The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The latest to add its thoughts to the mix is a new report from Qatar University, which highlights how unregulated AI is a significant threat to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Lastly, the paper examines SDG 10, whose goal is to bolster equal opportunity. ” Supporting sustainable development. .”

Politics 76

Politics Ethics Policies Technology 76

Skip Prichard

MAY 10, 2021

They start by sharing the “Seductive Seven” which is a list of common tactics organizations may use to respond to problems: More technology. For example, we can see data dashboards, organization charts, spreadsheets, new strategic plans, or the latest new technology trend bouncing around social media. The Seductive Seven. More money.

Constraint 107

Constraint PR Policies Tactics 107

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

For instance, in 2013 the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued guidance on the development of the robotics industry, with this then supplemented by the Made in China 2025 program, which was launched in 2015. This set the goal of producing 100,000 industrial robots per year by 2020.

Automotive 73

Automotive Banking Industry Information Technology 73

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A recent Mckinsey & Company survey shows that since 2015, America has seen only a modest growth in women’s well paid jobs representation in the corporate pipeline. In the five years since 2015, women in high paying job representation in C-suite positions jumped from 17 to 21 percent. Percentage of women: 52%.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2016

As technology becomes more disruptive and we see more importance placed on big data and artificial intelligence, what will matter most are those things that make us human – the soft skills. Anyone can innovate if given the opportunity and the support. Actions have consequences and continuity of character matters. Blog Post ).

Books 150

Books Leadership Cialdini Govindarajan 150

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Previous to our technological advancements, the only way businesses could manage their multiple consumer platforms, numerous transactional tasks, and recover from data emergencies was to outsource to a variety of vendors. Drive Innovation. Employ Internal Multisourcing. It is how people communicate, work, and connect. About the Author.

Strategy 50

Strategy Outsourcing Process Technology 50

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

After a rocky start for the country after Ben Ali’s fall, the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize went to the Tunisian Quartet, composed of four civil society associations, which facilitated the country’s national dialogue. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies.

How To 50

How To Chief Information Officer Tourism Politics 50

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

A recent tweet by 7billCORPORATE ( @7billcorp , part of @7billionideas ) really nailed the truth about innovation and business. On 30 January 2015 via Twitter, a brilliant graphic was added to a post that contrasted the perception many people have about the path to progress and what it’s really like. Keep going. Don’t stop.

Innovation 70

Innovation Tools Operations Engineering 70

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

A recent tweet by 7billCORPORATE ( @7billcorp , part of @7billionideas ) really nailed the truth about innovation and business. On 30 January 2015 via Twitter, a brilliant graphic was added to a post that contrasted the perception many people have about the path to progress and what it’s really like. Keep going. Don’t stop.

Tools 70

Tools Innovation Operations Engineering 70

Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2015

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC announced the launch of an online business performance assessment forum; providing innovative thought leadership and collaboration opportunities to help executives and managers better assess the performance of their business operations. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Chief Executive Officer 50

Chief Executive Officer Document Benchmarking Library 50

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

New business models are rapidly emerging from revolutionary Internet, machine learning, and bioscience technologies that threaten the status quo in every field. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. Earl Nightingale.

Disaggregation 81

Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 81

Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

Set an aspirational stretch goal that is within reach, but only if things change. The tight timeframe and “what must we all start working on” clause pushed people from platitudes like ‘working smarter’ or ‘being more innovative’ into concrete actions, including which sacred cow projects to stop. Tips to Ask Good Questions.

Sull 70

Sull How To Insourcing Sharpe 70

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 11, 2015

” Don’t misunderstand – it is good to sweat, good to challenge ourselves, good to pursue ambitious goals. How Fast, Inexpensive, Restrained and Elegant Methods Ignite Innovation ” and “ The Simplicity Cycle: A Field Guide To Making Things Better Without Making Them Worse ”.

Books 100

Books Creativity Long-term Process 100

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2015

Mindset is our disposition goal, and principles serve as the guideposts and enforcers. Being open to innovative solutions. Technology and platforms are used to collaborate in expanded ways, requiring good virtual skills for facilitation, listening, and engagement. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

Diversity 50

Diversity Learning-by-Doing Competitive Advantage Open-book 50

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

Diversity is complicated, and that’s why most companies fail to meet their Diversity, Equity & Inclusion goals. In 2015, McKinsey and Company found that companies with a diverse workforce performed 15 to 35 percent better than the national industry median. Technology may help you avoid implicit bias in your candidate selection.

Diversity 111

Diversity Compliance McKinsey Bottom-up 111

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. degrees Celsius , or even 2 degrees (the stated long-term goals).

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Apparel Energy Price 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2015

Change is innovative. These anniversaries should be celebrated in 2015: The Galleria, 45th. Goal Inspiring. Apply thinking processes to be truly innovative. Technology is but one tool of the trade. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. I’m the person who planted the ideas and strategy.

Case Study 50

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

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

"Asia Fueling Global Innovation." That was the theme of the 2-hour panel discussion I moderated as part of a full-day ceremony celebrating the groundbreaking of Procter & Gamble's SGD 250m Innovation Centre in Singapore. Historically, 80 percent of its growth comes from innovation. Simplifying technology and new business models."

Innovation 15

Innovation CTO Senge Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

.” An increasing number of companies — particularly in the auto industry — are heeding that call, setting aggressive, creative, and visionary goals that change their approach to business and how they relate to the wider world. Nissan is not alone in setting big goals. But it’s also very good for the business.

Goal 8

Goal Transportation Automotive COO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Entrepreneurship aids economic vitality by getting rid of complacent incumbents, accelerating innovation, and creating jobs. While 38 companies joined the unicorn ranks in the second half of 2015, only 19 made it into the club in the first half of 2016. In 2015 global M&A volume surpassed $5 trillion — a record.

Innovation 8

Innovation Bureaucracy IPO Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

This is the overarching goal of China’s 2010-2015 plan. As the impact of the labor bonanza and capital-led phases begins to fade, productivity growth in China must increasingly come from the quality of innovation and management expertise at the organizational level. China, too, needs more technological innovation.

GDP 13

GDP Supply Chain Globalization Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

While progress is clearly being made, as an industry, we still have far to go to consistently deliver on the promise of high-value care through technology and innovation. Leverage technology to allow diagnoses to be made, in many cases, at the initial point of care. As Harvard Business School professor Clayton M.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Venture Capitalist Christensen 8

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

At the peak, Alibaba’s technology platforms processed 325,000 orders and 256,000 payments every second. Singles Day is a technological marvel. The technology and business model Ming Zeng, the chairman of the Academic Council of the Alibaba Group, describes in Smart Business: What Alibaba’s Success Reveals About the Future of Strategy.

Business Model 235

Business Model Technology Retail Short-term 235

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. Fostering innovation.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

invests vast amounts in innovation – $135 billion from federal government sources alone in 2015 – yet it lacks a coherent intellectual property strategy to ensure that the investment pays off. Qualcomm, despite its stronger technology, lost out, because the U.S. Is the U.S. naïve? It’s puzzling.

Licensing 8

Licensing Technology Participative Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. While the goal is ambitious, there are many things managers can do to evolve their conventional organization into a digital one while ensuring that employees are keeping pace.

Maturity 8

Maturity Drucker Osborne Middle Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Innovation at GE was on a roll. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. ” Instead of lean innovation programs, there is a mandate to cut $2 billion in expenses by the end of next year, lift profits, and raise the dividend. Then it wasn’t. Comstock is out.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

To create the conditions that support innovation, leaders need to build connections across companies, industries, and sectors. Developing and deploying new technology requires building a supportive ecosystem surrounding it. With a similar goal, the U.S. Engineering innovations lowered the cost. infrastructure problems.

Project 8

Project Transportation Construction Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

A “Tunisian Quartet,” composed of four civil society associations, initiated and facilitated the country’s national dialogue (for which they were warded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize). I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. So did we succeed?

Politics 11

Politics Chief Information Officer Tourism Environment 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2016

By supporting worker mobility, cities can both foster the growth of denser talent networks within their borders and increase the likelihood of technological and other productive innovation. They also said they were looking for growth and development at work , not simply short-term goals and personal financial gain.

Decentralization 8

Decentralization Incubator Innovation Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Twenty years ago, Louis Gerstner transformed IBM by emphasizing consulting and technology services — not just technology — to solve customer problems. How technology is changing the way we work. The most successful innovative companies buy startups and other private companies to help transform themselves.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Short-term ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

Most AI problems comprise defining an objective or goal that becomes the computer’s number one priority. Consider the curiosity that went into automobile safety innovation, for example. In the past, innovative ideas required curiosity, followed by design and testing in a lab. But what if AI were capable of being curious?

Learning-by-Doing 10

Learning-by-Doing Video Short-term Process 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

And with today’s technologies, companies now have the ability to see and act on these fluctuations in the moment. As new technologies shift customer journeys and expectations, they can (and should) also enhance companies’ abilities to engage with customers in the most relevant ways. Don’t be loyal to the status quo.

Loyalty 14

Loyalty Marketing Apparel Maslow 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2015

The heart-wrenching scene reminded me of the terrible challenges that today’s job-seekers face thanks to the advance of technologies that make human labor obsolete. Professions-based education – that which ensures future employability for students – has also been a key area for investment and innovation in the country.

GDP 8

GDP Porter Education Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

Gartner predicts 41 percent of enterprise revenue will come from digital business by 2020—almost double what the percentage was in 2015 (Gartner, 2016). With the digital revolution, value comes from technology, data, and algorithms. But for traditional firms, they’re a whole new world. November 2016).

Organization 8

Organization SPM Content Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. This type of approach has allowed the market to attract a diverse community that continues to inspire creativity and innovation. A recent Brookings analysis found that of the 30 U.S.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 14