The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The transformation of Silicon Valley from farmland into the center of the technological universe has been attracting envious looks from around the world for a generation or more. Europe has great potential to draw level with its American and Asian competitors and win the race on data platforms for industry and ethical AI applications.

Marketing 45

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 45

Women on Business

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Purdue is known for its bright engineers, top flight technology students, it is the alma mater of the first and last men to walk on the moon. I know of the CEO of a company who takes Fridays off during winter as “personal ski days.&# I can’t see one. I’ve noticed that male leaders take time off.

Press Release 193

Press Release Discount PR Parcell 193

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

In July, the CEO of Whole Foods Markets issued a mea culpa after the supermarket was found to have manipulated product data, over-stating the weight of pre-packaged produce and meats. This story keeps coming back, because the industry treats it as a technological problem requiring a technological solution. So what can be done?

Ethics 8

Ethics Software Engineering Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Virtually every 21 st century business scandal is reducible to a morality tale of a technology that allows us to do things we couldn’t before, coupled with major institutional failures that were enabled by failures of omission and commission of corporate leaders. These lessons are valuable, but incomplete for today’s world.

Ethics 8

Ethics CFO Technology Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

billion people, the Chinese consumer market is a tempting target for Western technology companies. The recent news that Google is considering a re-entry into China further highlights a troubling balancing act faced by technology companies looking to do business there. The ethical case for resisting Chinese regulation is clear.

Ethics 8

Ethics Technology Short-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

Have you ever pondered what you''d ask the CEO if you were made chairman of the board for 10 minutes and could pose one question? Nothing about markets or strategies — CEOs have canned answers for that kind of thing. You''d want a question that would strip away the cloak of invincibility and reveal the CEO''s innermost fears.

CEO 8

CEO CFO Offshoring Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2014

The skills cited as most indispensable for C-level executives—not just CEOs—are those that jointly constitute leadership. Ethical leadership was also mentioned. Technical and technology skills. Many respondents stressed technology skills and technical literacy. “A One said that hiring companies want “unquestioned ethics.”

Skills 8

Skills Consultative Ethics Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Three CEOs in six years. Two of those CEOs who embarrassed themselves with inept campaigns for elective office. The other CEO who managed to get tossed out of his job by virtue of his (still largely unexplained) fascination with a B-level (and that's grading generously) actress. Where is the succession planning?

Venture Capitalist 14

Venture Capitalist CEO Long-term Magazine 14

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

And perhaps more importantly, anyone occupying a position of authority plays a followership role at times, as first-line supervisors report to mid-level managers, mid-level managers report to vice-presidents, vice-presidents report to CEOs, CEOs report to Boards of Directors, etc.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Then–Google CEO Eric Schmidt was appalled : "Sergey, among your many ideas, this is the worst." (The The world's biggest and fastest search engine can't help but generate terabytes and petabytes of actionable investment intelligence. The legal and regulatory entanglements were apparently deemed too daunting to confront.)

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

election mean for businesses is a fact that’s getting too little attention, but that CEOs and business leaders will definitely need to adjust to: it’s gotten much harder to keep your company’s secrets. The 21st-Century CEO. Buried amid the furor of speculation about what results of the U.S. Insight Center.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage PR Information Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. “We hired a talent acquisition leader from the software industry, someone who really understood technology. ” Hiring for Growth. .”

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

In further pondering this dichotomy an interesting thought came to mind – If I could genetically engineer the perfect leadership gene what qualities and characteristics would constitute the architecture of leadership DNA? The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.&# - Harry S.

Definition 370

Definition Blog Leadership Covey 370

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

This blog post is part of the HBR Online Forum The CEO's Role in Fixing the System. We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 5, 2011

Here are brief excerpts from two articles featured by McKinsey & Company. I suggest you read them in the order in which they appear here, then click where indicated to read each in its entirety. I presume to suggest, further, that you register to receive email updates on other resources that are also available at [.].

Crisis 80

Crisis McKinsey Resources Article 80

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2017

Today some companies are taking brand anthropomorphism to a whole new level with sophisticated AI technologies. As brands assume more and more AI functionality, businesses must proactively manage any potential ethical and legal concerns. The implications are numerous. Beyond Chatbots. Indeed, Siri seems more persona than product.

Brand 9

Brand Disintermediation Ethics Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The focus of people using a resources frame to understand sustainability is often on waste reduction and technological innovation. Challenges of this frame: It is tempting to imagine that such technology will solve all our resource problems, but shoehorning billions of extra people onto the planet must have consequences.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

You’ve got funding and the blessing of your CEO and Board to go ahead with this high-profile “experiment” Your venture could be a growth engine for your corporation’s otherwise large but slow and steady core business. You’ve prepared a business plan for a promising new entrepreneurial venture.

Innovation 8

Innovation Constraint Analysis Objective 8