The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The report says that 30% of workers received some training on the job in 2004, but this had slumped to below 25% in 2017, with what training that is provided focused heavily on those in professions with graduate level requirements. “Without adequate opportunities for lifelong learning, these workers will be ‘left behind’.”

Uncertainty 64

Uncertainty Taylorism Taylor Report 64

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 1, 2014

In the past week or so, there’s been much discussion and debate over the merits of disruption and with it, how we view and understand what it means to innovate. Innovation is vital to the successful completion of these unmanned missions to Mars. It was innovative and seemingly crazy. Many thought it could never work.

Innovation 255

Innovation Engineering Learning-by-Doing Creativity 255

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

He was impressed by Indian engineers' ability to innovate cost-effectively and quickly under severe resource constraints. Recently, in New York, we participated in a panel discussion organized by the Asia Society called " Jugaad Innovation: Reigniting American Ingenuity " (you can watch a video here ).

CEO 15

CEO Innovation Constraint Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

By 2004, RIM had acquired 1 million subscribers and only three years later surpassed the 10 million mark. When it comes to innovation in industries with strategically narrow windows of opportunities, speed is everything. The announcement that only short projects would be approved led to a preference for small, piecemeal innovations.

Technology 8

Technology CIO Agility Software 8

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

I am adept at establishing policies, procedures, and technologies to enhance efficiency, financial health, and service to organize constituents. Using my holistic insight and innovative Total Performance Scorecard principles, I promise to help my customers to realize their financial dreams." ​9.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

billion from 2002 through 2004. Cisco followed this pattern: In 2001, its patent activity narrowed dramatically from a broad array of technological areas to relatively few. It’s all a matter of when you cut your spending, and why. Take Cisco, for example. The company’s R&D expenditures dropped by about $1.5

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In 2004, there was a severe earthquake and subsequent tsunami that resulted in profound effects to several Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. This is where technology can save the day. Today’s mobile autonomous robotic cart (MARC) technology takes automation a step further.

Supply Chain 117

Supply Chain Compliance Fashion Efficiency 117

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

Emerging social networking technologies offer new ways to overcome these boundaries. IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities. 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

APRIL 12, 2012

This is especially problematic when companies decide to innovate. If you don't have a clear understanding of why you are pursuing an innovation, you risk being wasteful and ineffective, and could lack strong differentiators from incumbents. The answer was to shift the focus from "economy" to "environment.". in a new way.

Core Competence 14

Core Competence Prahalad Hamel Brand 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

In a recent MIT CISR poll, 42% of our respondents said they expected to gain competitive advantage from social, mobile, analytics, cloud, and internet of things (SMACIT) technologies. The most notable characteristic of those technologies is their accessibility — to customers, employees, partners, and competitors. But guess what?

Strategy 8

Strategy Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. Once again, it has started in the bowels of technology companies and startups. aleksandarvelasevic/Getty Images.

Agility 8

Agility Development Organization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

In 1994, the dominant global provider of mobile handsets was Motorola: its shares were trading at an all-time high and it was seen as an outstanding innovator and even described by a senior consultant at A. In 2004, three years before the iPhone, it rejected a proposal to develop a Nokia online applications store.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Product pioneers face more risk, but can reap big rewards when an innovation proves successful. Research I conducted together with John Joseph of Duke University shows that both approaches can be successful — what matters most is not simply timing but whether a company tailors its innovation strategy to whichever approach it adopts.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Incentives Innovation Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2016

That’s the highest proportion since the firm began conducting the survey in 2004, and a big increase since 2012. While they might be good at cutting costs, they rarely knew enough to manage growth and innovation. That is good news for the companies involved.

CEO 8

CEO Automotive Survey Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

An example of strategic burnout can be found at Lego around 2004. Leading disk-drive manufacturers found it nearly impossible to maintain their success when the technology and market structure began to change. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Sponsored by the Brightline Initiative. Aligning the big picture with the day-to-day.

Strategy 8

Strategy Strategic Planning Stress Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

to 1% per year if not for joint ventures that allowed for transfers of knowledge and technology, as opposed to domestic innovation. It implies that TFP driven by innovation and technological progress (independent of foreign investment) accounts for about 5 to 14% of GDP growth. percentage points of the 7.3%

GDP 8

GDP Human Capital Fixed Assets Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

I synthesized Innosight's writing, notably Seeing What's Next (my 2004 book with Clayton Christensen) and a 2009 Harvard Business Review article about transformation in clean-tech , with my own field experience to highlight three areas to asses. Assessment area: Innovation focus. Apple with iTunes, $0.99

Trends 15

Trends Christensen Business Model Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Social Media, Social Business, Social Innovation, Social Era — are they all the same, or are they quite different? The term "social media" was popularized by Chris Shipley in 2004 , as she described the impact of influencers and bloggers in shaping product adoption, more so than traditional media outlets. is too technological.

Media 9

Media Supply Chain Tools Porter 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The Nike Foundation also leans on its expertise in innovation and scale to find solutions to poverty, while keeping its operations separate from the business. It measures and holds itself accountable for changes in the way that teachers use information and communications technology in the classroom.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2015

We are in the midst of a technological revolution that is every bit as profound as the impact of cheap computing power, but it’s subtler and harder to notice. In more and more businesses, physical objects are no longer the primary basis for innovation and differentiation. They come second to innovations in computer code.

Software 8

Software Engineering Efficiency Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

In 2004, Michael Dell left the company, replaced by Kevin Rollins, a former Bain consultant who joined the company in 1996. Their aim was to determine if the companies in question became more or less innovative following the buyout. By the mid 2000s, much of Dell''s competition had faded. The Case of IBM.

Rivkin 15

Rivkin Succession Short-term Case Study 15

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. There is a lot of rhetoric on innovation and its companion, risk-taking. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin.

Competitive Advantage 244

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

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The Xbox 360 had the advantage of beating the other two consoles to market by a year, while the Wii introduced a novel motion-sensing wireless controller that allowed for significant innovation in gameplay. Cloud is one of these perennial ‘right around the corner’ technologies,” according to IDC’s Ward.

Strategy 12

Strategy Price Case Study Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004. Fostering innovation. These require sophisticated, sustainability-based management.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

But starting in the early 2000s, the advantages of scale were mostly eliminated, in large part because of globalization, deregulation, and the rise of digital technology. Discover suffered a similar setback in 2004, when Walmart shifted its credit card partnership to MasterCard. which permitted no other card in its popular stores.

IAM 11

IAM Productivity Products Company 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

As part of our work researching high-performing primary care systems , we discovered a system-wide approach launched by Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) in 2004 that unburdens primary care physicians. How the most innovative providers are creating value. Leverage Technology. Insight Center. million members.

Health Care 8

Health Care Compliance Licensing System 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

I’ve been involved with turnarounds for years, including observing and writing about the Red Sox 2004 World Series win that reversed many decades of being almost-rans. Others need a course correction while still profitable (Microsoft), or a momentum shift because of disruptive new technologies (newspaper companies).

How To 9

How To Airlines Open-book CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Yet many employers still struggle to fill certain types of vacancies, especially for so-called middle-skills jobs — in computer technology, nursing, high-skill manufacturing, and other fields — that require postsecondary technical education and training and, in some cases, college math courses or degrees.

Skills 8

Skills Company Health Care Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

I recently met a top executive at a major enterprise technology firm who runs an $8 billion dollar product line and describes himself as the "Chief Product Designer" for his division (even though his title is SVP and General Manager, and he has never before considered himself a "designer"). He was right there in the middle of it. All of it.".

Leadership 10

Leadership Ries CEO Productivity 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Fed by consultants, gurus, technology vendors, and academics, their enthusiasm for a particular process improvement method takes on a religious tone (as I described in my last post.) Brad Power is a consultant and researcher in process innovation. This approach addresses the many shortcomings of our previous initiatives.".

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Once they understood the rules and their underlying rationale, ALL's employees generated a series of innovative proposals based on what they had to work with. The rules helped people avoid the paralysis that often strikes when they're confronted with too many alternatives. Adapting to local circumstances.

Strategy 8

Strategy Proposal Guidelines Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This same mistake-proofing process and technology embedded in the electronic medical record (EMR) can move us a great distance toward safer, higher quality, and more affordable health care. Information technology has come late to health care delivery. Insight Center. Transforming Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Creativity Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

In 2004, Bharti Airtel , the Indian telecomm company, had outsourced its vast network and IT operations—a move that Ranjay Gulati saw as indicating “ more progressive and forward-looking ” thinking than was evident in many Western corporations. Rather than being destroyed by digital technology, they’re strengthened by it.

Technology 8

Technology Marketing Outsourcing Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Though many would call that decade NASA’s golden age, we’d argue that NASA’s innovation and influence is even greater today. NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Global supply chains can cut across many “cultures”: national, industry, technology, market segment, and more. Innovative, proudly geeky Norwegian software company, Trolltech , an open-source pioneer, landed a contract with the mobile division of Sharp, the Japan-based consumer electronics global powerhouse.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The innovation came about because Laird aspired to surf a deepwater reef break on the north shore of Maui called Peahi, or Jaws, where waves can reach 120 feet high. But coffee has seen other innovations, too. Much of Keurig's success comes from its superior brewer technology and wide variety of K-Cups. coffee sector.

B2C 12

B2C Strategy B2B Waterman 12