The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 10, 2020

At a firm level, this is usually translated into higher wages for employees at the most innovative firms, with new research from the London School of Economics showing that over 12 years, from 2004-2016, the typical worker in a non-innovative firm in the U.K. was paid around 20% less than their peers at one of the most innovative firms.

Skills 88

Skills Emotional Intelligence Stress Storytelling 88

Engaging Leader

AUGUST 14, 2012

New technologies make information accessible to everyone. When I launched Aspendale Communications in 2004, I recognized (sort of) that even though I wanted to be self-employed (with no employees), I needed a team. Fast-forward a few decades, however, and the research reveals a drastic change.

Workshop 240

Workshop Long-term Agility Influence 240

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

.” We like to call it “strategic stress.” ” The “ Yerkes-Dodson Law ,” which has been used in research that examines the relationship between stress and individual performance, shows that stress increases performance up to a certain point, but not beyond that point.

Strategy 8

Strategy Strategic Planning Stress Hamel 8

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 12, 2012

The forces of internet transparency, rapid technology and young generations demanding empowerment are challenging organizations of all sizes across every industry to sail differently. Leaders who tout values of “empowerment” or “collaboration” and default to barking orders in high-stress situations undermine people’s desire to change.

Competitive Advantage 244

Competitive Advantage Resistance Short-term Learning-by-Doing 244

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

On the one hand, new technologies have enabled neuroscience to discover that men and women tend to be wired differently in ways that incline men — can it be? Men on the job must feel besieged. Two seismic shifts are underway that are irrevocably changing the ways in which we've believed work works.

Bottom-up 13

Bottom-up Metrics Construction Finance 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. Clearly, something else, beyond the disruptive technology itself, is behind the demise of companies like Kodak.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

But in an age when Google and Facebook — founded in 1998 and 2004, respectively — are two of the biggest companies in the world, those days are over. To help bring cool new technology to the world? “Startups are cauldrons of energy, stress, and joy. Why do you want to join a startup in the first place?

Due Diligence 9

Due Diligence How To Learning-by-Doing Case Study 9