to the organization. Contribute to team consensus decisions. The mistake is to consider a face-to-face meeting as the default way of distributing information. Do you agree? Are you opposed?

Guidelines 108

Guidelines Participative Consensus Video 108

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Much of my work focuses on involving people in activities and decisions about their work and how it will change as the technology they use changes. Many years after the curtain came down on my Camelot project, I was asked to lead the process / organization side of a large technology project. How did I figure this out?

Project 28

Project Deming Root Cause Analysis RACI 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

A great culture is what you get when all three of these are aligned, and line up with the organization’s espoused values. You might espouse being a learning organization that develops people, but then not give people the time to actually take classes or learn on the job (system-behaviors gap). These gaps can take many forms.

Teamwork 15

Teamwork Consensus Attrition System 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Consider Xerox Technology Business, a division that provides enterprise printing capabilities to various industries, including schools. We like the example set by Jeff Lowe, CMO of SMART Technologies, and his team. Why would personalized content negatively impact deal quality? What does a better approach look like?

B2B 8

B2B Content Marketing Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the hazards of Groupthink - when teams or organizations operate on autopilot and feel a general false sense of invulnerability. In some rare cases, individuals are able to push back against team consensus and help organizations recognize and proactively respond to changes in the competitive landscape.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

Many organizations backed off from moving their data and applications to the cloud. Already, evidence suggests that early AI pilots are unlikely to produce the dramatic results that technology enthusiasts predict. AI is a paradigm shift for organizations that have yet to fully embrace and see results from even basic analytics.

Insurance 10

Insurance Video Long-term Project 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2017

If you’re a marketer, you have to decide whether you’d prefer to work for a marketing agency or in the marketing department of an organization. A core lynchpin position is one that offers critical, irreplaceable resources — that is, without these resources an organization could not achieve its primary goals and mission.

Company 11

Company Report Positioning Consensus 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While basic technologies such as Google and Pubmed exist that can help automate the search for specific information, they are not sufficient and will prove even less tenable in the future as the advancement in medical science continues to accelerate. We need a similar “para-medical” function in medicine. Insight Center.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology Peer Review Information 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Today, I am convinced that videoconferencing and other virtual technologies give us a much better way to conduct strategic off-sites. Because it elicits honest feedback, encourages candid pushback and, eventually, obtains true buy-in from the entire organization. engage the broader organization for feedback; 3.

Consensus 12

Consensus Participative Strategy Brainstorming 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Digital tools free people throughout the organization to share information easily. People build up reputations across the organization as the “go to” person for topics even if they are not the official experts. Too much focus on technology rather than willingness to address deep change and rethink how people work.

Company 8

Company ROI Resistance Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The others were in the room because they had been identified by their organizations as high potentials. Still, the art of consensus can sometimes slow women down and diminish their leadership credibility. The problem is that an overemphasis on consensus can be viewed as weak. Do women really want power? Yes and no.".

Career 13

Career Consensus Decentralization Seminar 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Conventional wisdom has long held that, while technology may displace workers in the short-term, it does not reduce employment over the long-term. This encouraging bit of historical consensus was illustrated in a poll of economists taken this February by the University of Chicago. Numerous Pew respondents agree.

Technology 10

Technology Long-term Short-term Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

In fact, some not-for-profit multisided platforms — hardly household names — have helped drive the major technological revolutions of the last several decades, including the internet and mobile. In fact, SSOs played a major role in the technological revolution, reverberating throughout the world, from smart mobile phones.

IPO 8

IPO Succession Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Collaboration is a way of working that attracts and involves people outside one’s formal control, organization, and expertise to accomplish common goals. But collaboration is not consensus. Too often, people will try to collaborate on everything, and wind up in endless meetings, debating ideas and struggling to find consensus.

Chief Operating Officer 11

Chief Operating Officer Consensus How To Project 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

When there was no upper limit to the hours that organizations could demand of factory workers, and the industrial revolution saw children as young as six-years-old working the coal mines, American labor unions fought hard to instill a 40-hour work week, eventually ratifying it as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

Outsourcing 15

Outsourcing Stress Productivity Products 15