Strategy Driven

JUNE 8, 2016

Since 2013, utility executives have announced the early retirement of twelve reactors and Wall Street estimates reveal another dozen to be at risk; raising the question: Can nuclear plants be operated competitively in today’s market? This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2016

Trend-Driven Innovation , as detailed in our book of the same name, is the end-to-end process of tracking changes in these expectations to make sure that your products, services or experiences don’t fall behind. Change – environmental, political, social, cultural, technological, economic – is occurring constantly. Innovations.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2013

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

This was the context when on Christmas day 2013, the then designated Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa offered me the aforementioned thankless and non-lucrative opportunity. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. How could I refuse? Turbulence. About the Author.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

institutionalized mistrust, resignation, or resentment), technology addiction (which can make it difficult for some people to actually talk to others), or a simple incompetence for speaking and listening. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven’s premium content for 14 days.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Too often, startup CEOs cling to old business models as their reason for success, when in reality it was their innovation and risk-taking that helped them succeed in the first place. As digital technology disrupted Kodak’s business, they held onto the film business as everyone was going digital. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it. Historic innovation often comes during times of historic difficulty, as these breakdowns create the demand for something new to emerge. Suppressing Innovation. Not Listening.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2016

Some innovative local governments have realized this and are using technology and a customer-focused mind-set to innovate and better serve citizens, whether for setting up a business or renewing a driver’s license. The ones who are really innovating aim bigger. Innovation in Cities. Insight Center.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 20, 2014

ADVISOR – I launched the Gitomer Certified Advisor program in the fall of 2013. LESSON: Don’t stay attached to old technology or products even though they have brought success and profit in the past. Content is more than king. This content is intended for personal and non-commercial use only. Instant success.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Change is innovative. Houston Symphony Orchestra, 100th in 2013. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative. Technology is but one tool of the trade. Start your FREE trial membership * and receive: FULL ACCESS to StrategyDriven's premium content for 14 days. I’m the person who planted the ideas and strategy.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

We smiled, read some notes and then promptly divided the contents among our comrades throughout the building. A successful DoD senior-acquisition program manager and test leader, Matt has earned documented success in the areas of test and evaluation, assessment, technology development and flight operations.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

They knew the answer was not by relying on traditional internal processes and practices for R&D and innovation. IBM, a company with a long and successful tradition of internally-focused R&D activities, is adapting to this new world of creating platforms and enabling open innovation. So how does it work?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The network effect, which describes how services and technologies become more valuable as more people use them, has driven the success of many internet companies. The advertising guru David Jones dubbed this mixing of branding and technology as “brandtech.” They leverage technology in innovative ways.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Aside from complex technological advances (e.g., Aside from complex technological advances (e.g., The first AR technology was developed in 1968 at Harvard when computer scientist Ivan Sutherland (named the “father of computer graphics”) created an AR head-mounted display system.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

From this perspective, the Harvard Business Review , The Atlantic , and The New York Times are classic “publishers” — they present highly-curated content, and their editors invest a lot of time in its creation. It’s not technologically difficult for publishers to add platform-like elements, and vice versa.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

With guidance from Paul English, chief technology officer of Kayak, we borrowed a common tool from business — professional virtual communities (PVCs) — and adapted it to leverage the wisdom of the crowds. As of July 2013, there were 50 private communities. The Launch. What features would make the site inviting, accessible, and useful?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

After an unprecedented decade of growth, analysts wrote off 2013 as a year to forget for Apple. Most pundits agreed on what was wrong — a lack of breakthrough innovation since the passing of founder Steve Jobs. Apple has seemingly served as an anomaly to the theory of disruptive innovation. for three years.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2013

One of the most persistent misconceptions about mobile devices is that it''s okay if they offer only a paltry subset of the content available on the desktop. For this growing population, if your content doesn''t exist on the mobile screen, it doesn''t exist at all. Mobile users should get the same content. Get rid of it.).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2014

Nike is often praised for their innovative brand campaigns and grassroots community development via running clubs. million half-marathons in 2013, and 57.3 Informational forums include StackExchange , Yahoo Answers and GetSatisfaction ; content is meant to be useful and searchable over a long period of time.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2013

I could not be a bigger proponent of technology. My day job as a venture capitalist focuses on innovations in digital media and big data, and new models of business information and community connectivity. It has obscured content that is worth consuming. Maybe 2013 year is the year to begin a slow conversation movement.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2014

If marketers want to produce content, they need to think like publishers. After all, content isn’t an extension of marketing, it’s an extension of publishing. Even The New York Times —which, as I’ve noted , has not run its business well— achieved 8% net margins in 2013—not great, but not exactly a tragedy either.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

Without such data it is simply too easy for competitors to let you do the hard work of innovation, then copy your insights and erode your competitive advantage. There, he introduced the contrasting notions of "infrastructure" and "proprietary" technologies. This logic applies directly to data.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

In 2013, there was already executive commitment and discussion around turning internal social media projects into strategic imperatives owned by lines of business. Then came the next wave, external social business, rooted in customer service, corporate marketing, and communications.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Avis has taken an interesting (and bold) step by acquiring Zipcar, absorbing an innovative but struggling competitor at what is likely to be seen as a bargain price while acquiring a small but desirable customer base and gaining a foothold in the rapidly growing world of collaborative consumption.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. A design studio is geared for collaboration and innovation work with customers and partners. The first step was to hire someone to run it.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

in 2013 to 3.7 Sociologists observe that many participants in large meetings engage in “social loafing”: Because of the large size, they do not feel responsible to contribute, and instead are content to rely on others to carry things forward. in early 2018, according to Moody’s. The Board Had No Finance Committee.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Digital media continue to be springboards for global innovation and enterprise. So here are four innovation ideas — themes, really — sure to gain significantly greater mind- and market-share over the coming year. Hollywood and content creators worldwide have taken notice and readjusted their business models accordingly.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

Mobile technology presents all marketers with a tantalizing proposition. While many of these strategies apply both within and outside the consumer packaged goods industry, there is no secret sauce and all marketers should ask themselves what their unique mobile framework should be in 2013, and beyond. Monetize mobile media?.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2013

subscribers in the first quarter of 2013, a 7% increase over the previous quarter. The company''s chief content officer said in February that Netflix uses "really big data" to pick which shows to produce and how to promote them. Information & technology Innovation Strategy'

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Even if the United States implemented all the approaches whose effectiveness has been measured, only 40% of the estimated $1 trillion of wasteful spending would be addressed, leaving a significant opportunity for innovation in all areas of health care. Tell us what health-care content you’d like to see more of from HBR.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2016

Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent. ” The company was already developing content, targeted specifically at recruits, that demonstrated its “culture and the type of company we want to be in 1, 5, and 10 years.” Don’t keep relying on the same old social media platforms.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. Specifically, what is the role of the leader in creating and sustaining an innovative organization? Or, as Hill puts it, “Conventional leadership won’t get you to innovation.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2013

One can naturally debate any system that seeks to crown the world’s most innovative companies. Forbes’s mathematical approach, which calculates an “Innovation Premium” baked into a stock price, suffers from market capriciousness. Amazon continues to be the world’s best example of a serial business model innovator.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Hill began to dig into the scholarship around leadership and innovation, she soon realized there was a lot of research on both. Specifically, what is the role of the leader in creating and sustaining an innovative organization? Or, as Hill puts it, “Conventional leadership won’t get you to innovation.”

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2013

They embrace innovations, while keeping the best traditions. Change is innovative. Technology is but one tool of the trade. In the 1940s, technology brought us the 45-RPM and 33-1/3-RPM records… adding up to the “mother speed” of 78-RPM. Innovated It… and Teach You Why. by Hank Moore.

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Planning Learning Curve Budgeting Learning-by-Doing 78

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I spoke with Patty McCord, the former chief talent officer of Netflix from 1998 to 2013. ” As media enthusiasts themselves, Netflix’s employees were self-aware enough to realize that consumers have a variety of tastes and that there was no reason to stick exclusively to proud-to-watch content. Building Empathy.

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Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

economy spent one trillion dollars fixing and treating the so-called Y2K Bug, which we now know was a manufactured “crisis” by technology consulting companies. As was discussed in Chapter 8, technology constitutes one tenth of 1% of any organization’s overall Big Picture. In 1999, the U.S. All rights reserved.

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