Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Technology is reconfiguring traditional roles and divisions of labor. Now some are deepening their existing relationships with local governments and branching out into other types of smart technology implementation. It used to be that “serving a city” meant selling a product or service directly to city governments.

Real Estate 9

Real Estate Company Transportation B2C 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

From connected cars, iPhone-controlled locks (versions of which here, here, and here are in or close to production), to the hypothetical "smart fridge" that will one day order milk for me when I''ve run out, these technologies bring with them the promise of energy efficiency, convenience, and flexibility. Encourage a skeptical culture.

Engineering 8

Engineering Software Wireless Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

At that moment, looking up from the bottom of the escalator, the idea that I would one day run a technology company seemed unfathomable. In 1970, the year I was born, Guyana’s dictator declared the country a cooperative republic and deepened relations with Cuba, North Korea, and the Soviet Union. In time, I would become a U.S.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Contingency Plans Travel CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

Yes, as a society, we do need to remake our educational systems to deliver more young people to what Steve Jobs called "the intersection of technology and the humanities" — to bring American students' globally below-average math and science fluency up to snuff and keep them immersed in the arts. Reduce stress, but don't relax too much.

Creativity 16

Creativity Groupthink Stress GDP 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Diversity on your founding team will give you strength. If you're a product guru, maybe you need a business development or sales-oriented leader to get your vision to market. Easy familiarity helps conversations move quickly and allows trustworthy cooperation. Different operational skills. Doing so presents its own risks.

How To 15

How To Long-term Learning Curve Entrepreneur 15

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

A professional with proven ability to manage change and work across diverse areas, as required, can be a great asset to an organization. Or perhaps someone who can spend some days behind their desk and other days in the field, equally productive in both environments. Continually assess how happy you are in your current role.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

Other companies pray that technology can save them. Sixty-two percent of our panelists report that technology advancements drive their firms'' innovation activities. But technology for technology''s sake can end in disaster. Imitation may be the highest form of flattery — but it''s not innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Forrester Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Chirotech specializes in biocatalysis and chemocatalysis, two important subspecialties of biotechnology and chemistry that help develop key biological and chemical intermediates needed for the efficient production of medicines. Cultural differences can severely hamper cooperation between Western and Eastern engineers. and the U.K.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

If he had taken his research out of the office, Mark would have found that Jennifer felt very strongly about her local identity and bought her vegetables from a local organic cooperative; at the same time, she was concerned about global issues and invested her savings in Indiegogo , a global crowdfunding platform.

Globalization 8

Globalization Consultative Learning-by-Doing Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

Closing the Execution Gap : How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results by Richard Lepsinger If an organization can’t execute its plans and initiatives, nothing else matters: not the most solid, well thought-out strategy, not the most innovative business model, not even technological breakthroughs that could transform an industry.

Execution 67

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 67

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

They come from different backgrounds and are products of a pop culture that puts its priorities and glories in the wrong places…a society that worships flash-and-sizzle over substance. That having an E-mail address or a website makes one an expert on technology. I advised several technology companies during their gravy years.

Self-aware 50

Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

.” Decentralization offers the promise of nearly friction-free cooperation between members of complex networks that can add value to each other by enabling collaboration without central authorities and middle men. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Distributed Database. Insight Center.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Decentralization Banking Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

From Khan Academy to Coursera to edX to the O'Reilly School of Technology, badges increasingly enjoy consideration as human capital's coin of the the realm for online education. Multitasking has evolved from a distraction and diversion to a financial focus wherever digital content lives. Individual empowerment. innovative alternatives.

Innovation 17

Innovation Trends Human Capital Venture Funding 17

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Nugent, and Hoda Selim, explores the topic through the particular lens of the six Arab nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council. The centrepiece of the institute is the Qatar Science & Technology Park, which brings together applied research and technology innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship.

Resources 78

Resources Innovation GDP Education 78

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2018

They argue that we cannot cooperate with each other to solve our major problems because our institutions and businesses are saturated with a competitive spirit. But Lieberman and Fry have some good news: modern technology can address the root of the problem. Thus, a post-scarcity world, premised on cooperation, would emerge.

Technology 8

Technology Cooper Efficiency Globalization 8

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example. GE is known for its diversity and ability to function competitively in many markets. At HCL Technologies, and India-based IT company, the corporate culture springs at least partly from a broader Asian idea of cooperative action. GE and HCL.

Succession 113

Succession Welch Leadership Diversity 113

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 19, 2020

In Recovery Squandered , HBS professors explore progress on productivity over the duration of the research, and seek to identify trends in the six reports produced since 2011. Despite the consensus that change is required, however, the lack of political cooperation on the matter results in little real progress being made.

Consensus 68

Consensus Politics IPO Report 68