The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2022

Famous research from Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom illustrates the difficulties we face in keeping the wheels of innovation turning. Bloom illustrates that while we’re spending more on research and innovation than ever before, we’re getting diminishing returns for that investment. Engines of creation. in 1985 to 5.3%

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Mass Marketing Globalization 99

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I’m also not a fan of going to a blog to read third party news, press or the re-blogging of someone else’s information published for no other reason then to boost their search engine rankings. You Know How To Say It : Mark Twain I’m not, but for the most part I can put across a cogent thought. I Think Not.

Blog 296

Blog Content Media Brand 296

QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

I was thinking about why engineering disciplines focus so heavily on checklists? People get blinded so much by checklist that they stop innovating, experimenting and learning. You can have detailed checklists for specific engineering activities (where outcomes solely depend on inputs and process). Why checklists?

Process 84

Process Management Quality Tools 84

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Engineering Manager with Adobe Systems). Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? Your blog certainly deserves to be at the top, in my opinion. I’m not an MBA.

Blog 367

Blog Leadership Follow-up Media 367

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

At the same time, fighter planes were coming in low overhead, their engines echoing in the cavernous atmosphere of Manhattan. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable?

Blog 352

Blog Hotels Follow-up Brand 352

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “ Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation. “ It is my hope to help dispel the myth that ideas are inherently good things.

Blog 373

Blog Innovation Strategic Planning Brand 373

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Employment across the software sector grew from 16,600 in 2002 to 21,000 in 2006, with most of that growth coming not from the expansion of existing firms, but rather new firms emerging. A growing sector. ” As such, they believe their are advantages to locating close to rivals, as jobs appear to go where the workers already are.

Software 40

Software Skills Engineering Cost 40

The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 4, 2014

ability to see the interrelationships between elements … such as, how decisions made in engineering impact other functions). Edwards Deming, management expert, the “principle of anticipation and innovation — driven by the producer, not the customer — is the ultimate competitive advantage.”. These leaders are innovators.

Strategic Planning 131

Strategic Planning Content Covey Industry 131

First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands Marty Neumeier Peachpit Press (2006) How to “zag” when everyone else “zigs” In a previous book, The Brand Gap, Marty Neumeier explains how companies can bridge the gap between business strategy and customer experience, noting that brand-building isn’t a series of (..)

Books 85

Books Review Brand Strategy 85

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, famously coined the term "frugal engineering" in 2006. He was impressed by Indian engineers' ability to innovate cost-effectively and quickly under severe resource constraints. Yet engineers and scientists love challenges.

CEO 15

CEO Innovation Constraint Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Too often, leaders focus only on current operations because it is the performance engine that generates the funds necessary to stay in play. Continuously reinventing your organization doesn’t mean you have to start from scratch with each new innovation. Instead, what they should have done is innovate a new business model.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Engineering Technology 9

Rajesh Setty

AUGUST 10, 2008

About Portfolio Resources eBuzz Blog Home Blog Uncategorized I just remembered you… RSS Feed I just remembered you… By Rajesh Setty on Sat 09 Aug 2008, 11:17 PM - View Comments Since last week, I have been receiving requests about the new search engine Scour. The invitations are something like this Did you hear about Scour?

Engineering 28

Engineering Licensing Newsletter Blog 28

Rajesh Setty

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

He aggressively re-engineered the startup’s product to match the competitor’s offering. The competitor fought back too. After a few years of dog fight, both companies closed down citing lack of customer traction.

Licensing 28

Licensing Newsletter Engineering Comparison 28

Curious Cat

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Related: Ackoff, Idealized Design and Bell Labs (2006) – Corporations Are Not Led By Those Seeking to Maximize Shareholder Value, Russ Ackoff – Transformation and Redesign at the White House Communications Agency – Russell L.

System 40

System Deming Conference Storytelling 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2013

According to a new study from Stanford, once a company goes public, innovation declines. technology firms between 1983 and 2006 — a data set that includes Microsoft and Google, among others. technology firms between 1983 and 2006 — a data set that includes Microsoft and Google, among others. MY PASSWORD IS PASSWORD.

Innovation 8

Innovation Finance Technology Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2016

In 2006, when the company launched a new line of foundations intended to address a wider variety of skin tones, Atis saw that they still didn’t measure up. In order to support corporate hackers like Atis and Windham and foster internal innovation, companies need to identify these individuals and understand what makes them tick.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Innovation Brand Competitive Advantage 8

Curious Cat

JANUARY 22, 2015

I have written about my management influences in the past: Active Management Improvement Leaders (2006) and Who Influences Your Thinking? They both shared the scientist and engineering mindset that ideas should be tested and probed and new methods and ideas discovered. Bill Hunter and John Hunter.

Deming 40

Deming Management Influence Learning-by-Doing 40

Rajesh Setty

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Coupled with that our Usability engineers made some changes based on the feedback they received from “ eye-gaze tracking &# and hotspot analysis. The architecture is such that we could easily white-label our solution. Co-branding , of course is an out-of-the-box feature. We just finished an SEO exercise on our website.

Blue Ocean Strategy 30

Blue Ocean Strategy CPM Licensing Open-book 30

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

A lot of people are worried about the career choices of today’s most talented science and engineering students. That’s 25% more grads than went into computer and information technology, the most popular industry in the science and engineering category. “A solid understanding of the field helps produce innovation.”

Engineering 8

Engineering Finance Bottom-up Sample 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Trying to re-engineer an entire life in a few short years down the home stretch is a tough row to hoe. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not.

Blog 376

Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 376

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? No single leader can possess every needed attribute. ” [link] lightridr Great post, Mike.

Definition 307

Definition Blog Leadership Covey 307

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Like most things, building and maintaining your social media footprint should be engineered by design, but the truth is that most people allow it to be constructed by default. In a perfect world you would build relationships with the largest possible universe of targeted constituents where you can productively engage and contribute.

Media 357

Media Influence Blog Real Estate 357

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

In early 2006, Diego Rodriguez and I started teaching a class we called “Creating Infectious Action” at the Stanford d. They were desperately looking for great engineers, designers, and business people – but were very picky about who they hired. That engineer called back the next day: “I fixed it, Dad. Did you see that?”.

Engineering 11

Engineering Class Software Mentor 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

“Social design,” a term whose roots go back several decades, fully entered the lexicon around 2006. Planning, especially facilities planning, almost inevitably stifles ongoing innovation. It refers to the design of relationships, including those that are invisible and intangible. Experiment continually.

Health Care 8

Health Care Long-term Mayo Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities. In a two-part event, employees in WorldJam 2004 first brainstormed solutions to increase growth and innovation, resulting in 191 pragmatic ideas. Collaborating horizontally to create customer value.

Process 15

Process Press Release Automotive Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2011

Muhammad Yunus introduced the concept of microfinance in 1983; in 2006, he won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering efforts. It was always meant to be a "social innovation," a way for corporations to make a profit at the same time that they do something good for society. And all of those innovations are opportunities for businesses.

Microfinance 12

Microfinance IPO Bottom-up Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The cap-and-trade program is the centerpiece of California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, also known as AB 32 — a suite of clean energy solutions that has proved to be the engine of an astounding economic transformation that drove statewide growth at twice the rate of the U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Price 15

Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Call me crazy, but I don’t want to talk to someone who wants to manage my account, develop my business, or engineer my sale. If you don’t engineer everything around the client, your client relationships will vanish before your very eyes. I equally look for problem solvers or fresh innovation and not salesmen.

Blog 362

Blog Ryan B2C Brand 362

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2016

Often new products are over-engineered with too many features, usually at too high a price. Some products are truly innovative but stay walled up too long in R&D and then are released to market when they are no longer unique. Another noteworthy minivation was Audi’s Q7 luxury SUV, launched in 2006 for €55,000.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Price Arkes 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Armed with the art of the possible, innovators are seeking to apply disruptive consumer technologies to enterprise class uses — call it the consumerization of IT in the enterprise. Engagement systems are powered by business rules and complex event processing engines. Users can change the flow of a task using visual tools.

Directory 15

Directory System Media Video 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

Private R&D spending has also tailed off since then, when it brought us breakthrough innovations like laser printing, the Ethernet, the graphical user interface, and the mouse. And that was just from one company's private R&D engine, Xerox's PARC. But each of us as individuals can also work to optimize our innovative capacities.

Creativity 16

Creativity Groupthink Stress GDP 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Venture philanthropy taught us that innovation was the big lever. It said, “Go find the most innovative social enterprises – the ones with the best approaches to ending hunger, illiteracy, etc. Innovation is not the big lever. In 2006 Wounded Warrior was raising about $10 million. million left for veterans.

Short-term 8

Short-term GDP Innovation Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2015

The contrast could not be clearer: Amazon – fearlessly making big, risky bets like a serial entrepreneur; and Microsoft, eschewing disruptive innovation in favor of remaining the “ fast follower ” it has always been, wringing profit from previously proven technologies.

Company 8

Company Software Long-term Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Back in 2006, my colleague Huggy Rao and I launched an executive education program at Stanford called “Customer-focused Innovation.” Mornings consisted of lectures and case studies in a traditional classroom in the Stanford Business School; this was the “clean models” part of the program. Scaling starts and ends with individuals.

Case Study 10

Case Study Pharmaceuticals Airlines Hotels 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Executives dismissed the argument, with Tony Ridder, the gruff chairman and chief executive of Knight-Ridder (which was sold to McClatchy in 2006 for what now appears an incredible $4.5 Disruptive innovation Innovation' billion), proclaiming McKinsey’s analysis “shallow and superficial.”.

Disruptive Innovation 9

Disruptive Innovation Advertising Gilbert Market Segmentation 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

When these things work together, they create what we call a capabilities system: examples include Frito-Lay's direct-to-store delivery, Disney's genius for developing and commercializing family-friendly characters, and 3M's incremental innovation machine. Pfizer Inc. Pfizer Consumer Healthcare.

Due Diligence 15

Due Diligence EBITDA Health Care Gordon 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The design engineers kept taking incremental risks that they thought were acceptable and normalized them — until the disaster. According to SEC filings, in 1998, the year before it went public, Goldman Sachs was leveraged at nearly 32-to-1, while in 2006 it was leveraged at 22-to-1. At that 27-to-1 leverage ratio, only a 3.7%

Incentives 8

Incentives Banking Ethics IPO 8