The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 16, 2021

What’s more, a similar phenomenon appears to be occurring within countries too, with metro areas in the United States that are aging faster adopting automation technologies faster than areas that are aging more slowly. The older the workforce was, the greater the adoption of robots and other automated technologies.

Company 124

Company Trends Technology Industry 124

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

It can be creative and innovative, but sometimes it fogs up and must be cleaned by clearing out old views and replacing them with fresh ones. What are the media and industry analysts paying attention to? Professional services have become a commodity in most industries and this has resulted in competitive pricing.

Information Technology 70

Information Technology Self-aware Software Industry 70

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The number of women in high paying jobs and entering the job market has risen progressively through the years, but there are many hurdles in their journey up the ladder. . The gender wage gap is pervasive in many industries, especially those still dominated by men. Computer and information systems managers.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Information doesn’t necessarily mean understanding. One of the best sources of understanding is experience, such as in-market know-how, familiarity with competitors and customers, or expertise in leading during turbulent times. Excessive information gets in the way of understanding. Understanding comes in many shapes and forms.

Power 100

Power Competitive Advantage Airlines Information 100

Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? An evolving energy market, led by cheap natural gas and subsidized renewable generation, threatens the long-term financial viability of America’s remaining nuclear power plants. Over the past three decades, the U.S.

Payback Period 50

Payback Period Power Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

It is a competitive market in today’s economy. After 26 years since the creation of the businesses now have a number of methods and channels to distribute marketing and information about their products and services and are able to reach a varied and broad audience. Drive Innovation. Engage Customers. About the Author.

Strategy 50

Strategy Outsourcing Process Technology 50

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. DAVID: Yeah. You call it this big bang disruption.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

One rising area that is having a critical mass impact in every industry is the robotics space. Both industrial, machine-like robots and digital, computerized robots have revolutionized the way companies operate. A business will not survive in today’s commodity-driven, consumer-demanding economy if they do not continue to innovate.

Engineering 50

Engineering Process BPM Taylorism 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

No company ever dazzled the world by lackadaisically going after a market. Executives never reach the pinnacle of their industry by consistently taking timid action. So why, despite all the evidence to the contrary, do we see so many corporations dip their toes into the pool of innovation instead of diving in?

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Technology Commitment 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

Google has asserted that this will adversely affect innovation, but those claims are premature. The EU’s human rights-centered views have been influencing global standards and privacy practices in the Middle East for decades, and businesses have adapted to more restrictive markets, like China and North Korea , and thrived.

Innovation 8

Innovation Safe Harbor Compliance Information Technology 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. The case instructs students in the value of deconstructing an industry into its component parts.

Magazine 66

Magazine Chief Operating Officer Newsletter Objective 66

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Dealing with today’s digital disruption begins by understanding how it differs from past industry changes. After all, stories of the end of our industry as we know it have been a trade press staple for decades. No industry is immune. A few key elements distinguish this era of change from the past.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

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. This model isn’t just about getting greater patient feedback during the innovation process. Innovation Centers. Bogdan Dreava/EyeEm/Getty Images.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

That is, why bother trying to innovate if no matter what they do, large companies can no longer maintain a sustainable advantage and their life spans are just getting shorter and shorter? In these markets if existing companies don’t rise to the innovation challenge, no one will. “Why bother?”.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Company Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

Transportation is one of the world’s largest industries. The names in the industry are global brands – BMW, Ford, Daimler. Yet despite its size and stature, it’s also an industry in the midst of transformation. Information technology, however, is one of those industries.

Industry 8

Industry Transportation Automotive Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Of course, Sutherland and Schwaber weren’t alone in their search for innovative methods. The Information Age was exploding. Disruptive technologies were terrorizing slow-footed competitors. They keep customers happier. They enjoy their work more.

Agility 8

Agility Nonaka Takeuchi Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

No company ever dazzled the world by lackadaisically going after a market. Executives never reach the pinnacle of their industry by consistently taking timid action. So why, despite all the evidence to the contrary, do we see so many corporations dip their toes into the pool of innovation instead of diving in?

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Technology Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2018

Imagine Alexa- or Siri-style digital health advisors that can respond to consumer questions based on users’ unique health care data and informed by artificial intelligence. Health care could start to function much more like traditional economic markets. Health data is extremely valuable on illicit markets.

Health Care 9

Health Care System Industry Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

While Gordon’s argument is often characterized as being the opposite of the one I have made in my two books about the impact of advancing automation technology on the job market (most recently, Rise of the Robots ), there are many areas in which I think we would agree. This is certainly true. I think that assumption is wrong.

Gordon 8

Gordon Transportation Tourism Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In many industries, drones are poised to generate what Paul Nunes and I call Big Bang Disruptions, with the FAA itself estimating $100 billion in new business growth. In stark contrast, the last four years have seen continued improvement in drone technology, much of which cannot be put to use.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies. While it can offer valuable lessons for other industries and other problems, the model is not universally applicable. This is a dangerous mindset.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Funding Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Recent, well-documented examples include Progressive Insurance''s use of predictive modeling in the property and casualty insurance space and the many industrial manufacturing companies that are generating almost all their margin and profit from after-sale, value-added services based on information generated by embedded sensors.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

The company created impressive digital capabilities, labeling itself a “digital industrial” company, embedding sensors into many products, building a huge new software platform for the Internet of Things, and transforming business models for its industrial offerings.

Technology 8

Technology Business Model CEO Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2014

A recent article in The Economist , citing the work of Ryan Raffaelli at Harvard Business School, points to what it calls a “paradox” in the aftermath of disruptive innovation. Today, the company does roughly $50 million in total sales, with the home market accounting for over 80% of them. That’s a healthy company. There is no paradox.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Supply Chain Technology Parcell 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

We experimented, learned, applied, and iterated until it was flawless; AT&T wouldn’t release anything into the market until it was absolutely perfect. Needless to say, by the time the system was perfect enough to get into the market, we had lost most of our competitive advantage. Information & technology Innovation'

Information Technology 10

Information Technology Competitive Advantage Storytelling Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

Among health care leadership, it can have the unintended effect of promoting inaction over change and innovation. health care food chain need to loosen their grip on the industry by focusing on what they do best. They’re growing their addressable market, but narrowing the scope of what they deliver. As a result, U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Information Technology Learning-by-Doing Information 8

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. The definition of a market, customer, partner, or even competitor is now a moving target.

Strategy 9

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

What, another clarion call urging executives to fundamentally rethink their business models through digital technology? Many such bulletins focus on radically changing the nature of competition in an industry, as Apple did for music and Uber did for taxis. Business model innovation is hard. Why is that?

Business Model 8

Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2014

From those early, mainframe-led revolts, the revolution spread to engulf every industry in every part of the globe. But if accounting once led to widespread computerization, marketing is leading today’s digital revolution. And it’s the marketing department that’s become the central repository.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain CIO Chief Information Officer Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The repercussions span industries and regions. Innovative products like fitness trackers and Google’s Nest thermostats are demonstrating the potential for both consumers and enterprises. Samsung said at its 2014 investors forum it expects the global Smart Home Device market to reach $15 billion in 2015, almost doubling from 2013’s $7.8

Early Adopters 9

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2012

I believe, though, that it is at the enterprise level that mobile could truly become a game changer for Africa , enabling the building of massive fortunes, and perhaps even the much anticipated recycling of innovation from Africa to the West. It is consumers that have made Africa the fastest growing mobile market in the world.

CIO 14

CIO Information Technology Bottom-up Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Meanwhile, information-based businesses — which used to sell, you know, information — now sell outcomes and peace of mind. We are in the midst of a digital business transformation in all industries. Market leaders and cautious adopters proactively seek change; fast followers and laggards take a reactive approach.

CIO 8

CIO Succession Fast Follower Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Disruption is an explanation of how small nimble companies unseat industry giants – but it is simultaneously a story of market expansion and the provision of ever cheaper and more accessible goods and services. While the Rift may prove transformative to the gaming or entertainment industries, its reach is narrower than Android.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Automotive Software Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

What role will first sale play in a future where all information products, like software, are increasingly produced and distributed entirely through the cloud? In brief, resale markets are dangerous, especially for information goods. In effect, ReDigi operates a market for license transfers among iTunes users.

Marketing 8

Marketing Licensing Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

With a tsunami of new digital technologies all converging simultaneously — social, mobile, cloud, analytics and embedded devices — there has been, once again, a cry for corporate IT to radically change to enable the digital transformation of businesses. I don''t care what industry you''re talking about.".

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

Lean production , which includes a vastly expanded role for front-line workers in addressing problems, was brought to the United States by Toyota in its auto plants but has now spread to health care, professional services, and virtually every other industry. Business schools should do their part to remind them. So schools need to step up.

Lean Production 8

Lean Production Operations Health Care Talent Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

What happens to innovation and segmentation when serious organizations are challenged to assimilate and integrate 10X, 100X or 1000X more information about customers, clients, prospects and leads? Customers Decision making Information & technology' Should management refine and dig deeper into existing 80/20 KPIs?

Due Diligence 11

Due Diligence KPI Loyalty Information Technology 11