The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The growth in digital twins has been driven by technological improvements in areas such as the internet of things and wireless connectivity. Digital twins have been at the forefront of this move, with Ericsson developing a digital version of cities to explore how 5G networks might best be rolled out.

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Stephenson Wireless Christensen Automotive 114

Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

HP has not had a stellar track record when it comes to leadership and their choices have often gotten them into sticky situations. It has all the bells and whistles; its wireless, Bluetooth compatible and an all in one (fax, scanner, and printer) machine. When it works, it’s wonderful but the operative word is when it works.

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Hotels Wireless CEO Long-term 150

Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

” The traditional hierarchical model of leadership will not work effectively for major organizations in tomorrow’s changing world. Many organizations have historically operated on the “there is one best way” school of management. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” Figure 23.1.

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Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Wireless Drucker 147

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Co-founder Partners in Health.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

Sensors, smartphones, tablets, wireless networks, and Big Data are starting to transform transportation and infrastructure. Not only could they digitally store manuals and logbooks, but wireless connectivity could also help with communications, flight planning, and keeping track of weather. Photo by Andrew Nguyen. But not fast enough.

Transportation 8

Transportation Entrepreneur Wireless Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

Their concerns fell into three broad categories: talent, operating in a global marketplace, and regulation and legislation. AT&T, for example, had to switch its focus from traditional telecom services to wireless services, and this shift required employees with different skill sets. Operating in a Global Marketplace.

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CEO Stephenson Pharmaceuticals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones, brand and online-shopping websites, social media, and vehicle connectivity, businesses have a unique opportunity to use technology to revolutionize the customer experience and to incorporate the voice of the customer into product development. But where and how do you start? Keep it simple.

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Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Narratives are powerful leadership tools. This kind of leadership communication is sorely needed now to get moving on America’s infrastructure problems. Department of Transportation has developed technical training programs and STEM-focused secondary schools. There needs to be more of this.

Transportation 8

Transportation Wireless Entrepreneur Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Mugabe’s ouster and replacement with his one-time deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the most significant development in the Southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. Zimbabwe’s new leadership faces a challenging task. Years of economic mismanagement.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis. As a great organizational scholar, James March, once noted, “ Leadership involves plumbing as well as poetry.”

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. To deliver those returns, developers cater to the largest possible market: large urban and suburban K-12 districts.

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Education Innovation Entrepreneur Venture Funding 14

You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 4, 2010

Distraction…A Challenge to Good Leadership → January 5, 2010 · 1:37 am ↓ Jump to Comments When the Grasshopper Teaches the Master My son has been helping me learn more about Social Media. Distraction…A Challenge to Good Leadership → Like Be the first to like this post. Time for a revolution, I say.

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Learning-by-Doing Media Blog Technology 41

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. This is not guesswork. Tom Watson, Jr.

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Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Ivan Seidenberg of Verizon was criticized by many — even his own people — for re-purposing the cash coming out of land-lines and phone books to support moves into wireless and entertainment businesses. Many organizations were once structured to ensure that each function operated with maximum efficiency.

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Process Innovation Diversity Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

A platform provider could provide incentives for a large component provider to exclusively develop solutions for its platform as Microsoft tried to do with Nokia by giving it a billion dollars to use the Microsoft platform on Nokia phones. A small company could gain legitimacy by partnering with a large platform provider.

Software 8

Software Industry Incentives System 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In this context, "corporate catalysts" — entrepreneurially-minded people inside corporates — are working with corporations' resources, scale, and growing agility to develop innovative solutions to global challenges. And, of course, it would have to learn how to operate in India, a notoriously complex market.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg appointed Lowell McAdam, head of Verizon Wireless, as COO and successor. Unlike the U.S. Except for one thing.

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COO Wireless Ryan Chief Operating Officer 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. internet software & services, semiconductors, wireless telecommunication services); and Materials (e.g.,

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8