The Horizons Tracker

MAY 25, 2021

Recent research from Oxford University highlights the vulnerability of low-skilled workers to automated technologies, with this vulnerability exacerbated by a pandemic that has accelerated the pace of digital transformation. ” Accelerating trends. Help to adapt.

Skills 96

Skills McKinsey Trends Short-term 96

Leading Blog

MAY 6, 2024

The expansive growth of AI isn’t just a trend but a fundamental shift to the business ecosystem. Singling out just one segment of industry, consider some of the ways retailers are putting AI to use: Every interaction online is analyzed to better understand customer’s shopping patterns, click-throughs, and page views.

Trends 338

Trends Retail Operations Brainstorming 338

Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2019

Each year, new innovations and trends in business arise. Technology. It seems that there is no faster moving industry than that of technology. The same applies for the technology required for businesses. All these require a thorough understanding of new and existing technology you may not be familiar with.

Skills 63

Skills Media Retail Entrepreneur 63

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

As a team, we are focused on driving innovative programs and solutions that attract and grow our associates, and it’s fantastic when it inspires other companies to support their workforce in similar ways. The HR Digest: Do you think that post-pandemic workforce trends like remote working become common trends? PHOTO: Walmart .

Environment 98

Environment Diversity Leadership Supply Chain 98

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The first notable trend from the report was the relative insulation provided by high skills to the impacts of Covid-19, both from an individual and organizational perspective. This trend was reinforced by the Coursera data, which revealed a 1,200% increase in enrollments onto courses in areas such as mindfulness and stress management.

Skills 104

Skills GDP Crisis Short-term 104

Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

Leapfrogging advances in materials, photonics, optics, and electronics have precipitated a rising demand for 3D display technologies. The increased demand for enhanced imaging and the adoption of 3D technologies in smartphones, HMD devices, projector devices, and monitors are expected to catapult 3D displays across a new threshold of realism.

Technology 101

Technology Content Video Globalization 101

Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

Tom Borders told me that they decided to hire a CEO whose experience was in retailing versus a strategic marketing expert. The new retail-oriented CEO decided to close down their website, fire their internal website experts and contract out information technology by having their books sold through Amazon.com. While sales at U.S.

Chief Executive Officer 97

Chief Executive Officer eBook Leadership Leadership Styles 97

Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2019

The fulfillment process is well-trodden territory for brick-and-mortar retailers: packages come directly to the stores at predictable intervals. The latest trend in last mile delivery management focuses on the localization of distribution, where the goal is to leverage the existing infrastructure and optimize it through technology.

Transportation 50

Transportation Parcell Supply Chain Management 50

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 14, 2012

Ranking is good for command and control, but not good for change and innovation. Technology Makes a Poor Substitute for Authentic Leadership — When technology fails, leadership must prevail. Or will your technology cause you to shipwreck and pull you under? Rank Has Its Privileges? Ranking people limits their potential.

Newsletter 162

Newsletter Leadership Learning Curve Bureaucracy 162

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 20, 2021

This broad trend has worsened during a pandemic that has forced many companies to tighten their belts, even while also demanding more from employees as they adapt to their new circumstances. This decline in job-based training is particularly felt among young people, with lower-skilled workers consistently receiving low levels of training.

Training 82

Training Participative Skills Short-term 82

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2013

At its core, reverse innovation describes solutions adopted first in poorer, emerging nations that subsequently—and disruptively—find a market in richer, developed nations. But can reverse innovation be relevant in the world of high-technology? million customers without using any paper forms or plastic loyalty cards.

Technology 10

Technology Innovation CRM Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Few industries are being disrupted as drastically as the retail industry. Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. Insight center.

Retail 10

Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

The rapid pace of digital change has put companies in the unenviable position of trying to decide which tech trends to invest in and when. All too often, much-touted “revolutionary” innovations offer only incremental benefits at best; at worst, they are a costly distraction. How this is applied will vary by retailer.

Trends 9

Trends Hotels Competitive Advantage Retail 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

As more companies struggle to find their niche with the modern consumer, they’re turning to new technologies to recreate this sensory experience. To embrace this market shift, retailers will need to experiment with a range of technologies and strategies across marketing, supply chain, and merchandising. Insight Center.

Retail 8

Retail Supply Chain Merchandising Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2014

The recent headlines about retailing are nothing if not provocative. They seem to bolster Marc Andreessen’s prediction that by the end of this decade “ retail guys are going to go out of business and e-commerce will become the place everyone buys.”. There’s no doubt that digital technology is transforming the retail industry.

Retail 8

Retail Information Technology Technology Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

APRIL 9, 2020

New technologies are constantly allowing us to reach audiences in new ways. Techniques like email marketing, content marketing, and search have been around for years now, but we are still seeing some innovation in how they are implemented. Let’s take a look at some of the marketing trends that will dominate 2020 and beyond.

Trends 122

Trends Marketing Content Audience 122

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2018

It turns out that the word “innovation” is not a Harry Potter-esque magical incantation that, once spoken, renders companies more inventive, creative, and entrepreneurial. It can be emblazoned on the door to a new innovation center in Silicon Valley. Yes, even Toys R Us had a head of innovation.).

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Budgeting Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2017

Was the e-commerce giant engaged in a long game to alter the relationships between consumer goods makers and their brick-and-mortar retail partners? On the other side are persistent worries about conflict — not just with traditional distribution channels but also with retailers carrying the brand. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

Retail 8

Retail Brand Apparel Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2011

This post is part of the HBR Forum, The Future of Retail. Along with the growth in scale of leading retailers in the 20th century came a growing attitude toward the people working in the stores: they were a cost to be minimized. Yet at one large retail chain we studied (pdf) , those systems didn't seem to be doing the trick.

Retail 15

Retail Merchandising Succession Taylorism 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2012

billion , entrepreneurial companies with technology at their core have disrupted entire industries and threatened or eliminated incumbents. A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation.

Technology 13

Technology Venture Capitalist CIO ROI 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The following six ideas emerged this past year as powerful "innovation invitations." They'll be sources of — and resources for — innovation differentiation this coming year. If your organization doesn't find them innovatively interesting, then be careful: they may be wielded by the competitors you most dread.

Innovation 15

Innovation Health Care Globalization Media 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Read more from DXC Technology: Embracing Digital Change Requires a Clear Strategic Focus. 6 Digital Trends Are Poised to Transform How We Work. Digital transformation transcends technology. Digital transformation is often viewed through a narrow technology lens, as just another mobile project or e-commerce initiative.

Technology 8

Technology Industry GDP Content 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

Wearable technologies, implanted devices, and smartphone apps allow continuous monitoring and create a ubiquitous, 24/7, digitized picture of your health that can be accessed and analyzed in real-time, anywhere. In the next decade, these trends will create a veritable gold rush in patient data and consumer options.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Apparel Customer Loyalty 8

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. But many of the trends are picking up speed now and should become even more pronounced in 2013. Her response: a complete reinvention of her business, a new name, new technology and a reconfigured role ?

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 23, 2015

Guest post from Rowan Gibson : Not since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution has there been a greater need to learn the art of innovation leadership. But as execution capabilities become commodities, and the life cycles of new offerings get increasingly shorter, it’s precisely these innovation skills that need to be learned.

Innovation 120

Innovation Business Model Trends Franchising 120

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Remove them and you will find more time to focus on innovation. Innovate quickly. We want to come out strong.” Get strategic.

Real Estate 66

Real Estate Magazine Rogers Long-term 66

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

With the Winter holiday shopping season, fashion apparel retailer Zara has been the focus of media attention — the New York Times recently profiled the innovative fast fashion business model pioneered by Zara, while Elizabeth Cline's book on the costs of fast fashion has climbed up the sales charts.

Business Model 8

Business Model Innovation First-mover Advantage Apparel 8

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion? Similar to the government’s existing ‘Help to Grow: Management’ scheme, the programme would subsidise leaders in small firms to undertake an intensive course covering everything from adopting digital technology to sourcing new potential markets.”

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Small businesses are also instrumental to our innovation economy; small firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than larger firms and employ more than 40% of high technology workers in America. Taken together, these trends are cause for concern, as they may threaten the viability of U.S. small businesses.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

You’re an executive of a clothing retailer and your marketing team detects a new trend that you’re well-positioned to feed. They get locked into detailed agreements that turn out to be poorly aligned with their aspirations and that provide no room for innovation when markets change. The agreement was called off.

Innovation 8

Innovation Retail Banking Price 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

There was a time when the entry of an online alternative in a market would scare the hell out of small offline retailers. The consumer behavior was changing and the prices were getting aggressively competing; it was not easy for small retailers to keep up with their online counterparts. marketplace model today. It indeed is.

Retail 115

Retail Supply Chain Software Marketing 115

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Our team collectively spent about 100 days across the two markets, visiting urban areas, rural areas, homes, retail locations, hospitals, and more. Another wanted to discuss how to identify transformational trends (which allowed me to dust off Seeing What's Next ). There is a mind-blowing innovation energy around the globe.

Innovation 10

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen Hotels 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2018

No industry is failing faster than retail. Just last month, the 125-year-old Sears—once the world’s largest retailer— filed for bankruptcy. He argues that P&G “must acknowledge that others will inevitably come up with new ideas, new opportunities for growth, and new products that are on-trend with consumers.”

Brand 11

Brand Retail Incubator Merchandising 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2014

When I argue that e-commerce isn’t likely to destroy innovative omnichannel retailers , I typically receive passionate responses. Am I really suggesting that the growth of e-commerce will slow before it annihilates most physical retailing? All show similar trends. Census Bureau, ComScore, eMarketer, and Forrester.

Retail 8

Retail Price Forrester Merchandising 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Some examples include new technologies, changes in customer preferences, new ways of serving customers, and disruptive threats. Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers. One dimension of this is the needed flows of talent.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2012

companies from innovating their way to competitive advantage. This transformation was taking place well before the financial crisis, but while other trends ended or shifted gears, the transformation to digital economies kept on going, with very little interruption. The failure to find and nurture this talent is preventing U.S.

Retail 16

Retail Competitive Advantage CEO Banking 16