Mills Scofield

JANUARY 16, 2013

Having lived in and with off-the-grid communities in Latin America, in Nicaragua and Colombia, I had seen and felt the impact of low Internet and basic telecommunications access, especially when it comes to communicating with potential employers. First is the bandwidth to test out new ideas and to maintain a constant stream of innovation.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. . Provide opportunities for development and involvement. .

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Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

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.

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Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

All I had to do was look at the path of technological innovation and make a reasonable guess. I don’t know much about telecommunications – it just seemed obvious. The United States has a history of continued innovation and flexibility that few countries can match. Anyone could have figured this out.

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Telecommunications Education Politics Quality 98

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Reading the headlines, you might think that the most urgent question about national success in innovation and growth is whether the U.S. Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. or China should get the gold medal.

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Innovation GDP Telecommunications Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

I was a panelist on a session on Reverse Innovation during the recently concluded World Economic Forum at Davos. The conventional wisdom is that innovations originate in rich countries and the resulting products are sold horizontally in other developed countries and then sent downhill to developing countries. Not really.

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Innovation Telecommunications Globalization GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

The innovator's quest has been to find the win-win proposition: a great new product that can create differentiated value for consumers while supporting differentiated profits for the producer. The innovator's job is now to create wins across the board. MORE ON KNOCKING DOWN BARRIERS TO INNOVATION.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

Collaborative innovation is a hot topic in the B2C space, where it overlaps with crowdsourcing, but we see B2B players taking an interest as well. Nonetheless, innovating with customers should work well in B2B, as it should give companies a deeper knowledge of their customers and promote a trusting relationship.

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B2B Innovation Company Workshop 8

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

To give a couple of examples: in the more classic, regulated utilities industries such as electricity, gas, water, telecommunications, regulations on pricing or on competition can have immediate impact on value. More recently we’re seeing this across a range of broader industries.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 18, 2010

We so need more innovative leaders like you to inspire these top talents! I work for a telecommunications company and occasionally I’m in the field dressing fiber optic cable in cabinet. Stay blessed! Ellen Mary Jo Asmus : October 20, 2010 at 8:32 pm Ellen, thanks for your kind words. It comes from the work my clients do.

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Greenleaf Maslow Telecommunications Blog 145

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Starting in the 1970s, the country's ability to create low-cost, quality products helped them dominate key industries, such as automobiles, telecommunications, and consumer electronics. Looking beyond Japan, iconic six sigma companies in the United States, such as Motorola and GE, have struggled in recent years to be innovation leaders.

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Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 17

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

The fact of the matter is that periodically, technologies or business model innovations allow start-ups to enter industries offering services that are generally cheaper and more accessible, but of far lower quality. This is the essence of what we call "disruptive innovation." But destruction will come slowly.

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Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Christensen's research shows clearly that transformation often comes in the form a disruptive innovator that makes consumption simpler, convenient, and more affordable. And companies like Google, Apple, and even telecommunications titans are eying the industry. Executives that dismiss these developments do so at their own peril.

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System Christensen Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

However, as much as macroeconomic reforms are needed, the future of the Greek economy will be determined by its competitiveness, which concerns costs, but is also measured by innovation. The key to such a change is developing an innovation-oriented industrial structure and a well-functioning innovation system.

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Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In the mid-90s as CEO of Medtronic, I was concerned about whether we could sustain the remarkable success in innovation that we had enjoyed during the previous 10 years. This process of "disruptive innovation" enabled new competitors to create entirely new product categories. Nevertheless, we steadfastly supported the venture.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Cisco's clever little camcorder collapse provides picture-perfect insight into a pervasive innovation pathology: Ignoring — or disrespecting — the obvious. The company knew digital devices were all becoming telecommunications tools. Novel subtlety and nuance can be wonderful but my innovation heart belongs to obvious.

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Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

We call this phenomenon reverse innovation — any innovation that is adopted first in the developing world, and then later in the developed world. Surprisingly, such innovations defy gravity and flow uphill from the poor to the rich. Reverse innovation will become more and more common. Phase 3: Local Innovation.

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Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2020

An ambitious new law is catalyzing innovation.

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Tools Innovation Telecommunications Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Apple is certainly known for its strong preference for internal innovation. There is clear empirical evidence to back this up: in our research of about 150 firms in the telecommunications industry, we found that the more successful firms all took this active approach to managing their capability and resource portfolios. Is that fair?

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Software Telecommunications Short-term Licensing 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

The gap between Hyperloop and the state of infrastructure in the vast majority of developing countries is a demonstration of what economist William Janeway calls the Two Innovation Economies. But even such "leapfrog" innovations sometimes feel like patchwork solutions to much more foundational problems.

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Marketing Transportation Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Enter Henry Ford, who revolutionized the industry with his manufacturing innovations , lowering the price of cars from $2,000 in 1908 to just $260 by 1925 — an 87% reduction! But the most innovative Indian hospitals are doing much more. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Changing U.S.

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Health Care Cost Lean Production Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Innovations like Amazon price checks, or changes to healthcare or shipping enabled by mobile phones, are becoming commonplace. Organizations need to enhance their design and capabilities to survive and stay competitive in a world where innovation matters more. Swisscom AG is the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2013

In my eyes, the work Steve Blank, Eric Ries, and others have done to provide a cogent, accessible frame around the academic concepts of emergent strategy is one of the most important contributions to the innovation movement over the past few years. Innovation' That''s not right.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2017

Take Susan, the CEO of a small telecommunications firm. Her team had found ingenious ways to shave costs and innovative ways to add value for the client. Failure is sometimes lauded as a key to successful innovation, but it takes a psychic toll on the manager. She was enrolled in my MBA course when she received some bad news.

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Telecommunications Hedge Video Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

As new technologies in social media, transportation, and telecommunications bring us closer together, it's more critical than ever for organizations to recruit, develop, and retain multicultural leaders who can skillfully navigate both the opportunities and challenges of a more connected world. The world is getting smaller.

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Competitive Advantage Leadership Telecommunications Talent Management 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

At the moment that a disruptive innovation crosses into the mainstream market and establishes itself as a viable competitor, the third stage in a disruptive innovation's life cycle. In 2012 Square received a significant round of funding , and formed an innovative deal with Starbucks (which included an investment of $25 million).

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Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications Innovation Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

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Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

I love the story told about Sam Pitroda, then the head of C-DOT, India’s telecommunications enterprise. If some of your work is too time-consuming, try to innovate a more efficient process that hasn’t yet occurred to your boss or coworkers. Make sure your team sees you occasionally taking on these tasks.

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Team Management Constraint How To 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

But, that didn’t stop two successful Division I women’s basketball coaches from venturing into the bedsheet business, hoping to disrupt the industry with their innovative idea for “high performance” sheets. BONUS BITS: Telecommunications Takedowns. Basketball and bedsheets would seem to make for strange bedfellows.

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Apparel Telecommunications Transportation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

For example, from telecommunication companies to fintech entrepreneurs, African banking fees and commissions are under tremendous presure. Innovate ferociously. Africa has to innovate — for example by building new credit models — to expand their businesses and make them more appealing. Think about local needs.

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Banking Industry Disintermediation Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

What they don't understand is that modern-day telecommunications, the hair-trigger requirements of financial markets, and the pace of global organizations create 24 x 7 work lives for most executives. And most of us revert to tried and true solutions — the enemy of breakthrough strategies and new innovations.

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Stress Telecommunications Goleman Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

It's in areas of the company such as knowledge management, innovation, communication, and better integration with the supply chain. For example, if you make crowdsourced innovation a core capability, you have to integrate it with marketing functions that take care of customers. But that's a good thing.

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Media McKinsey Supply Chain Telecommunications 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

When it comes to innovation in industries with strategically narrow windows of opportunities, speed is everything. This quickening pace — what academics and journalists have called innovation on steroids — is beginning to reach IT departments. Innovations were virtually prevented by stifling complexity.

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Technology CIO Agility Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2011

However, Nokia ran into trouble by underestimating the speed at which technological developments in the United States, pioneered by rivals such as Apple, are transforming the mobile telecommunications business. Gupta is a professor at the Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland, and a visiting professor at INSEAD.

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Globalization Marketing Venture Capitalist Biotechnology 13

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Likewise, leading telecommunications and other equipment providers now have to compete by offering “network solutions” involving many products formerly sold separately. Innovation' Truly understanding the customer’s business.

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Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity 111

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Fourteen years ago, Darren Entwistle arrived as a young CEO (he is now Executive Chair) and immediately began transforming the regional telecommunications player into a global entity. Between 2000 and 2014, the TELUS brand grew in value from a few hundred million dollars to $4.3 billion, and its revenues increased from $6.4 billion to $11.7

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Leadership Telecommunications Education Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In my own work , I found that this might be particularly prevalent for utilities (gas, electricity and telecommunications). In my own work , I found that this might be particularly prevalent for utilities (gas, electricity and telecommunications). Ran Spiegler (with co-authors) has studied such strategies.

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Retail Price Comparison Nalebuff 14