The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

For instance, a few years ago, research from VU University Amsterdam showed that we tend to have an unconscious bias towards viewing innovation and creativity as a young person’s game. The results were pretty clear cut, with the proportion of students aged between 50 and 64 rising from 10% in 1995 to nearly 30% by 2014.

Entrepreneur 142

Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing Competitive Advantage Innovation 142

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

In this uncertain environment, including the mounting global economic concerns, a humble mindset will be the only thing that will unlock the most promising business, social and economic innovations. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. He provides practical tools to “unleash” the hidden creativity in all of us.

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Books Leadership Cialdini Govindarajan 150

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 30, 2015

” This year will fly by, and as you gaze at 2015 in your rear view mirror, you may ask the same question then that you’re asking about 2014 now. Your team members can & will become the innovators in your industry when they are led well. ” But why wait until 2015 is in the books to ask that question?

Learning-by-Doing 150

Learning-by-Doing Incentives Mentor Industry 150

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 19, 2015

Consider two studies published in 2014 by Gary D. These behaviors are damaging to healthy relationships, productivity and innovation in the workplace. They’re wrong. Hard data makes it clear that non-leaders experience greater stress and in many instances it has a negative effect on their performance. Sherman, et al.

Stress 150

Stress Self-aware Competitive Advantage Sample 150

LDRLB

MARCH 24, 2014

Yet for some innovation tasks, being in the same room is the best solution. Toyota uses the big open room as a way of bringing together large diverse groups to focus on creating innovative improvements to products. They know that space influences ability to innovate. Encourage home working and they may never return.

Open-book 126

Open-book Organizational Behavior Innovation Creativity 126

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The over simplistic view of the workplace may be missing crucial aspects that influence our health. To gain a more nuanced understanding of the impact work is having on us, the researchers gathered data from the annual General Social Survey from 2002 to 2014. “Employment relationships are complex. Healthy work.

Survey 67

Survey Policies Influence Trends 67

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 18, 2021

The researchers discovered that the growth in energy usage between 1971 and 2014 accounted for around 25% of the improvements in life expectancy during that timeframe, which amounts to around 4 of the 14 years improvement witnessed during that period.

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Energy GDP Short-term Long-term 92

Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2020

Despite major turbulences (like the one of 2014), OPEC has successfully managed the supply/demand in the past. The US is poised to chip away at the influence of these old fossil fuel goliaths. We should never underestimate the potential for technological innovation. The organization kept the prices from fluctuating too wildly.

Industry 75

Industry Energy Offshoring Technology 75

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I have this thing about Blue Lobsters, seeing them in Maine and as a metaphor for innovation in that this rare phenotype results from serendipity and random collisions of genes. At first glance it is obvious that my work is highly influenced by science. I met Nick Mayer when ordering a gorgeous Blue Lobster print of his.

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Rivkin Film Project Innovation 130

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 12, 2019

Trade between users in the United States and countries for whom English is not native both before and after eBay introduced an AI-driven machine translation service around 2014. The team attempted to mitigate external factors that could have influenced the amount of global trade conducted by focusing on the length of the product title.

Globalization 61

Globalization Comparison Budgeting Tools 61

Tim Milburn

JANUARY 28, 2014

Along with technology and innovation, trust is one of the most powerful forces in business today. My goal is to help you recognize trust as the multi-faceted, powerful source of influence that it is, so you make sure it’s a conscious component of everything you and your organization does. Trust is waiting to be harvested.

Power 96

Power Books Covey Open-book 96

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Specifically, traditional organizational reporting structures limit managers’ visibility into how their employees are influencing and contributing to other teams. One window into an employee’s impact within an organization is understanding how they collaborate and influence others within the organization.

Influence 11

Influence Market Segmentation Software Comparison 11

Strategy Driven

JULY 23, 2014

Contributing to the total $7 trillion in consumer and business spending in America, women influence 85% of all purchasing decisions, including half of products that would seem more oriented to men, such as automobiles, home improvement items, and consumer electronics. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Diversity Conference Mentor Entrepreneur 65

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2015

Innovation drives economic growth. This logic has risen to dominate the discourse in development circles, with government leaders, policy influencers, and development-minded business leaders fully embracing innovation as a panacea for unemployment and economic underperformance.

Innovation 8

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Business Model Entrepreneur 8

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 6, 2015

The authors of the year’s three best business books on culture, one of which is a novel, explore the elusive subject from widely divergent perspectives, but all end up confirming that it is the single most powerful influence on how people behave in organizations.

Influence 100

Influence Succession Ethics Bureaucracy 100

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Leads Tuck’s incredibly innovative coaching program. Leading innovator in HR for over 25 years.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 17, 2014

However, innovations in the neurosciences to developments in social media have revealed that profitability should no longer be relegated to sales figures and profit margins alone. Our inability to influence the outcome of an event is deeply unsettling. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.

ROE 50

ROE ROI Letter Airlines 50

Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 3, 2014

Inspire and influence The most successful leaders are able to inspire and influence everyone: their executive team, employees, customers, clients, partners, investors, and many others. We never know whom we may inspire or influence, or who may inspire and influence us. Copyright (c) 2014 by Faisal Hoque.

Leadership 279

Leadership Influence Long-term Learning-by-Doing 279

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In our research we collected survey data from a manufacturing plant in Malaysia in 2014. But we found that strong environmental norms could override the influence of personality on employees’ willingness to speak up at work. We also found that the environment could influence how employees spoke up.

Company 15

Company Environment Operations Influence 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

We suggest that HR leaders make minimum interventions in trying to influence communities of growth. For example, Everis, an NTT Data Company, launched the “ 1W4US” (One Week for Us) initiative in 2014 to foster collective talent. The company issued innovation challenges related to its strategic plan.

Innovation 8

Innovation Diversity Bond Participative 8

Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In 2014, GM admitted that it had known about an ignition switch issue for over a decade before it finally issued a recall. That influences individual engagement and willingness to risk having tough conversations. That will improve collaboration and innovation across your organization.

Environment 216

Environment Teamwork Loyalty Commitment 216

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

A 2014 IMF study illustrates that extreme inequality is self-defeating as it slows down economic growth and insights from behavioral economics show that it damages employee morale and productivity, while large executive bonuses have presented PR nightmares for the companies that award them. Today, Zhengfei himself holds only 1.4%

Case Study 8

Case Study ESOP Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

However, as much as macroeconomic reforms are needed, the future of the Greek economy will be determined by its competitiveness, which concerns costs, but is also measured by innovation. The key to such a change is developing an innovation-oriented industrial structure and a well-functioning innovation system.

Planning 9

Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 9

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. Influencers improve engagement.

Technology 8

Technology Audience Call Center Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The transition to a global digital economy in 2014 was sporadic – brisk in some countries, choppy in others. But even where cash is still king, digital marketplaces are innovating at a remarkable pace. Some may be able to overcome limitations with clever innovations and stopgap measures, while others seem to be stuck.

Constraint 8

Constraint Marketing Innovation Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

There’s little argument that Tesla is a wildly innovative company. Tesla clearly doesn’t qualify under the traditional definition of a disruptive innovation. Tesla famously open-sourced all its patents in 2014, reducing any advantage the company may otherwise have claimed for proprietary inventions.

Supply Chain 11

Supply Chain Automotive Disruptive Innovation Transportation 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2018

Nike halved the size of its digital unit in 2014 by discontinuing its Nike+ Fuelband activity tracker and some other investments. Therefore, no managers should view digital — or any other major technological innovation — as their sure salvation. Lego recently defunded its Digital Designer virtual building program.

Technology 8

Technology Business Model CEO Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Institutional investors often are critical of CEOs’ influence over boards and have made efforts to help companies improve their governance. Advances in machine learning have led to innovations ranging from facial recognition software to self-driving cars. Nonetheless, boards remain highly imperfect. Could technology help?

Company 9

Company Kahneman Learning-by-Doing CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Even far-flung or pint-sized choruses for change can wield great influence when they unite and come from a place of deep authenticity. The social entrepreneur needs to create ways for their constituents to have influence and ownership over the solutions. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. Leadership Social enterprise'

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Microfinance NGO Mission Statement 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Between 2000 and 2014, the TELUS brand grew in value from a few hundred million dollars to $4.3 This post is part of a series leading up to the annual Global Drucker Forum , taking place November 13-14 2014 in Vienna, Austria. billion, and its revenues increased from $6.4 billion to $11.7 Read the rest of the series here.

Leadership 8

Leadership Telecommunications Education Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

On the other hand, the technologists looking to differentiate their platforms are drawn by the voice and influence of publishing. So in early 2014, Jonathan Glick coined the ungainly word “ platisher ” to describe hybrids of digital media platforms and publishers. Are they responsible for the content they host, or not?

Business Model 8

Business Model Content Incentives Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Too often, however, the employees who are best positioned to influence change do not understand how they can contribute or may not view sustainability as a business imperative. It was by thinking bigger and acting bolder that we developed and launched our Global Climate Commitment in 2014.

Goal 13

Goal Strategy Company Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Roughly 80% of individuals and families who bought their health insurance through an SBM or FFM in 2014 received a tax credit to defray the cost of premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. By the second open enrollment period, in late 2014, the FFM had vastly improved website functionality, as had most states. Fostering innovation.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 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

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Most are accompanied by other restrictions, such as taxes and smoking bans in the case of cigarettes, which means it is difficult to disentangle the effects of warnings from other factors that influence behavior. Second, keep in mind that when orchestrated correctly, warnings influence producers as well as consumers. in 1965 to 16.8%

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Mass Marketing System Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a 2014 survey from Deloitte , 86% of business leaders know that their organizations’ future depends on the effectiveness of their leadership pipelines — but a survey of 2,200 global HR leaders found that only 13% are confident in their succession plans, with 54% reporting damage to their businesses due to talent shortages.

Leadership Development 8

Leadership Development Development Leadership Leadership Pipeline 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

For example, recall Cadillac’s 2014 Super Bowl commercial featuring a busy and leisure-deprived businessman lampooning those who enjoy long vacations. Intrigued by this phenomenon, we decided to conduct a series of studies to examine how signaling busyness at work influences perceptions of status in the eyes of others.

Brand 8

Brand Participative Short-term Long-term 8