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How Can Innovation Be Better Disseminated?

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article, I highlighted some of the challenges involved in translating investment in technology and innovation into productivity improvements across the economy. In an age of smartphones, AI, and genetics, it seems crazy to think that the record sums invested in technology aren’t making more of an impact.

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Managing Distraction in the Digital Era

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Amy Blankson: In 2013, the National Center for Biotechnology Information reported that the average attention span of a human has dropped to a mere eight seconds , one second behind that of a goldfish. If you can’t step away from technology completely during work, consider limiting how often you check email.

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The Global Fight For Cloud Supremacy

The Horizons Tracker

leading to a projected market of $331 billion by 2022. A key strength for AWS in these early days was that their offering was built out of technology that they were developing for internal needs. This allowed the company to drive sales of Azure alongside its existing products, such as Office and LinkedIn.

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Could Solar Power The Next Industrial Revolution?

The Horizons Tracker

This growth has been driven by the tremendous technological strides made by solar power. The company, which was founded in 2013, currently has around 46 solar installations generating over 500 megawatts across Europe. These technologies also tend to provide a greater return on investment for public authorities too.

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Learning The Keys To Exceptional Execution

Tanveer Naseer

Amar told me in 2013 that some factors have changed since he first published his findings, for example, access to capital is more widespread through crowd-funding, along with a mainstream popularization of entrepreneurship and rise of a global startup ecosystem. Your product doesn’t have to be a Bentley, Hublot, or a Stradivarius.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

If any doubt existed that Disney’s magic was back, it was put to rest with the 2013 release of the blockbuster movie Frozen. Pixar could see these guys were driven to make great films but knew they didn’t have access to the kind of technology Pixar had so they went after them. When Pixar focuses on making great films, profit follows.

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 3 of 7

Strategy Driven

By blindly creating and/or tolerating working conditions in which people do not and often cannot effectively listen to one another, we kill productivity and profitability. You just finished reading 6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 3 of 7 ! Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.