The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Develop and foster agile learners – Much has been written about the importance of being open to new thinking and adaptable to the changing environment, and Osborne believes that leaders need to cultivate such a mindset in employees if a learning culture is to be developed.

Osborne 117

Osborne Development Tacit Knowledge Kaizen 117

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management.

Management 13

Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2017

The CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani, realized that doing business in multiple languages prevented the organization from sharing valuable knowledge across the organization’s existing global operations, as well as those that were being newly established. Interactions are also vital for sharing knowledge across sites.

Succession 15

Succession Globalization Tacit Knowledge GDP 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

The tacit knowledge should be codified and shared through formal processes and protocols to avoid the risk that valuable information absorbed by the outpost doesn’t reach the mothership. For example, the outposts of a pharma company develop and distribute a company-wide newsletter of the latest trends and news from the hotspot.

Innovation 9

Innovation Social Capital CRM Tacit Knowledge 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2018

We asked Hamdi Ulukaya, the Turkish-born founder and CEO of the yogurt company Chobani, whether he was ever afraid while building his multibillion-dollar business. Some had established businesses, and others were in the early stages of developing their business. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on firm survival rates here ).

Entrepreneur 12

Entrepreneur Self-aware Tacit Knowledge Mentor 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Especially given the fragmentation of the ”splinternet,” dramatized by the development of a distinct internet ecology in China, this is currently a matter of much concern. But developments such as robotics and 3-D printing might end up reducing rather than increasing trade levels, depending on how quickly their costs drop.

Globalization 8

Globalization Offshoring Tacit Knowledge Intangible Assets 8