The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

Now however, we’re in a third-generation of the learning organization, with new technologies speeding up the rate at which we can both absorb new information and test our assumptions. In a superjob, technology has not only changed the nature of the skills the job requires but has changed the nature of the work and the job itself.”

Competitive Advantage 58

Competitive Advantage Kaizen Technology Learning-by-Doing 58

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

When a giant like Google changes management styles, we ought to take notice. With legislation allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation, top-level management might be wondering if the shift toward consolidating responsibility might be the coming trend. General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example.

Succession 113

Succession Welch Leadership Diversity 113

Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

In an effort to better understand when and how corporate cultures change, CCL and corporate leaders surveyed a group of global VPs and directors in HR, Learning & Development, Leadership, and Talent Management. Technology trends. The results were telling. Maintaining a market position under intense pressure.

Altman 76

Altman Decentralization COO Restructuring 76

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

Blockchain experts call this “decentralization.” ” 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 technology is transforming transactions.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Decentralization Banking Technology 10

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 68

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 68

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

With blockchain technology, the core system that underpins bitcoin, computers of separately owned entities follow a cryptographic protocol to constantly validate updates to a commonly shared ledger. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. How technology is transforming transactions.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Globalization Technology System 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. ” When we talk with corporate executives around the country, they almost always ask the same question: Can managers and CEOs really accomplish their business goals while also advancing society’s goals?

Company 8

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Drucker’s exhortation, “What gets measured gets managed” is often invoked when approaching execution. It is also be a mistake to restrict ourselves to managing what we can easily measure. ” Metric obsession. In the sense that results count, and their quantification is desirable, it seems irrefutable.

Execution 9

Execution Strategy Gantt Chart Film 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

Advances in digital technology and their use in organizations carry huge promise to empower people at all levels. The implications are clear: savvy leaders make the most of digital technology to galvanize their organization around a shared understanding of the business. Leadership & Managing people Technology Managing yourself'

Tools 8

Tools CEO Mezzanine Software 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Asia's largest IT service provider has built what it calls a global Co-Innovation Network (COIN), which includes technology partnerships with startups and VC firms in Silicon Valley as well as academic tie-ups with leading American universities such as MIT, Georgia Tech, and Stanford. Decentralize and empower global R&D units.

Globalization 9

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This narrative has rested on three propositions: that globalization is a major driver of growth and prosperity; that technological progress enriches our lives; and that shareholder returns reflect businesses’ contributions to societal progress. The same goes for technology.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Poor countries will become R&D labs for breakthrough innovations in such diverse fields as housing, transportation, energy, health care, entertainment, telecommunications, financial services, clean water, and many others. Surprisingly, such innovations defy gravity and flow uphill from the poor to the rich.

Glocalization 10

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

In India, loosened business regulations and restrictions on foreign investment and imports, along with reductions in bureaucracy spurred a boom in economic activity, including a major expansion of the telecommunications industry and space program and the birth of the software and information technology sector.

Education 14

Education Compliance White Paper Politics 14