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Can AI Tell Us When To Use AI And When Not To?

The Horizons Tracker

Task management. Chess supremo Garry Kasparov famously noted after his battles with IBM’s Deep Blue, that an intermediate human player teamed with a computer was better than either an expert human or a super-machine operating independently. What automation is possible? around its introduction.” around its introduction.”

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How The Coronavirus Is Transforming Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

Many businesses have shut down, with many more having to drastically alter their operations to support social distancing or new patterns of consumer behavior. It’s a process that has almost vanished during the pandemic. “Much of that is by sheer necessity. Learning to forget.

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The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge.

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Business organizations are not built for innovation; they are built for efficiency.&# – Vijay Govindarajan In The Other Side of Innovation the authors demonstrate their absolute knowledge of an area that many organizations need more of, innovation! They have been studying over the past decade innovation within established organizations.

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Great Innovators Create the Future, Manage the Present, and Selectively Forget the Past

Harvard Business Review

It both funds day-to-day operations and generates profits for the future. But as anyone who has ever tried to lead innovation knows, the challenge goes beyond being ambidextrous enough to manage today’s business while creating tomorrow’s. To be sure, the present is vitally important.

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It's Time to Rethink Continuous Improvement

Harvard Business Review

As Fujio Ando, senior managing director at Chibagin Asset Management suggests, "Japan's consumer electronics industry is facing defeat. As innovation thinker Vijay Govindarajan says , "The more you hardwire a company on total quality management, [the more] it is going to hurt breakthrough innovation.

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Task Shifting Could Help Lower Costs in U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

This simple idea — that one should match the skill level of the individual to the skill requirements of a task — has influenced how many businesses operate. surgeons are, not because they are overworked but because of rational task shifting and clever process design. Vijay Govindarajan Ravi Ramamurti. Add to Cart.

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Before Hiring a Design Partner, Consider This

Harvard Business Review

The most successful relationships start with intention and truthfulness, with the client assessing exactly what they need from design and then seeking out a partner who fits where they are in the process. You should understand the solution''s cultural impact, its technological and operational feasibility, and its viability in your business.