The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The notion of the on-demand workforce was first brought to popular attention by Dan Pink in 2001 when he published Free Agent Nation, in which he predicted a future dominated by independent workers. This has been especially so in digital domains, where the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation efforts across the economy.

Agility 120

Agility Business Model Survey Policies 120

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Kodak was so blinded by its success that it completely missed the rise of digital technologies. The camera was as big as a toaster, took 20 seconds to take an image, had low quality, and required complicated connections to a television to view, but it clearly had massive disruptive potential. But that doesn’t square with reality.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. Since 2001, IBM has used jams to get 300,000 employees and others around the world to explore and solve problems. It was far easier to create the technology than to get the management agreement to use it across functions and country units.

Process 15

Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

We believe that organizations need to explicitly develop two parallel management systems: the operational system that manages the short-term execution of work — what we call the "Surface System," and a second system that focuses externally on sensing and driving strategic change — what we call the "Deep System."

Agility 8

Agility Process Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Take Dell Technologies, for example. Webvan promised to deliver the best quality groceries at the cheapest price by the click of a button. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001. The rise and fall of Webvan illustrates the cost of an inflexible strategy. Think of strategy as a portfolio of options, not bonds.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

And academic research has found that rising industry concentration correlates with the patent-intensity of an industry, suggesting “that the industries becoming more concentrated are those with faster technological progress.” ” Carr distinguished between proprietary technologies and “infrastructural” ones.

Software 8

Software Company Competitive Advantage Henderson 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

But, human nature being what it is, people are more easily duped than they are taught to appreciate the attributes of quality and substance. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. I advised several technology companies during their gravy years. by Hank Moore.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57