The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A second paper, published in 2017 , by the London School of Economics examined actual employment data from the last few decades. It looked at the role technology plays in economic recoveries, both in terms of economic growth and the number of jobs. The dissemination of technology. The need for investment in technology.

TCO 73

TCO Decentralization CAPEX Industry 73

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Technically, the book came out in the fall of 2015, but gained its popularity and momentum in 2016, hence my selection as my 2016 pick. James Dallas More specifically, Brown covers much more than tasks, timing and technologies. James Dallas. Virtually every business is undergoing change.

Books 65

Books Leadership Competitive Advantage Tactics 65

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Soon, I will announce my choice for best book about leadership for 2017. Technically, the book came out in the fall of 2015, but gained its popularity and momentum in 2016, hence my selection as my 2016 pick. James Dallas More specifically, Brown covers much more than tasks, timing and technologies. James Dallas.

Books 50

Books Leadership Competitive Advantage Tactics 50

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 28, 2017

Alexander Osterwalder – Thinkers 50 #1 Strategy Thinker 2015-17, million-selling author Business Model Generation and Value Proposition Design , inventor Business Model Canvas. Liz Wiseman – Bestselling author of Multipliers, Thinkers 50 Top Ten Leadership Thinker 2015-17, Winner of the ATD Champion of Talent Award.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Human Resources Magazine CEO 70

Strategy Driven

MAY 13, 2018

PA is a form of technology that learns from other existing data. According to Deloitte, in 2015, only about 8% of global organizations have adopted PA for their Human Resources groups. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Understanding What Predictive Analytics Is. This process results in predictive results.

Tools 51

Tools Human Resources Analysis Attrition 51

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

My research revealed that their company had in fact founded LLB, which younger generations of management did not know. These anniversaries should be celebrated in 2015: The Galleria, 45th. These anniversaries should be celebrated in 2017: NASA’s move to Houston, 55th. Technology is but one tool of the trade.

Case Study 50

Case Study Open-book Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Eliminating layers of management. One thing that distinguishes the typical nonprofit from a comparably-sized investor-owned hospital is the number of layers of management. PM Images/Getty Images. As the U.S.

Cost 9

Cost System Management Franchising 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

On January 26, 2015, President Obama will become the first sitting U.S. India Business Council found that its large company members were prepared to invest $40 billion into India by 2017. Boeing India’s Dennis Swanson told Business Week that he expects to sign a new strategic partnership with an Indian company in 2015.

Venture Capitalist 10

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The year 2015 was a pivotal time when humanity turned more decisively toward building a thriving and sustainable world. Here are eight cross-cutting themes and stories from 2015 that are driving us toward a sustainable world (and two that are doing the opposite): 1. in the first six months of 2015, 70% was renewable.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2017

In PwC’s 2017 Global Digital IQ Survey, 52% rated their digital IQ as strong. Compare that with 67% and 66% in 2016 and 2015, respectively. The survey, conducted among 2,200 technology executives, identified critical skill gaps such as cybersecurity and privacy. Jump ahead to 2017, and that same metric is just 18%.

Skills 10

Skills Company Technology Tools 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

These major transformations pose significant implications for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, workers, and managers, as well as policymakers for nations and cities across the globe. The annual number of venture capital deals expanded from 8,500 in 2010 to 14,800 in 2017, for an increase of 73% in just seven years. Globalization.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Globalization Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2018

A few years ago, it was clear that mobile technology was changing the way people searched when they wanted to know, go, do or buy. With advancing technology, people are again changing how they search — and time is of the essence. search interest for “ open now ” grew 300 percent from June 2015 to June 2017.

Marketing 8

Marketing Content Advertising Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The survey gathers perspectives from a small but influential group of executives — chief information officers, chief data officers, and senior business and technology leaders of Fortune 1000 firms. Among the findings: 63% of firms now report having Big Data in production in 2015, up from just 5% in 2012. Insight Center.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Chief Information Officer Agility Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2018

In 2017, according to Fung Global Retail and Technology, there were nearly 7,000 store closing announcements , the second-largest number since 2000. You need knowledgeable employees who are cross-trained to manage customers’ needs wherever they arise. This year is expected to be even worse.

Retail 8

Retail Operations Merchandising Motivation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. In my view, however, the structure and processes of the GE board were poorly designed for effectively overseeing Immelt and his management team.

Committee 8

Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

In 2015 over 113 million Americans health records were exposed, and in 2016 the number was over 16 million, according to reports submitted to the U.S. At the beginning of 2017 Experian predicted that the health care sector would be the most heavily targeted vertical industry. The estimated loss to the industry is $5.6 Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Insurance Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Over a period of years, every GE senior manager would learn the lean startup methodology, and GE would be the showcase for how modern companies use entrepreneurial management to transform culture and drive long-term growth. In June 2017 the board “retired” Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. of the company.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. million from 2005 to 2015, a 67 percent jump. Winning in the future will require a rigorous approach to accessing and managing independent workers.

Content 8

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. These advances will have also significantly increased the workload of more senior managers, keeping them working around the clock.

Team 10

Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In 2015 Doreetha Daniels received her associate degree in social sciences from College of the Canyons, in Santa Clarita, California. Outside of universities, ongoing learning and skill development is essential to surviving economic and technological disruption. But Daniels wasn’t a typical student: She was 99 years old.

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

In early May 2017 Republicans in the U.S. Second, technology has become a pervasive element across the health care system, with a major impact on diagnosis, treatment, and communications. From 2015 to 2016, investors poured more than $8 billion into funding these tools. But technology has become rooted firmly in U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Trends Venture Funding Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. 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. Could Liberate 50% of Managers' Time.

Company 10

Company Survey Finance Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

One of the big reasons is that security businesses tend to look for people with traditional technology credentials — college degrees in tech fields, for example. hiring in cybersecurity since 2015 has consisted of new collar professionals. schools and 300 industry partners, with the goal of expanding to 80+ schools in 2017.

Education 10

Education How To Industry Career 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

PwC’s 2017 Risk in Review report revealed that 47% of corporate officers said they track their risk appetite – up from 36% in 2015. When PwC asked CEOs to name the most important ingredients for successful innovation, 31% said having the capability for creativity. That means you need to be willing to try–and fail.

Content 8

Content Creativity Maturity Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

For example, in 2009 professors Brian Becker, Mark Huselid, and Richard Beatty estimated that in most companies less than 15% of jobs are what they call strategic positions and said management should focus “disproportionate investments” on finding A players for those jobs. Connectors in the middle. High-potential future leaders.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For most of 2015, I was the director of Rhode Island’s SBM, known as HealthSource RI, which more than 32,000 Rhode Islanders use to purchase health insurance. By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. Technological challenges. Financial challenges.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

In 2015 the Army informed Riley that, because of his time away, he was not being promoted alongside 90% of his peers to the rank of 1st lieutenant and he would soon be facing a board to determine whether he should be separated from the Army altogether. That was where the trouble began. Today he continues to wear the uniform.

Talent Management 8

Talent Management Learning-by-Doing Advertising Training 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In 2015, the world pivoted in a historic way toward sustainability. The context for sustainable business in 2017 may center on the competition between these two stories; that is, how will Trump and his team impact or impede progress on climate and other sustainability issues? Debates about climate change melted away. Then came 2016.

Energy 8

Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

General Motors, once the world’s largest car maker, has decided to stop selling vehicles in India by the end of 2017, since it considers its India operation to be not profitable. GM will keep its technology center in Bangalore. The company re-entered a liberalizing India in 1994, after abandoning the country in 1954.

CEO 9

CEO Long-term Short-term Mass Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Most modern health care improvements seem to involve expensive technology and an uncomfortable amount of change management. When they got back to Rotterdam Eye Hospital, the managers asked themselves why couldn’t they add a similar feature to their own “team-start” huddles? Kelly Sillaste/Getty Images.

Health Care 8

Health Care Stress Morale Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In 2015 and 2016, we witnessed dozens of CEOs speaking up against anti-LGBT laws in a handful of states such as Indiana , Georgia , and North Carolina. In 2017, as the Trump administration began, CEO activism has surged. The technology sector takes the lead. Most of these CEOs have been based in the U.S.,

CEO 8

CEO Travel Letter Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

He hired salespeople and marketers from Google, who transformed Volvo’s use of technology and social media in those disciplines. Between 2011 and 2015, the company added 3,000 new people in engineering and development. Net revenue hit an all-time high in 2017, and profits rose for the third consecutive year.

Engineering 8

Engineering Mass Marketing Automotive Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

By 2015, RedBalloon was delivering more than four million customers to businesses across Australia and New Zealand that offered “experiences.” In 2017, Simson and her marketing team put Albert to work immediately, processing the company’s large database of customer interactions and transaction history.

Retail 8

Retail Audience Budgeting Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

When I joined Instagram in 2015 as head of engineering, the company had been part of Facebook for three years. It had 115 engineers, but we would soon scale to 300, and later grow to over 400 in 2017. The engineering department needed better organization and management, and its employees were craving more career development.

Engineering 8

Engineering Team Consensus Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

They like technology, they have an Xbox, they have children, and they have an annual household income of more than $100,000. And going into 2017, just two years from now, the momentum they will have generated will force executives at your company to sidestep drones, self-driving cars, and robots to focus on this technology.

Forrester 8

Forrester Technology Execution Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

One day in December 2014, Sergey, the Russia general manager for a multinational consumer goods company, was up early in the morning, watching the ruble’s value slide by the minute. of those in these markets said that currency volatility posed the greatest material risk to their pricing strategy during 2014 and 2015.

Price 8

Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8