Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Instead they are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise in AI to become more widely available. They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies. Even more recent technologies like deep learning are based on research that took place in the 1980s.

Company 8

Company Maturity System Engineering 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. Marketplaces allow people to do apples-to-apples comparisons of health insurance products and prices through an online portal. Technological challenges.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

The Lean Startup is an approach to developing new products that came out of “Agile” software development, with “sprints” (quick deliverables) and fast learning. It’s now being tried in manufacturing since GE and others believe that rapid learning cycles with customers will reduce the risk that you build something you can’t sell.

Ries 10

Ries Waterman Finance Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

banks are going to survive the coming wave in financial technology (fintech), they’ll need to finally take digital transformation seriously. Small businesses are starting to demand banking services that have engaging web and mobile user experiences, on par with the technologies they use in their personal lives.

Banking 12

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 12

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?” To identify emerging trends, I use a six-part methodology beginning with seeking out those on the fringes doing unusual experimentation or research. Bots do more than offer conversation.

Trends 8

Trends Film Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Where do they shop? How do we know what they do like? But shifting to meet Millennials’ expectations is something big companies just have to do. It requires a new set of tools: a more open and flexible mind-set, significant process changes, as well as new technology and infrastructure. The internet.

Company 8

Company Hotels Travel Class 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve found that managers who fully embrace a superconsumer strategy learn more from their consumers through increased empathy. “The learning curve in any industry is steep, but it is particularly so in the airline industry. Longer tenure reduces the challenge of a steep learning curve.”

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. While much has changed even since 2015, there are roadblocks on the journey that have remained surprisingly resilient. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. Digital technologies are poised to change the future of work.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

By all accounts, the Chinese state is on all-out drive to move the country up the technological ladder. Yet, along other dimensions, the state is unwittingly hindering China’s emergence as a technological giant. in 2015 and is on track to reach a targeted 2.5% in 2000 to 2.0% ” But what’s the effect?

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

Companies can get stuck trying to analyze all that’s possible and all that they could do through analytics, when they should be taking that next step of recognizing what’s important and what they should be doing — for their customers, stakeholders, and employees. Delegate the work to your analytics technologies.

Strategy 8

Strategy Supply Chain Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

But how often do you cancel it due to what seems a more urgent work demand? 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. Consistency between what you say and do is essential.

Team 12

Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

of those in these markets said that currency volatility posed the greatest material risk to their pricing strategy during 2014 and 2015. For example, the Russian ruble depreciated from being 37 rubles to the dollar in September 2014, to being close to 70 rubles to the dollar in January 2015. Federal Reserve. HQ without consulting them.

Price 8

Price Globalization Depreciation Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

Failure to optimize “openness” Because platforms depend on the value created by participants, it’s critical to carefully manage the platform’s “openness” – the degree of access that consumers, producers, and others have to a platform, and what they’re allowed to do there. Insight Center.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

How do you measure empathy on social media? The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice. Women account for 62% of Twitter users , visiting 40 million times more than men do each month. But the worst have exported their old tricks to new media. They aren’t anonymous.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

We’ve found that CEOs of big pharmaceutical companies, for example, are more likely to have a background as company lawyers, salespeople, or finance managers, than one in medicine or pharmaceutical R&D. For example, Qualcomm’s CDMA mobile technology was a breakthrough that led to its IPO in 1991. tax jurisdiction.

CEO 8

CEO Innovation Pharmaceuticals Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

For example, a self-insured company that learns its employees have certain genetic characteristics might want to become fully insured or vice versa. Participatory programs do not require a specific outcome, just participation. This figure is likely to decline as genetic testing technology improves and more vendors get into the market.

Insurance 9

Insurance Committee Power Cost 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In six years of working across 60 countries in search of the perfect health system, I have been fascinated by the fact that every country wants to deliver safe, consistently good, financially sustainable health care, but no one has been able to do it. This is simple to say but difficult to do. Insight Center. Sponsored by Optum.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

It depends, in part, on what states and cities do next. greenhouse gas emissions peaked in 2007, and by 2015 had declined by 10%. emissions from electricity generators fell 20% from 2007 to 2015, while emissions from other sectors fell more modestly. greenhouse gas emissions will increase? For the time being, U.S.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Policies Politics 8