Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. The Launch – Deep-diving into prototyping and getting the venture moving. The Money – Securing cash and backing.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Succession Self-aware Storytelling 65

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 11, 2013

StrategyDriven Analytics combines StrategyDriven’s industry leading asset management and data analytics experience with Xen Wireless’s information technology and delivery expertise. Xen Wireless delivers high value, high impact, technology services and solutions to help our customers solve real world business problems.

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Wireless Benchmarking Asset Management Industry 58

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2021

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. The Launch – Deep-diving into prototyping and getting the venture moving. The Money – Securing cash and backing.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Curious Cat

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The lifespan of technology solution is often quite long (even though it seems things are constantly being updated). In another example “smart TVs” provide many paths for mistakes impacting customers (security breaches, software failures, etc.) Samsung is adding new obtrusive ads to your old smart TV.

Constraint 40

Constraint Process Software Long-term 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

This means that many organizations and their leaders are running as fast as they can to quickly build their software capabilities. CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. The Launch – Deep-diving into prototyping and getting the venture moving. The Money – Securing cash and backing.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

For centuries, we’ve built and organized scientific and technological knowledge through testable explanations and predictions. This is what happened at Amazon when an employee created a software prototype that would make personalized recommendations to customers based on items in their online shopping carts. -Daniel Kahneman.

Power 94

Power Kahneman Open-book Learning-by-Doing 94

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The successful experience illustrates the role that relatively simple technology (e.g., The project was launched in 2013, and the RFID system was rolled out in stages starting in the summer of 2015. Use technology to identify and address barriers. High-density RFID readers were installed in the ceilings.

Technology 8

Technology Mayo Health Care Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

Investing in technology can help lift people out of poverty, and investments that use technology for development are good for business, creating millions of new customers. Using information and communications technology (ICT) for development is fairly common, but surprisingly, most digital divide projects don’t generate revenue.

Technology 8

Technology Globalization Project System 8

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I think our principal observation was that what was happening was that disruptive innovations driven by largely information technology but lots of other technologies on the fringe here that are getting ready to exhibit the same kind of characteristics were entering the market in kind of this better and cheaper way.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 21, 2013

However generally speaking someone that is a great Project Manager in road construction (painter) is not going to suddenly be a great project manager in a major software project (author). Degree in Project Management, combined with over 20 years of hands-on PM experience in the high technology, telecommunications, and clean energy sectors.

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Project Management Film Telecommunications 58

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2013

I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today. million and software was $3.2 Inside Sales Roles.

Metrics 12

Metrics Telecommunications Telemarketing Software 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Thefts of iPhones declined 38% in San Francisco and 24% in London in the six months after Apple’s offer in September 2013 of software that allows users to lock down phones after thefts, and in New York City, robberies of Apple products fell 19% in the first five months of 2014, according to The New York Times.

Software 8

Software Technology Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

IT was using AI to resolve employees’ tech support problems, automate the work of putting new systems or enhancements into production, and make sure employees used technology from approved vendors. So that year, AP began working with an AI firm to train software to automatically write short earnings news stories.

Company 13

Company Survey Finance Engineering 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Despite the fact that Niantic, the American software development company that developed Pokémon Go, has failed to maintain high levels of engagement on the game (its current user base is now 30 million users), the phenomenon demonstrated AR’s potential to be adopted by mainstream culture. Phase 1: Attention-grabbing early efforts.

Tourism 10

Tourism Technology Content Fashion 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

Transportation 8

Transportation Technology Software Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In the UK alone, a 2014 report from the chief medical officer for England estimates, the number of sick days lost to “stress, depression, and anxiety” increased by 24% from 2009 to 2013. There’s even text-analysis software that will alert users to angry-sounding emails. Arianna Huffington counsels more sleep.

Stress 9

Stress Self-aware Software Emotional Intelligence 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

Advances in technology — especially digital technology and the increasing role of software in products and services — are demanding that large, successful organizations increase their pace of innovation and make greater use of resources outside their boundaries. Innovation Strategy Technology' So how does it work?

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

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.

Brand 8

Brand Apparel Software Content 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Valuable corporate assets — from intellectual property to pirated software to stolen code bases and other digital products — appear for sale on these marketplaces more and more. The bar to accessing criminal technology and digital capabilities has never been lower. And it isn’t a problem just for consumers.

Software 8

Software Engineering Technology Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

” Technological developments are often interesting to discuss in relation to relevance. A current example of uncertainty around relevance concerns blockchain , i.e. the technology behind virtual currencies such as bitcoin. In other words, the technology can make brokers and bankers irrelevant. Competition for dependence.

Stress 11

Stress Insourcing Uncertainty Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

When it comes to consumer-facing service industries like e-commerce, media, and ride- or apartment-sharing, it’s not new to suggest that “software is eating the world,” to use the phrase of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. As a result, software-enabled manufacturing start-ups are poised to have a large economic impact.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Contract Manufacturing Incubator Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

When we first decided to move the headquarters of our software company from Atlanta, we didn''t think of Silicon Valley. There are many reasons why Silicon Valley might have been a top contender: for years, it''s been the premier technology hub of the world. In fact, Silicon Valley wasn''t even on our short list. Tech industry'

Diversity 9

Diversity Software Engineering Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

In three other similar cases , malware capable of opening up “backdoor” access to a hospital’s IT network was found in software residing on X-ray, blood gas analyzer, and communications devices. For example, in 2013, the average age of an MRI scanner in the U.S. Safeguarding your company in a complex world.

System 8

System CIO Health Care Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Samsung said at its 2014 investors forum it expects the global Smart Home Device market to reach $15 billion in 2015, almost doubling from 2013’s $7.8 has emerged as a leading adopter of smart meter technology for power utilities, approaching 50% penetration of 150 million total endpoints. Information & technology Internet'

Early Adopters 12

Early Adopters Information Technology Long-term Industry 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Buyers used the salesman’s help to evaluate what products to purchase, especially for new technologies like clocks and sewing machines. Over the years, innovations in distribution, media, and technology have enabled buyers to use non-sales force channels for various steps of their buying journey.

B2B 8

B2B B2C Uncertainty Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Perhaps the HealthCare.gov gang that couldn’t code straight had never heard this software mantra. Based solely on Government Accounting Office reports and media coverage , it’s unclear which — if any — best practices in systems and software development were being followed. Leadership Technology' Where was it?

Software 9

Software System Project Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

As the world becomes more digitized, generating more information surrounding products and services and speeding up processes, large and small companies in every industry, even manufacturing, are starting to compete more like the software industry, with short product lifecycles and rapid decision-making. You won’t have a lot of money.

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Ries Waterman Finance Competitive Advantage 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

We investigated this topic when we studied how Nokia executives dealt with the company’s severe strategic challenges between 2007 and 2013. This bold strategic leap was, we found, in part facilitated by Nokia’s newly appointed board who actively attended to top managers’ emotions in 2012-2013.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2018

.’s ” Similarly, according to a survey by CareerBuilder in 2013, almost a third of employers said that their educational requirements for employment had recently increased, and specifically that they were hiring more college-educated workers for positions previously held by high school graduates. Adobe Dreamweaver) as well.

Education 11

Education Skills Marketing Industry 11

Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

It’s often not much more complicated than studying the patient’s needs, studying the work, and respecting and engaging team members to have a say in how processes, technology, and spaces are designed and utilized. Mark is also the Vice President of Improvement & Innovation Services for the software company KaiNexus.

Deming 28

Deming Kaizen System Quality 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

The company created impressive digital capabilities, labeling itself a “digital industrial” company, embedding sensors into many products, building a huge new software platform for the Internet of Things, and transforming business models for its industrial offerings.

Technology 8

Technology Business Model CEO Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

If you only read one piece, make it this one by David Garvin in 2013 , on how Google sold its engineers on management. Both Gmail and AdSense, the company’s ad software for publishers, started out as 20% time projects. How Google manages. Also from the Garvin piece, here’s what getting feedback at Google looks like.

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IPO Management Engineering Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

More than once you’ve probably looked at some new digital or technological development and asked yourself, “How did we miss that?” Software applications that run automated tasks are called “bots.” In 2013, technical glitches caused a three-hour stop at the Nasdaq. Blockchain. Augmented knowledge.

Trends 8

Trends Film Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

Translation software? That''s fine for short bursts of communication, but would you trust a more complex discussion to the software? Would you launch a new product with software delivering orders to everyone from development to marketing? out of a possible 990 in February 2013. That''s not a cost-effective strategy.

Globalization 8

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

Google’s strategy to date has been to build great consumer software, then extend these popular applications to enterprises with additional features, often at a fraction of the cost of competitors. With Google X the company is attempting to put its mark on the very process of technological innovation. But ultimately Google is Google.

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10