The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 19, 2019

On the surface, agriculture doesn’t appear the most tech-savvy of industries, yet it is one in which considerable innovation is unfolding. The iceberg is easily damaged and grows close to the ground, and so is a real challenge for robotic technologies. Check out the video below to see VegeBot in action.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

. “We’re likely to see a huge amount of disruption in the labor market in the coming years, with existing jobs lost to economic and technological factors, and new jobs created that will require new skills,” Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera told me recently. ” Skills for the post-Covid world. Uneven spread.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 18, 2019

The device is still at a very early stage, but the team are confident that it could eventually replace devices like a mass spectrometer, which typically retails for several thousand dollars, with hundreds in operation in areas such as airports around the world.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. It ended up becoming the most widely viewed video in the history of LinkedIn. Authority on new technology and communication. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation.

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In the CEO Afterlife

JUNE 10, 2012

This month’s Fast Company names the 100 Most Creative People in Business, with an emphasis on global leaders in technology, design, media, music, movies, marketing, television and sports. The former head of Apple’s retail operations believes the ability to change is the key to success. 4 Ron Johnson – CEO JCPenney.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

Retail profits are plummeting. Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 But before you dump all of your retail stocks, there are more facts you should consider. percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. Stores are closing. Malls are emptying.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

When Amazon announced last week that it will acquire Whole Foods Market, a grocery chain with over 450 retail stores and deep industry talent, for $13.7 You could almost hear the three-year plans of every grocer, and nearly every other traditional retailer, grinding through the shredding machines. retail sales, or $391 billion of $4.9

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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.”

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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.

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CO2

JULY 6, 2010

As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 Technology and its role in travel 2.0 We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. What’s more, many of the innovations originate in relatively poor, underdeveloped regions or are designed to serve low-income customers, which means that the innovators have no choice but to be frugal.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Southwest’s innovation was to focus on low fares with one-class cabins, homogenous fleets, and point-to-point routes. According to research by one of us (Barry), technology- and network-based business models are more profitable, enable faster growth, and are more rewarded in the marketplace. ” Related Video.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2018

The term “digital firms” refers to those companies that from their inception have focused on digital services enabled by the internet and related technologies, including mobile. imposing technological platforms developed for the U.S. ineffective innovation strategies. Related Video. market on China.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

More than 85% of retail banking transactions are now digital. So are we witnessing the death throes of brick-and-mortar retail banking? Rather than going the way of Tower Records, leading banks are reinventing themselves with innovative mashups of digital technologies and physical facilities, a combination we call “digical.”.

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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. This could revolutionize the world of online retail, and change the way people shop forever.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Blockchain technology is not well understood and subject to a lot of hype. However, there are many reasons to invest the time now to understand the technology and begin exploring specific marketing applications for your industry. Related Video. Whiteboard Session: How Does Blockchain Work? The power of a distributed ledger.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

Lo and behold, JetBlue recently announced a series of in-craft “jetiquette” videos for its flyers. The issue isn’t whether or when retailers should physically approach in-store customers, it’s what expectations retailers want to cultivate and inculcate in their customers with regard to assistance.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

There’s little argument that Tesla is a wildly innovative company. Tesla clearly doesn’t qualify under the traditional definition of a disruptive innovation. For one thing, it’s not clear what disruptive technology the company is offering. car manufacturer and all but three worldwide.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2011

A butterfly flapped its wings in Cupertino.And as a direct result, the pace of innovation throughout the world will slow. Because all consumer technology companies take their lead from Apple, and Apple made products per Jobs' direction. Aside: Apple stores make more money than any other retailer on the planet. Not a chance.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

They must protect value by helping companies avoid unnecessary risks, and they must build value by ensuring that companies change quickly enough to address emerging competitive threats, evolving customer preferences, and disruptive technologies. But disruption is not always about technology.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Innovation starts with new and novel ideas. When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Apple created the online entertainment business retail pivot.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When innovations threaten to disrupt an industry by replacing an old business model with a new one, incumbents need to invest in that model in order to survive. But what if an innovation poses a threat, and you can’t yet tell whether it has genuinely transformative potential? Fuse/Getty Images. These are rarely studied questions.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > Machine learning is enabling companies to expand their top-line growth and optimize processes while improving employee engagement and increasing customer satisfaction. Retail shelf analysis. This will no doubt have profound effects on the workplace.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The announcement late last week of Comcast’s $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable set off a predictable frenzy of hyperventilating by much of the technology media and self-appointed consumer advocacy groups. Cable is just a technology, increasingly one of many, for transmitting information, whether video, voice or data.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. “I’m constantly using and testing new platforms — live video, posts on Facebook, Instagram stories, and more. Digital transformation is not just about technology. ” Give Employees Direct Access to Consumers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

I discovered Xbox Live first via my brother-in-law Joel, a technology executive and gaming enthusiast from Seattle, and my junior high buddies, Emmett and Reid, from Hawaii. I hadn't played video games in years, but Xbox Live was a game changer. Not bad for the old guy.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2012

I discovered Xbox Live first via my brother-in-law Joel, a technology executive and gaming enthusiast from Seattle, and my junior high buddies, Emmett and Reid, from Hawaii. I hadn't played video games in years, but Xbox Live was a game changer. Not bad for the old guy.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

So, naturally, watching their profit margin drop precipitously as customers flock to these other retail centers, Best Buy is trying to figure out a way to compete. Based on the theory of disruption alone, it's hard to say what the retail giant should do. It's just not a good decade to be Best Buy. It should be competing differently.

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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. In our HBR article “Big Bang Disruption ”, we describe the devastation of arcade pinball machines wrought in only a few years by Sony’s PlayStation home video console.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2017

” Rapid technological advance in computers and automation has led to a huge fall in the quality-adjusted price of capital equipment. But the data shows a fall in labor’s share in nontraded sectors like retail and wholesale, not just in traded sectors like manufacturing. Related Video. No, for at least two reasons.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2012

Remarkably, the leading challenger is online retailer Amazon, with its Kindle Fire tablet. The innovation game is changing. The most viable rival to Apple's iPad isn't produced by a traditional hardware firm. Samsung, Motorola, Toshiba, HP, RIM and HTC have hardly made a dent in Apple's dominance.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2016

When the big video streaming service surveyed customers who renewed subscriptions, it discovered, paradoxically, that some customers stayed with Hulu even when they didn’t necessarily have a positive perception of the brand overall. automotive, financial services, retail, telecomm, and hospitality sectors.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

A new CMS code may seem like a tiny matter, but this one emblemizes a larger shift toward delivering health services independently of time and place, enabled by technologies such as smartphones, sensors, and wireless health-monitoring devices — what we in the field call telemedicine. How does telemedicine work in practice?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2014

They can use their market power (they direct the bulk of health care dollars) and understanding of different consumer segments to create innovative products, services, and partnerships that address consumers’ needs. Insurers increasingly look like the folks who can do the job and reinvent their business at the same time.

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