The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 2, 2019

As the technology of autonomous vehicles has slowly progressed, a significant hurdle has remained the willingness of drivers to give up control of the vehicle and become a passenger. Interestingly, this figure was highest among owners of premium-brand cars, with those in China almost twice as likely to do so as American motorists.

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Transportation Brand Maturity Report 52

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Henry discusses EY’s response to evolving workplace dynamics, including flexible work models and investments in emerging technologies. Companies with greater diversity not only have higher retention, but they have higher revenues and operating results, as well as higher brand recognition in their marketplaces.

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Diversity Career Globalization Learning-by-Doing 52

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation?

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Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 305

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

Admonished by my mother and father for unsportsmanlike behavior, I eventually matured and forged a stiff upper lip in defeat. Your success or failure can be quantified by such measurements as market share, financial ratios, brand awareness, new products and deadlines. I ’m an extremely competitive person. Live a culture of innovation.

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Power Sports Competitive Advantage Advertising 208

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A threat that has never been mentioned in all of the years the report has been published is the declining birth rate, yet this is a sufficient risk for Elon Musk to brand it the biggest threat to civilization at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit. Mature adults demonstrate considerable resilience,” the researchers say.

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Long-term Maturity Short-term Entrepreneur 81

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Many mature industries are experiencing significant technological disruption. Leaders in every industry are no doubt keeping a vigilant eye on such developments, yet one very important aspect of this disruption has been largely overlooked: technology fundamentally changes what makes your brand premium. Insight Center.

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Automotive Brand Technology White Paper 8

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2012

When a new industry surfaces, the early adopters (first-movers) set-up shop, validate proof of concept, carve out their niche, and build very strong, if not in some cases, category dominant brands. To create added personal or corporate brand equity. Clearly this was the case for many of today’s most successful bloggers.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

It is my opinion that when you start to define your personal success by the value you add to the lives of others you have arrived as a mature human being who possesses true influence and has become a person of significance. I concur that it is of no use to sit in judgment of others, and applaud you for the maturity that position displays.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We are living in a new era of technology and understanding and Pete has his finger on the pulse of how to relate/reach individuals. All great leaders develop a sense of their blind-spots and weaknesses as they mature. His leadership is remarkable!

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team.

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CEO Blog Delegation Covey 298

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

For years, companies have been pouring money into people, processes, and technology that can help them manage risk. What about the risks that could affect the financial performance (or even the very survival) of the enterprise—risks like brand degradation or product relevance? What does maturity look like in practice?

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Risk Management Maturity EBITDA Management 14

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

He is extremely mature emotionally and described his ability to separate from the emotions of a situation. link] mikemyatt Hi George: Agreed with one caveat, which is the ability to separate yourself from emotions. I was actually having this conversation last night with a man that I hold in high regard.

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Blog Leadership Emotional Intelligence CEO 409

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives. You would be wrong.

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Business Model Technology Advertising Cost 14

Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Despite maturity, confidence, and by all external accounts, success, I still really, really want to be liked. All other childhood aspirations have gone by the wayside–marrying Shaun Cassidy, winning Wimbledon, living on a horse ranch. Why does this one refuse to fade? The answer is obvious. And I am not alone.

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 180

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice. One of the things I look most forward to is watching Chris continue to develop and refine his thoughts as the medium advances and matures. link] Allan W. link] Allan W.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2016

Right now, at this very minute, there are hundreds if not thousands of brands out there heightening your customers’ expectations. Change – environmental, political, social, cultural, technological, economic – is occurring constantly. Companies like Google are heightening expectations around data-driven personalization.

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Trends Supply Chain Innovation Human Needs 50

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

It sounds like a supportive, mature environment you are describing; where ego isn't the main thing but doing the right thing is. Everything I know of Dan indicates he is a mature, supportive leader with his ego in check. silence) … great then lets move forward. That's consensus."

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2011

Companies adopting social technologies externally and internally can expect great value from energizing brand advocates and streamlining business practices. If you want to learn more, have a look at the newly updated paperback edition of Groundswell , which includes a new chapter on social maturity based on this research.

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Technology Management Forrester Maturity 15

The Empowered Buisness

AUGUST 18, 2015

As we mature as adults, we lose that creative spark. Creative destruction is the process in which new technologies, new kinds of products, new production methods, etc. Such as: What ways of thinking from your past should you obliterate to make room for a brand new future? We lose our inquisitive thinking.

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Leadership Creativity Goal Brainstorming 100

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

In the model described by Clayton Christensen, a new entrant offers substitute products using technology that is cheaper but initially inferior to products offered by mature incumbents. For one thing, it’s not clear what disruptive technology the company is offering.

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Supply Chain Automotive Disruptive Innovation Transportation 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Technology. Companies in China are also on the lookout for technology that will help them expand. Access to mature global markets. Lenovo bought IBM’s PC business in 2004 (and its x86 server business in 2014) for access to brands and customer relationships in mature markets in developed countries.

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Company Maturity Globalization Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Welcome to the era of “conversational commerce,” the term for online business that’s powered by natural language technologies. Although the use of brands’ mobile apps has exploded since 2008, “brand app fatigue” is starting to settle in. Messaging apps, by contrast, have never been hotter.

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Company Brand Learning Curve Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

This is a fundamental shift not only for the TV channels, which will have to completely rethink their revenue model, but also for brands, which find it incredibly, and increasingly, difficult to capture the attention of empowered, impatient consumers. Interactive product placement. Reverse product placement.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

N EW TECHNOLOGIES are shifting the way we work and interact. Jobs are being eliminated, and industries are being disrupted as we try to come to grips with how this technology is changing us and how we can use it. Carmine Gallo “ Speaking in shorter sentences is the sign of a more mature leader. Carmine Gallo. “If

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Open-book Storytelling McKinsey Maturity 216

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

What if your ideas, your thoughts and even your experience as a trained marketing professional didn''t amount to a hill of beans in terms of the brand''s actual advertising performance? It does more than sell; it tells a story that captivates our imaginations and connects us to a brand — and to others who share in the brand sentiment.

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Marketing Advertising Chief Information Officer Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2016

While eBay and Airbnb’s platforms rely on the internet, platforms don’t always require technology and are not necessarily a new approach. An effective network strategy enables the success of a platform, regardless of the role of technology. Consider Avon, founded by David H. McConnell, in 1886.

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Business Model Mission Statement Decentralization Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

See also Rick Goings’s commitment at Tupperware Brands to increasing women’s economic empowerment in emerging economies as well as mature ones. Witness the shift that is taking place in the global conversation about artificial intelligence and other advanced digital technologies.

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Drucker Long-term Short-term Decentralization 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Marketing groups are splintered into communications, consumer marketing, brand marketing, and digital marketing units with no common thread in strategy and execution. Internal structure: Most marketing teams are organized by either functional expertise (such as social media marketing or marketing analytics) or brand.

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Marketing Team Advertising Affiliate Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2014

While retailers and cable companies moved their businesses online years ago, many insurers, struggling with legacy technology and outmoded organizational structures, are playing catch up. Their operating model and governance are suited to the organization’s digital maturity, size and capability levels. Technology'

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Insurance Company Maturity Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

While the idea of reaching out to consumers via smartphone apps is clearly not new, companies have been stubbornly hesitant to embrace app technologies. But apps of this type won't differentiate a company in the consumer's view — in fact, they can damage the brand, posing the risk that the company will be seen as a tech laggard.

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Brand B2C Market Segmentation Travel 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

They have a defined brand and a fairly clear picture of market penetration, differentiators, and existing products and services. That could signify a virtual setup or a lack of maturity. These data points can help you assess competitors’ maturity, speed, agility, and burn. Competition Information & technology Strategy'

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Competitive Intelligence Market Penetration Maturity Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

An office environment reflects and reinforces a business’s core values, through the placement of different teams and functions and design elements that reflect culture, brand, and values. Adobe’s New York office had been growing due to its acquisitions of smaller technology companies.

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Maturity Real Estate Survey Project 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Mature corporations are designed to execute on the science of delivery — not engage in the art of discovery. Once businesses refine their model as start-ups and move towards mature operations, we as shareholders want them to shift from exploration to efficiency. This was the core thesis of the first article in this series.

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Innovation Company ROI Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Our research shows that especially in highly competitive industries, executives should resist making R&D too dominant in order to dazzle customers with a steady stream of new products and the latest technologies. Consumers found the new technology so much more cumbersome that Microsoft restored the button in Windows 8.1.

Marketing 8

Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

” Meanwhile, many publishers have solid brand identities that are alluring to platforms. It’s not technologically difficult for publishers to add platform-like elements, and vice versa. As more platishers mature, they may find themselves facing similar conundrums. But these differences are largely cultural.

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Business Model Content Incentives Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

To really engage in conversations with stakeholders, brands are developing and curating quality content that cuts through the clutter. The spots and dots only work if they're tightly woven into a consistent and ongoing narrative from and about the brand. Brands like ours need highly creative content — lots of it.

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Advertising Marketing Storytelling Brand 8

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The more mature you get, the better you get at managing ego.” “In When technology, access, information and how consumers buy changes, so must management.” adweekcdn #genesimmons 12 hours ago Every brand has to work hard to stay relevant. “Screw ups recalibrate confidence creep.” To punish failure is to encourage mediocrity.” “The

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