The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

“We know that there’s a real drive towards social impact among the AI companies in Cambridge and doing things the right way,” the team explained to me. This means they have to go beyond insecure gig work and offer people the trappings traditionally associated with a career.

Power 69

Power Ethics Venture Funding Quality 69

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2016

These future-oriented Deere managers believe that frequent monitoring of motivation has become as essential to understanding the health and functioning of their teams as operational and financial metrics are to understanding whether the business is firing on all cylinders.

Morale 12

Morale Metrics Motivation Venture Funding 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

They want the enterprise as a whole to be successful, but are more motivated by the challenges of their particular function and the ability to advance in their careers. Across more than two dozen managerial teams, there were no more than one or two takers.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Venture Funding Follow-up 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2015

. “The higher you go in an organization, the more you’re expected to make decisions on which you might not have direct experience or expertise,” says Roger Schwarz, an organizational psychologist and the author of Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams. “It’s a beginning of the shift in your career.”

Management 8

Management How To CTO Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

Some people line up lunches and coffee dates because they’re in search of a job, venture funding, or clients for their company. A shared alma mater, hobby, or professional interest can quickly get the person to see you as a peer and someone “on their team.” I learned this the hard way early on in my career.

Cialdini 8

Cialdini Venture Funding Conference Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

To account for its success, many point to America’s entrepreneurial culture, its tolerance for failure and its unique ecosystem of venture funding. While private companies employ some excellent scientists, most of America’s scientific research is publicly funded.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Competitive Advantage Venture Funding 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

” In my first year in Singapore we might hear news about a company landing venture funding every few months, and an exit (cashing out either through an IPO or by selling itself to a larger company) every year. The Economist dubbed Block 71, “the world’s most tightly packed entrepreneurial ecosystem.”

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Incubator Venture Capitalist Innovation 8