The Horizons Tracker

JULY 20, 2020

Incubators and accelerators have become highly pervasive around the world, as countries seek to cultivate the kind of innovations that drive economic growth. The research examined 56,000 patents granted between 1969 and 2012 from American universities with incubator programs.

Incubator 88

Incubator Human Capital Entrepreneur Resources 88

Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

Predictive Analytics is the process by which an organization learns from the experience it has collectively gained across its team members and computer systems. This learning process discovers and builds on insightful gems such as: Early retirement decreases your life expectancy. It’s a way to leverage what you know—where you’ve been.

Learning-by-Doing 276

Learning-by-Doing Insurance Wireless Discount 276

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 1, 2012

This refund should be processed within the next 2 to 3 business days and will appear on your next billing statement for the same credit card used to purchase this item. PREDICTION: I’ll bet the investment in existing customer experience is one-tenth the cost of any marketing program. They dominate because they innovate.

Loyalty 50

Loyalty Marketing Customer Loyalty ROI 50

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

The pandemic gave us the opportunity to really test our agility and innovation, and I am proud to say we exceeded expectations, ” she says. “ Carey Pellock: Since I joined Neustar in 2012, the company has undergone significant changes – most notably a transition from public to private company status and the arrival of a new CEO.

Leadership 52

Leadership Agility Diversity Competitive Advantage 52

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 16, 2013

I was directed to two companies already working in this market, Baba Jobs in India and Assured Labor in Latin America. When we met in January 2012, my idealist entrepreneurial dreams hit pavement as David shared their years of market experience in mobile recruitment while managing a large and rapidly growing team in over four countries.

Short-term 187

Short-term Innovation Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 187

Deming Institute

JANUARY 15, 2018

This webcast shows Bob Browne ’s presentation, Profound Knowledge of the Real Thing, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. The difficulty in changing is often mostly about our psychology (not the technical difficulty of operating under changed systems and processes after making adjustments to adapt to take advantage of new opportunities).

Deming 53

Deming Company Management Conference 53

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

Winning organizations now rely on nimble, iterative problem solving, rather than the traditional planning processes. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. Complex problem solving is the core skill for 21st century teams. It’s the only way to keep up with rapid change.

Disaggregation 82

Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 82

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. Leaders can no longer afford to let the vagaries of the job market determine who leaves and who stays. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. 1-858-759-0950.

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Curious Cat

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Several people also commented on the oddity of the source being the UK for dental innovation. However, it seems to me the stereotype of bad British teeth would make market aware researchers there even more interested in finding good innovations in dental care. And it is good special cause that I would like to see more often.

Health Care 40

Health Care Innovation Follow-up Quality 40

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 26, 2012

Here's a guest post from entrepreneur Duncan Murtagh," an Irishman living in Taiwan, who has been to New Hampshire several times": How can we move past the tough times of 2011 to a more profitable 2012? A = Adapt – How about adapting the successful drive-through services that the fast food companies offer to the fast-casual market?

Incubator 238

Incubator Early Adopters Business Model Quality 238

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

.” It’s important to distinguish between different types of innovation, and the responses they require by firms. In a recent publication in the Journal of Product Innovation, we undertook a systematic review of 40 years (1975 to 2016) of innovation research. This model clustered text into 84 distinct topics.

Disruptive Innovation 11

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Business Model Human Capital 11

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. At Bettcher Industries, we love the meat processing industry; we’ve always loved the meat processing industry and one reason we do is because many others don’t.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

In 1998, I advised the Disney corporation and reminded them that Walt Disney’s 100th birthday in 2001 would offer great marketing and positioning opportunities. Change is innovative. Here are some recent celebrations that drew acclaim and participation: Rice University, 100th in 2012. Star Furniture, 100th in 2012.

Case Study 50

Case Study Open-book Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. An alternative emerging at healthcare institutions worldwide is human-centered design and co-creation, a set of approaches that can accelerate and humanize healthcare innovation.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

And I predict that leaders who get the whole story, and act on it, will reap unexpectedly better workplace morale in 2012, despite all the uncertainty and volatility of the global economic realities. Sometimes they hurt themselves and each other in the process. In a way," he says, "the slower market has been a blessing.

P&L 13

P&L Construction Survey Stress 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Continuously reinventing your organization doesn’t mean you have to start from scratch with each new innovation. Exploring new opportunities is an incremental process that begins with sensitivity to changes in the broader environment. Instead, what they should have done is innovate a new business model.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Engineering Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

In an era of intense globalization, rapid demographic change and accelerating technological progress, the best companies for leadership recognize the value of innovation, putting it at the heart of their corporate culture and using this targeted, focused innovation to drive shareholder value and improve efficiency.

Innovation 15

Innovation First-mover Advantage Chemicals Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In some of these markets, minorities are in fact the majority. I'm a product of a market like this. While political operatives have their own lessons to learn from the 2012 electoral results, marketers need to utilize some of the same strategies Obama used to win a second term — particularly in his appeal to minorities.

Marketing 15

Marketing Stage-Gate Industry Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

Marketers are racing to create seamless customer experiences that make it easy for consumers to engage at every touchpoint as they navigate the “decision journey” and beyond. In 2012, Electrolux leadership decided this had to change. In addition, we took a fresh look at how our marketers are organized globally.

Marketing 8

Marketing Brand Globalization Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2017

Family firms aren’t typically thought of as particularly innovative. However, many family-owned businesses are among the most innovative in their industries. There are countless other examples of family firms that have brought innovations to market. The level of innovation is higher in family firms.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Long-term CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

A new metric for R&D productivity that I call RQ , or research quotient, lets companies figure out the effectiveness of their R&D investments relative to the competition and enables them to determine how changes in R&D spending will affect the bottom line and the company's market value. MORE ON KNOCKING DOWN BARRIERS TO INNOVATION.

Innovation 11

Innovation Short-term Metrics Long-term 11

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So with apologies to those who don't share this passion, I present to you the September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival, NFL Kick-off Edition. Sharlyn Lauby , from HR Bartender, gets a big hit with Your Company’s Next Innovation Will Be the Result of Empathy. I asked each leadership blogger to give me their favorite NFL team.

Leadership Development 243

Leadership Development Development Leadership Benchmarking 243

Strategy Driven

JUNE 18, 2012

They have completely changed the game and the process. Capitalizing on the growing demand for e-books, the exploding app market, e-reader popularity, and the global appetite for cool products,Apple went to market having no idea what an explosion of creativity they were unleashing. Take products to market? Your business?

Download 50

Download Customer Loyalty Marketing Seminar 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

In this article adapted from their new book, Jerry Davis and Chris White explore what makes some companies more fertile for social innovation — that is, the ongoing (rather than one-off) initiatives that have positive social impact while promoting the core mission of a business.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Supply Chain Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2015

Maybe you remember how savagely the industry was portrayed during the 2012 U.S. And a recent working paper out of the Dusseldorf Institute for Competition Economics ( DICE ), a think tank of sorts, focuses on the latter by exploring whether leveraged buyouts (LBOs) make firms more innovative. ” There were other limitations.

LBO 8

LBO Innovation Sample Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? Identifying this so-called “growth gap” is critical, because the bigger the gap, the more a company needs to look beyond its current offerings, markets, and business models to find growth opportunities. By reaching new customers in current markets?

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Rapid BI

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

They need to innovate , they need to meet the changing expectations of customers. By not doing any of these things on a regular basis, in 2012 and beyond, can we really claim to be acting in a professional way? As the pace of change increases, firms of all sizes need to adapt fast. Professionalism. I don’t think so. Dramatically.

B2B 49

B2B Competitive Advantage Trends Learning-by-Doing 49

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Never in the history of marketing has there been so much talk about branding. The conversation in the world of branding is well beyond product and service brand discussion by marketers and ad agencies. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? The new economy has accelerated the need for change in the branding process.

Brand 260

Brand P&L Human Resources Brand Management 260

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

In three recent blog posts we looked at the innovation mindset in individuals, profiling game changers Jerry Buss , Peter Jackson , and Shantha Ragunathan. Innovators maintain a laser focus on outcomes , avoid getting caught in the activity trap , and proactively "expand the pie" to make an impact. Take, for example, 3M Corporation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Wireless Resources 8

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. For example, high purpose companies experience: 14.1% greater revenue growth 34.7%

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

Generation Z , which includes anyone born between 1997 and 2012, influences your business more each day as the generation enters the workforce and its purchasing power increases. It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. For example, high purpose companies experience: 14.1% greater revenue growth.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

GE also went to work on transforming internal processes like sales and supplier relationships. Procter & Gamble wanted to become “the most digital company on the planet” in 2012, but ran into growth challenges in a difficult economy. Digital transformation is an ongoing process of changing the way you do business.

Technology 8

Technology Business Model CEO Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2018

Grab, which launched its service in 2012 with 40 drivers in Malaysia, came late to the ride-hailing game, only after Uber had established a formidable position in the United States. Uber’s setback in the international market, however, wasn’t its first. Such knowledge is in fact the prerequisite to innovation.

Transportation 10

Transportation Health Care Venture Capitalist Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

In 2012, one of us — Gregor Gimmy, a California-based serial entrepreneur and former IDEO consultant — accepted a new role at BMW’s corporate R&D headquarters. Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

That happened to manufacturing up to the 1930s; then, with maturing markets and slower demand growth, continuing productivity increases led to the long and continuing decline in manufacturing employment. Today, technology-driven productivity and innovation are still leading to growth in new information-intensive sectors.

Technology 8

Technology Offshoring Marketing Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Its gross domestic product has surged from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012 (see “China’s GDP” chart below). In the process, more than 600 million people have escaped poverty. percentage points in 2003-2012. China, too, needs more technological innovation. It contributed 1.4

GDP 12

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. Even in the most commoditized markets, winning players need to create value by adding small slivers of differentiated services, logistics, quality and reliability.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8