The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 26, 2022

In Oxford’s Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey’s hugely influential 2013 paper looking at the likelihood of automation for various professions, truck driving was one of the professions that were projected to be automated in double-quick time. Our results suggest that the impacts of automation may not happen all at once.

Osborne 75

Osborne Transportation Operations Hedge 75

Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

When it finally came to my attention, I realized right away that large-scale, controlled experimentation would revolutionize the way all companies operate their businesses and how managers make decisions. The employee was forbidden to work on the project. I had no idea how their use would fuel the rise of today’s online businesses.

Power 94

Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 94

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Meanwhile, in a survey of 89 institutional investors by Callan , 43% of respondents said they incorporate sustainability factors into their investment decisions — up 21 percentage points from 2013. Compensation committees often start by tying bonuses and long-term incentives to goals related to compliance and risk management.

Execution 11

Execution Incentives How To Committee 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2015

On the face of it, that seems to be two entirely different markets, with Facebook at Work playing in the workplace productivity market (competing with the likes of Microsoft Office, Webex , and project management software) while LinkedIn is part of the headhunting industry. After all, Facebook’s $7.87

Business Model 8

Business Model Advertising Human Resources Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 6, 2015

.” Specific technical skills are getting increasingly easy to measure, so employers focus instead on assessing whether a candidate understands the context in which the business is operating, will be highly motivated on the job, and will get along with the rest of the team.

Software 8

Software Engineering Incentives CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

What traditional investors don’t like about any of this is the regulatory uncertainty; the high valuations and over-capitalization; the lack of control over financials, strategy, and operations; and the lack of business use-cases. It’s now worth approximately $1,1200 per bitcoin.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The latter was a project I led after returning to Partners in 2011. This was for incentive payments and supplemental reimbursement for services provided by health professionals and hospitals that became meaningful users of IT. $3 They had incentives to do so, but they could easily refuse. This was a $1.2

System 8

System Skills Health Care Constraint 8