The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

Oxford University researchers Carl Benedikt Frey shot to public attention in 2013 when he and colleague Michael Osborne released research in which they predicted that 47% of jobs could be automated within the next decade or so. go over relatively old ground one more time.

Technology 64

Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 64

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Education was another factor, with one company reporting that its engineers bonded closely, creating a closed community that was very difficult for outsiders to penetrate, as was religion, with a Moroccan company noting the limited interaction between women who wore the veil and those who do not.

Innovation 8

Innovation Diversity Bond Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Developing political skill reduces stress and enhances performance, reputation, promotability, and career progression at work. A 2008 survey of 250 managers in the UK revealed that 90% of them believed that political skill is required to succeed and to improve one’s career prospects. Recent research does not support this idea.

Politics 8

Politics Cooper Mentor Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Niala Boodhoo at NPR reports that the main operational difference between the "Panera Cares" stores and the for-profit Panera stores is that there’s a donation box where the cash registers would be, and customers are asked to pay what they can. And customers report that they feel good about making a tangible difference in their communities.

Apparel 8

Apparel Telecommunications Transportation Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

For example, beyond providing numbers that describe trends in the demographic makeup of a job, improved logic might describe how demographic diversity affects innovation, or it might depict the pipeline of talent movement to show what bottlenecks most affect career progress.

Human Capital 12

Human Capital Metrics Analysis Survey 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Here’s what we’ve learned from three pioneering companies about how to identify, grow and retain leaders to meet today’s demands: Identify: Let them innovate. Both seek to create an environment where employees can pursue innovative business offerings to address problems that are personally meaningful.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

for 10+ years; deployment of design as an integrated function across the entire enterprise; evidence that design investments and influence are increasing; clear reporting structure and operating model for design; experienced design executives at the helm directing design activities; and tangible senior leadership-level commitment for design.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Fashion B2B Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Career progression analysis also shows that at each level, men are promoted at materially higher rates than women. Women are far more likely than men to leave the industry or to reduce their level of ambition just at the point in their careers when they need to make the effort to push on to the top. financial firms are women.

Chief Executive Officer 8

Chief Executive Officer Committee Career Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

ended the company''s telecommuting option for employees early in 2013, and Best Buy followed suit a week later by terminating its groundbreaking, decade-old flexible work program, Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), they joined a growing trend among organizations trading flexibility for face time. When Yahoo! Prior to Yahoo!''s

Presenteeism 9

Presenteeism Career Sample Retail 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. Described by faculty as “the Hope Diamond among the many gems on staff” when received 2016 and 2013 Staff Excellence Awards. How do you avoid your applications getting tossed by HR or automated filters?

COO 13

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

We believe that when this incredible professional diversity collides with software engineering talent, you have the recipe for breakthrough innovation. A report by PrivCo shows that in 2012 there were 100 mergers and acquisitions for privately-held tech companies in NYC, with an accrued value of up to $8.3

Diversity 9

Diversity Software Engineering Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

After all, it’s more than a resume; “it’s a marketing document,” says John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of Knockout CV. ’” Here’s a sample mid-career resume that does this well (source: John Lees, Knockout CV ). See below for exactly what to include. .” Make it readable.

How To 15

How To Career Sample Case Study 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

Experience in an outside firm should be a requirement before embarking on your career in the family business, says Lachenauer. You’ll also gain much-needed perspective on what you hope the arc of your career might look like. Define your role and career path. ” Create separate spheres immediately. Have a backup plan.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

Innovative digital marketing approaches in social media, CRM, and other areas dominate the discussion. Nevertheless, analog spending still rules, as confirmed by Gartner''s 2013 digital marketing spending report. Digital marketing provides targeted reach and measurable impact. Digital CMOs also think beyond digital marketing.

CIO 8

CIO Marketing CRM Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2013

But you probably don''t work at Menlo Innovations, where there are no bosses (at least in the traditional sense). growth in digital ads between 2013 and 2014. Your company probably has a hierarchical process for deciding the proper course of action, and that process probably doesn''t put you at the center of the matter.

Advertising 8

Advertising Video Ethics PR 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2013

As David Burkus recently wrote, innovation isn''t an idea problem, but rather a recognition problem ; a lack of noticing the good ideas already there. But the opposite can be true, too: for instance, Sarah Milstein and Eric Ries designed the 2013 Lean Startup Conference with the intention of inclusion. And you do not see others.

Ries 10

Ries Conference Diversity Power 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Four years ago, Craig Hatkoff, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, approached me about a brainstorm: an event recognizing and celebrating breakthrough innovators. When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney.

Innovation 11

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2014

As co-CEO of the design and architectural firm Gensler , I’ve spent my career designing workplaces and studying the link between design and business performance. recall seems to indicate that the organization’s remote work policy was no longer a type of choice that supported Marissa Mayer’s stated goal of enhancing innovation.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Survey Motivation Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Cook, of the profound productivity difference between employees who just punch the clock to get their daily pay and those who engage in learning to make productive contributions through which they can build their careers and thereby reap future returns in work and in retirement. of Apple’s buybacks reported thus far for fiscal 2014.

Innovation 10

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

A new study from the Center for WorkLife Law reports on this phenomenon in the legal profession. The report identifies over 50 entrepreneurial businesses that offer lawyers jobs with better work-life balance than large law firms offer. Big Law, meet New Law. The first is genuine part-time work that can be done from home.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Attrition Entrepreneur Business Model 8