The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2019

A number of (US-based) policy reforms are proposed to improve matters, including removing the visa caps that are currently placed on countries, and significantly reforming the H-1B visa program so that the talent the country needs has a better chance of entering the U.S. . Improving the talent gap. Regional inequalities.

Globalization 52

Globalization Offshoring Human Capital Innovation 52

The Center For Leadership Studies

AUGUST 28, 2023

For example, there will always be something to do: A task to complete, an objective to achieve and a goal to accomplish. Organizations are embracing diversity, striving for equity and mandating inclusion like never before. The premise of such a proposal would be personal ownership: You are in charge of your own engagement!

Leadership Development 52

Leadership Development Development Leadership Situational Leadership 52

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

She was a smart, passionate, forceful, and somewhat feared decision-maker who critiqued, gave direction, and (hopefully) approved proposals from various teams. They fall under three categories: the environment you create, the expectations that you have, and the example your choices and actions set. Environment. Treat new tools as debt.

Examples 11

Examples Environment Library Consensus 11

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

Moreover, when people lack information, it undermines their confidence in challenging a leader or proposing an idea that differs from that of their leader. Reverse mentoring — in which younger staff members share their knowledge of new technology with a more established staff member — can also be effective.

Development 100

Development Argyris Learning-by-Doing Innovation 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

Most of us regard self-driving cars, voice assistants, and other artificially intelligent technologies as revolutionary. In this example, the AI program divides the audio into chunks, sends them into the cloud, analyzes them to determine their probable meaning and translates the result into a set of search queries.

How To 14

How To Education Technology Ethics 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

We have closely studied three of these models: The Helix Center at Imperial College London, the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic, and the Consortium for Medical Technologies at Massachusetts General Hospital. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2017

Some smart technologies can save lives, such as medical devices that control intravenous drug doses or remotely monitor vital signs. The Obama administration pushed regulatory proposals for cybersecurity infrastructure in its early years, but eventually pivoted to a more effective risk-management approach. Insight Center.

Hotels 10

Hotels Company Technology Software 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2017

Given their day jobs — which at academic medical centers often include research, writing grant proposals, and tending to patients — they have little time. But only 34% were actively piloting a digital technology in clinical practice. In one example, two leading urologists, Drs. Give constructive rejections.

Health Care 9

Health Care Company Innovation Entrepreneur 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Meanwhile, new technologies are making it easier for sustainability investments to pay off in the middle to long term. So far in 2017, our firm, Semler Brossy, has identified 200 shareholder proposals on the environment among the Russell 3000 companies, already exceeding 2016’s total. had a diversity metric.

Execution 11

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Right now, the FCC is working on the biggest transformation in over a century of profound technological progress in communications: shutting down the analog telephone network. It’s a perfect example of the phenomenon that Paul Nunes and I refer to as Big Bang Disruption. It’s an end-game everyone needs to keep a close eye on.

Technology 8

Technology Information Technology Wireless Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Second, many companies have invested substantial time and money in establishing uncompromising core values such as diversity and inclusion. For example, Google spent a hefty $265 million on diversity programs from 2014 to 2016 alone.) The technology sector takes the lead. Other corporate leaders do speak up, too.

CEO 8

CEO Travel Letter Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

When an executive at global services firm UBS Americas challenged trainees to design a cost-saving strategy, one young woman proposed that the company install software that puts a computer into sleep mode after a period of inactivity. As remarkable as this is, it isn’t an isolated example. Fill critical skills gaps.

How To 8

How To Diversity Teamwork Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

federal research investments enabled the invention of the magnetic storage drive, lithium-ion batteries, and liquid crystal display technologies that paved the way for the next generation of consumer electronics in the 1980s and 1990s, the U.S. annual trade deficit in advanced technology products alone stands around $100 billion.

Innovation 10

Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A middle manager at a global technology organization — let’s call her “Denise” — had a problem. That’s exactly what happened to Denise when she first proposed her efficiency idea to the firm’s business unit heads. juanluisgx/Getty Images. You and Your Team Series. Office Politics. Annie McKee.

Politics 8

Politics Innovation Project How To 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

election and Brexit are only the most recent examples of the pervasive, burgeoning importance to corporations of business-in-society issues. These ethical questions arise in the whole range of corporate activity from technology and manufacturing to marketing and sales. But the U.S. In most major U.S.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Large downturns (such as this recession), technology disruptions, or regulatory shifts create discontinuities that simply accelerate the industry’s evolution toward this equilibrium state. For example, in China, markets are still highly regulated, and domestic players protected.

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

By early 2014, 130 people from diverse scientific and managerial backgrounds were devoting themselves to realizing the team’s mission: To be a catalyst for evidence-based decision making across AIG. In addition to the examples above, AIG currently has around a dozen decision making related projects at various stages of development.

Competitive Advantage 11

Competitive Advantage Insurance Short-term Analysis 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The health care system in the United States, with its technological prowess and massive infrastructure, often serves as a reference point for rapidly developing economies around the world while they build their own medical systems. Victor Albrow/Getty Images. Over the last five years, U.S. They are fix-what’s-broken visits.

Health Care 8

Health Care Tourism Pharmaceuticals Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2018

In contrast, we proposed that contingent planning would be helpful on days where employees faced many interruptions, as it would help them adapt seamlessly without being bogged down or frustrated by all the interruptions and distractions. For example, plan to accomplish difficult or creative tasks when you have the most time or energy.

Contingency Plans 11

Contingency Plans Sample Planning Energy 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

is one of many examples of what some now call internet time or a flat world and believe is somehow specific to 21 st -century information technologies and global markets. The more things change, the more they change – but the fact of change is perennial.

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Marketing Information Technology 8

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

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Technology is making some of that effort easier. The problem is that technologies for collaboration are improving faster than people’s ability to learn to use them. We therefore propose that just as team members today have assigned doing roles, there should also be thinking roles. We all aspire to work better together.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Tools Team Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

However, in firms diversified into unrelated businesses, CMO power needs to be moderate –for political and rational reasons, since such firms have powerful divisional heads with diverse agendas. Why Technology Won’t End the Marketing Hierarchy. Notably however, only 15% of the CMOs studied had such a dual responsibility.

Power 8

Power PR Marketing Public Relations 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

A recent USC study shows that across multiple and diverse markets, industries are 25% more likely to be “highly concentrated” than they were 20 years ago. For a long time, technology gave big players a competitive advantage because no one else could afford to be big. We’re living through an era of remarkable U.S.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Pharmaceuticals Industry Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Co-founders also bring diversity of talent and high dedication, and mitigate the loneliness and stress of life at a young company. In technology companies, engineering talent needs the balance of a business and operations team. Simply finding a co-founder serves as a critical exercise in validation.

Company 16

Company Short-term Engineering PR 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Healthcare has become extraordinarily complex — the balance of quality against cost, and of technology against humanity, are placing ever-increasing demands on clinicians. 61% of the proposed innovation projects have had a positive institutional impact. These challenges require extraordinary leaders. ” But this is changing.

Management 15

Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

Last month, the FCC issued a 150-page document proposing sweeping new rules and regulations for broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs). For years, the FTC has taken frequent action, for example, when internet companies fail to live up to their own privacy policies or when they engage in objectively deceptive practices.

Advertising 9

Advertising Proposal Information Content 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

Increasing inequality of income and wealth has occurred across the developed world for the past 30 years, with the majority of the gains from technology, globalization and deregulation accruing to a small minority in each country. This is now accepted as fact by organizations as diverse as the IMF and Standard and Poor’s.

GDP 8

GDP Bond Banking Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Portfolio management is conventionally associated with financial strategies: Instead of putting all of your money in one place, you spread it around and create a diverse portfolio of different types of investments — stocks, bonds, small-cap, large-cap, domestic, international, etc.

Management 8

Management Core Competence Project Bond 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The first concerns the challenge of creating the meaningful use program for the HITECH Act when I served as national coordinator of health information technology from 2009 to 2011, at the beginning of the Obama administration. Site visit teams were diverse and representative of major Partners institutions and stakeholders.

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business. For example, Axios reported that 72.4% A literature review by Yi Xue and Richard C.

Outsourcing 9

Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.

Policies 8

Policies Politics Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Managers and other business leaders face a dilemma: with increasingly diverse environments to manage and rising stakes to get it right, how do they identify the most effective approach to business strategy and marshal the right thinking and behaviors to conceive and execute it, supported by the appropriate frameworks and tools?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As one of the most serious industrial accidents in history, the Gulf explosion should be a great case study for corporate leaders across the globe who are trying to manage risk in hazardous activities involving complex technology. And future books or articles may have difficulty piercing the top levels of corporate leadership.

Report 12

Report Policies Risk Management Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

He posited that “the desirability of simultaneous access to more than one habitat” and “the greater richness of edge vegetation” supported a greater diversity and abundance of species. Some examples of this might be add-on accessories, complementary services, or options to extend, enhance, or modify a base offer.

Strategy 8

Strategy Diversity Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

The fuzziness was a counter-intuitive advantage in engaging diverse stakeholders to define for themselves the role they would play. They were not shy about making specific proposals and asking for investments from the private sector, but more as a way to concretize the projects' feasibilities than to push particular programs.

Innovation 15

Innovation Real Estate Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy even proposed taxing U.S. Renewables have been trouncing fossil fuels for a few years as the costs of the newer technologies have dropped remarkably fast. Others want to attract and retain diverse talent. goods if the country pulled out the Paris agreement. cents per kilowatt-hour.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8