The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2023

In 2005, Vineet Nayar made waves when he announced that the Indian IT company HCL would put employees first. In order for companies to remain agile and innovative, they need human labor, and for employees to remain creative and innovative, companies need to also adopt a more employee-centric approach.”

Leadership Styles 60

Leadership Styles Trends Agility Letter 60

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. EY is known for its focus on innovation.

Diversity 52

Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

Agility 8

Agility White Paper How To Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In the decade between 2005 and 2015, labor productivity in the US as measured by GDP per labor hour was less than 1% for 7 of the 10 years, according to the OECD. We know that great ideas that drive breakthroughs in productivity come from human beings with the time, talent and energy to innovate. And wages are stagnant.

Human Capital 13

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

That means retailers must learn to compete head-on with Amazon in two fundamental capabilities: agile innovation and expense management. Amazon’s greatest competitive advantage is not its e-commerce network; it is its innovation engine. Back in 2005, Amazon Prime was conceived, developed, and launched in about two months.

Retail 8

Retail Planning Agility Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2018

In much the same way, IBM’s Watson project , which is helping the venerable company overcome the disruption of its traditional business, began in 2005. One reason for the emphasis on agility and iteration in recent decades is that technology has been fairly stable. We need to set our sights higher. Why We Need to Think Bigger.

Agility 10

Agility Innovation Long-term Project 10

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

We used agile method to build the product using the latest open source stack and some mashups with a few online services. © 2005 - 2010 Rajesh Setty Podcast Powered by podPress (v8.8) Six months after that, we plan to go to public beta. You can say that we are sort of using cloud computing a bit.

Blue Ocean Strategy 30

Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30