The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

It’s an argument that Haas Business School’s Henry Chesborough wholly agrees with, and outlines the case for a more open way of innovating as the solution to this productivity paradox in his latest book, Open Innovation Results. Innovation dissemination , which is the movement of these ideas and technologies into mainstream usage.

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Innovation Productivity Products Technology 102

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent. Don’t keep relying on the same old social media platforms. SHRM reports that 84% of organizations use social media for recruiting, and 82% of them use it primarily in the hunt for passive candidates. So venture out.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Hammer Media 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

With the AI field recently picking up its pace of innovation after the decades-long “AI winter,” technical expertise and capabilities are in short supply. They add that strong support comes not only from the CEO and IT executives but also from all other C-level officers and the board of directors.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Microsoft Windows, for example, has been the dominant platform for users, developers, and hardware makers for more than 25 years. As this happened, Windows lost its developer mojo, as developers shifted to mobile, and that doesn’t portend well for its long-run future. They used new technology to hammer ad-supported media.

Technology 8

Technology Hammer Operations Magazine 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

This can take many forms — an agreement that an employee can use office space and resources outside normal business hours to hammer out a side project over time, for instance, or a month-long sabbatical to let them dig into their passion all at once. These sorts of incentives take planning and should be incorporated into annual goals.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incentives Hammer Project 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

As a practitioner of a design-led form of product development, and in my own research and writing about an empathetic approach to product design, I’m overtly critical of the Lean manifesto. The buds of innovation are fragile, and are easily squashed by critique or a view of the competitive market environment. But what is lost?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Reis Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

And the beauty of innovative sectors such as impact investing is that we can experiment, collaborate and try to — even in a very small way — reconcile some of what didn’t work previously. It will get harder and harder for mainstream investors to not develop some strategies in this area. So here’s the money management industry.

Insurance 9

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 9