Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Information & technology Leadership Strategy' Strategy-making can now happen in real time.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

With the focus properly on the amazing athletics, I doubt that many viewers paused to wonder how that feat of information technology was possible. The fact is, London 2012 is the largest and most sophisticated sports information technology (IT) project of all time. A few facts might hint at the scale of this challenge.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

To understand my point, let's think about how big companies have developed scale advantages through information systems. Despite this modularization, managers still relied on one support system to unify a set of seemingly smaller value chains; information. Consider Porter's value chain. So what's the solution?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The technological challenge is hard enough. You have to identify the right data and develop useful tools, such as predictive algorithms. Think of bankers deciding on business loans, product developers determining tradeoffs between features and cost, or B2B sales reps figuring out which prospects to target.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

They also have the potential to allow cyber attackers into the physical world in which we live as they seize on security holes in these new systems. Train engineers to apply existing systems-engineering tools to security threats. Data Under Siege An HBR Insight Center. Cyber Security in the Internet of Things.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. Patients are co-designers, co-developers, and increasingly more responsible for their own and collective health outcomes. Bogdan Dreava/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Management education today is largely about educating for judgment —developing future leaders’ pattern-matching abilities, usually via exposure to a lot of case studies and other examples, so that they’ll be able to confidently navigate the business landscape. Information & technology' Big Data Demands Big Context.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Over the last 10 years, a basic shift has occurred from an IT-deployment view of the world of big systems and even bigger projects toward a people-centric and user-oriented view of hardware, information, and human collaboration and networking. The front- and back-office systems of digitally enabled companies must be joined together.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. They will not, it must be noted, alter how the role of manufacturing evolves as economies develop.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

In health care, we thought, they could be a rapid, practical means for diverse professionals to share insights and tactics. The team launched GHDonline in June 2008 with public communities in tuberculosis-infection control, drug-resistant tuberculosis, adherence and retention, and health information technology.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Many executives pine for their internal IT systems to give them a more consumer-friendly experience. All too often the functionality, user experience, logic, and workflow decisions of exactly how the application will work are made by the software vendor or app developer with no input from users.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

The world is full of examples: "At IBM , we strive to lead in the invention, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics. We use this idea to foster change in social institutions and thinking.".

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Both of these Trojans target system information, online credentials, and banking details. These are also customizable tools that can gather any sort of information the thief wishes. Boards should also understand and be kept informed of the nature and source of cyberrisks. Insight Center. The Future of Cybersecurity.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2013

You may appoint a temporary CDO to get your house in order, or you may develop other ways to get the job done. Whatever approach you choose, you need to create appropriate levels of digital technology synergy, brand integration, investment coordination, skill development, vendor management, and innovation over the long term.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2011

National circumstances heavily influenced the development of Traditionalists (born from 1928 to 1945) and Boomers (born from 1946 to 1960). Similarly, conditions in East Germany and the Soviet Union did not allow for the development of strong generational solidarity against the existing authority. Highlights from this research.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

The only negative effect this rise of the long tail should have on venture capitalists is that they need to get better at filtering the increased noise in the system. This worked great when the problems teams were trying to solve were fundamentally technology problems. I know many smart investors didn't.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

The only negative effect this rise of the long tail should have on venture capitalists is that they need to get better at filtering the increased noise in the system. This worked great when the problems teams were trying to solve were fundamentally technology problems. I know many smart investors didn't.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2016

Over the past 20 years, information technology and digital channels have changed the way consumers shop for products ranging from cars to homes to electronics. Business buyers are more connected and informed than ever before. Systems (e.g., mobile, cloud), and information (e.g., Sellers must respond.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

So instead of creating another pill dispenser, it launched a compliance-enhancing system. In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The United States spends 40% more per patient than other developed countries but suffers the worse overall health outcomes. To be successful and cost-effective in holistically addressing children’s total wellness will require a large team of non-medical personnel with diverse training and skills to work with children and their parents.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

In my experience with dozens of organizations implementing IoT solutions, those that achieved their expected ROI changed their traditional business approaches in one or more of the following ways: They Developed a Partner Ecosystem. Yes, IoT requires new technical skills, ranging from data science and systems architecture to cybersecurity.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The information most likely to influence the future comes from looking out the window, not in the mirror. Sheer computing power isn’t the key differentiator either, because the predictive future relies less on additional statistical mastication than on a greater diversity of inputs. Information & technology Leadership'

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2017

As diverse forces such as social media, climate change, urban migration, and sprawl continue to upend the status quo, employing every tool and service available to help societies respond to disruption is critical. Urban digital nervous system.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

In this respect, health care is no different from other economic sectors that have gained enormous efficiencies and improved outcomes through the use of modern information and communications technologies (ICT). For these multi-problem, multi-actor systems, we have not yet developed clear value chains, much less business models.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

The four-story glass building designed by Norman Foster seamlessly integrates a long and diverse list of technical achievements — from the enormous solar panel array on the roof to hidden cable management mechanisms at the workstations — all according to Jobs’s uncompromising design standards. Peter’s Square in Rome.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2017

Each node stores and forwards information to all other nodes. Every transaction and its associated value are visible to anyone with access to the system. The decentralization that blockchain provides would change that, which could have huge possible impacts for economies in the developing world. Transparency with Pseudonymity.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

It’s hard to overstate the significance — and complexity — of the H-1B visa system in the U.S. The order is the latest development in a long-running debate over how companies use the H-1B program and how it affects American workers. There is other evidence of a strong demand for workers with tech skills.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2013

One of the developments that will undoubtedly cement the relationship between big data and talent processes is the rise of massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Hiring Information & technology Talent management' But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Business schools are jumping into them whole hog. An HBR Insight Center.

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