The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2021

Across a number of experiments, the researchers asked volunteers to picture a hypothetical company that has a number of strong products and high market potential. The researchers point to an almost romanticization of leadership which puts society at risk of overvaluing it in comparison to seemingly more mundane managers.

Management 125

Management Committee Comparison Leadership Development 125

Experience to Lead

JUNE 8, 2023

Further, research has shown that organizations that embrace diversity and inclusion (D&I) yield higher market share which can translate to higher financial performance. Organizations that embrace D&I tend to benefit from more engaged talent, improved decision making, creativity and innovation, all by leveraging diverse perspectives.

Diversity 98

Diversity Case Study Banking Committee 98

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 15, 2012

With 15 years of marketing experience and an MBA Degree, Debbie developed her marketing expertise while working in the high-tech industry, the Consumer Marketing Department at Disneyland Paris in France, the non-profit arena, and the insurance industry. Eric: What personality traits are ideal for a marketing leader ?

Marketing 71

Marketing Real Estate B2C B2B 71

LDRLB

MAY 7, 2012

Magic can’t happen in cultures that don’t worship innovation. Innovation starts with leadership. Most big company cultures are not innovative. Oh yes, they talk about innovation in their annual reports and their mission statements. But this isn’t the Apple, Google or Amazon type of innovation. Failure is lauded.

Mission Statement 113

Mission Statement Innovation Committee Teamwork 113

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 25, 2013

For those who pushback at a five member board, please show me a large board where the Executive Committee does not do the lion’s share of the work anyway. They will eliminate unproductive effort, just as manufacturers eliminated waste in the production process to compete in global markets. It will be well worth the effort.

Technology 251

Technology Strategy Committee Resources 251

Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Instead, longevity is based on entrepreneurial thinking and innovation – in exploring ways to adapt corporate and business strategies in response to market, technological, and social and cultural change. It is fashionable today to have management committees, at various organizational levels, working as teams. Let me explain.

Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 52

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 25, 2010

Over the last century we grew myopic and obsessed with increasing efficiency and productivity and forgot that human beings need time for relationships too. Several excellent books also address the issue of declining connection in society including Bowling Alone , The Amer ican Paradox and The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies.

Social Capital 284

Social Capital McCarthy Godin Committee 284

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products.

Committee 140

Committee Automotive Ethics Productivity 140

LDRLB

MAY 7, 2012

Magic can’t happen in cultures that don’t worship innovation. Innovation starts with leadership. Most big company cultures are not innovative. Oh yes, they talk about innovation in their annual reports and their mission statements. But this isn’t the Apple, Google or Amazon type of innovation.

Mission Statement 90

Mission Statement Innovation Committee Teamwork 90

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Companies and government agencies often make the mistake of viewing innovation as a set of unconstrained activities with no discipline. In reality, for innovation to contribute to a company or government agency, it needs to be designed as a process from start to deployment. As the head of the U.S.

Process 13

Process Innovation Incubator Committee 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2014

Governing boards might seem like the last place for innovation. New products are, of course, the province of R&D teams or research partners. But new strategies and structures are squarely in the board’s domain, and we have seen any number of governing boards innovating with, not just monitoring, management.

Innovation 8

Innovation Committee Charan Technology 8

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Missing the turn or making it too late can cause a company to stagnate or implode or can spell the death of the idea; or worse, the idea becomes someone else’s to bring to market without you. When you started out you rightly focused on developing your unique new product, service, or solution. Others do not. What’s the differentiator?

Delegation 201

Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 201

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

You can spend all the time in the world on strategy sessions, competitive plans, innovation , and product development, but it all falls apart if you don’t have the right talent. How would you treat a similar issue with your accounting processes, with your marketing results or your sales team drivers? Hire the Best.

Sports 102

Sports Definition Long-term Quality 102

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

One of the most common complaints senior executives have about disruptive innovation is its seemingly snail-like pace. How is it, they wonder, that it takes us forever to pursue ideas that promise to create new markets when the world seems to be innovating at a dizzying pace? Push to learn in market.

Innovation 11

Innovation Venture Capitalist Uncertainty Strategic Planning 11

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Websites that sell products are digital platforms, not the arbitrators of quality in the business world. That means doing things correctly the first time, without wasting counter-productive time in cleaning up mistakes. Productivity translates to profitability in an advantageous climate in which to function.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Most people are more products of pop culture than they are of training. I served on boards of directors, search committees, awards panels, review boards and task forces for many. Innovating programs, strategies and methodologies. Being productive and fulfilled. This series will have three more to come. Fostering respect.

Strategic Planning 51

Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It’s not easy for big companies to innovate. Moreover, the skills that are cherished and rewarded for achieving current results differ from those that aid in discovery and experimentation, both of which are needed to drive innovation. First they agreed to shift funding from small, incremental acquisitions to innovation.

Innovation 9

Innovation Metrics Christensen Workshop 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Your energy and track record of successfully launching high-impact initiatives scored you a plum role heading up innovation. Expectations are high, but some skeptics in the organization feel that innovation is an overhyped buzzword that doesn’t justify being a separate function. Congratulations!

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

We all know innovation has its own language conventions, rich with revolutions , evolutions , ecosystems , and more. Innovators, after all, are trying to communicate the promise of something that may not exist yet, and sometimes that requires some optimistic adornment. For example, "this product was part of a natural evolution."

Innovation 15

Innovation Construction Engineering Self-aware 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem. Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives.

Innovation 9

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

That bill, known as the Innovation Act, was reintroduced last month in the House by its author, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, along with a bi-partisan group of 20 co-sponsors. The Innovation Act’s provisions would make an important dent in the worst excesses of the system.

Innovation 8

Innovation Technology System Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

When I urge managers in a company to make open innovation part of their innovation strategy, they get it conceptually. Although the search has been productive, members within the FVA leadership circle wanted to see if there was a better search process that would unearth more solutions and potentially create more value.

Innovation 8

Innovation Maturity Engineering Industry 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Proceed with extreme caution.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

In The Essential Advantage : How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy , Booz & Company’s Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi maintain that success in any market accrues to firms with a coherence premium – a tight match between their strategic direction and the capabilities that make them unique. Let’s go after it.”

Resources 52

Resources Industry System Strategy 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Believe it or not, bureaucracy was once a progressive innovation. But agile innovation teams work better than current approaches, and agile principles hold that making immediate progress beats waiting for perfect solutions before starting out. Still, that frustration is a natural part of agile innovation.

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Agility Energy Constraint 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Companies that focus on innovation often worry about how to encourage people to contribute ideas. But what happens when you ask people to participate in an innovation effort, and then get flooded with too many suggestions? The lack of follow up also potentially made employees more cynical about future innovation efforts.

Committee 8

Committee Innovation Follow-up Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

And yet when companies suddenly decide to “get more innovative,” starting hackathons, idea competitions, and accelerator programs, they typically forget to address all those things that kill perfectly good ideas after they hatch. Here are six ways to change that. Start with a survey. At the storage and software company EMC Corp.,

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Companies that demonstrate strategic coherence — think Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola — earn a market premium in terms of higher earnings and greater shareholder value. Start from the opposite direction: Find an attractive market that values what you do best! Similarly, think about every item of cost as an investment.

Strategy 15

Strategy Fixed Assets Competitive Advantage Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. CTI’s 11-market study (of Brazil, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, the U.S.,

Globalization 8

Globalization Emotional Intelligence Marketing Skills 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Google flourishes in the market, but is under increasing pressure in the realm of politics and regulation. Previous inquiries focused on non-core products (Gmail, Google books, Street View) or took place in isolated overseas markets. Second, he must tout Google's extraordinary record of innovation without seeming cocky.

Committee 10

Committee Engineering Politics Open-book 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Education is on the brink of rapid change that will create a lot of value for innovators. One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. “I But still sitting on the sidelines?

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Craftsmen allied themselves to essentially create firewalls around their primary competitive offering in the market. Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. But Frito-Lay stocks its own products.

Operations 13

Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

Consumers are registering their concerns about how companies make their products. Most plans have fewer than six: one or two financial metrics, such as sales growth or earnings per share, and two or three nonfinancial metrics, in areas such as quality or innovation. Despite conflicting messages about climate change from U.S.

Execution 11

Execution Metrics Long-term Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Apple's Chiefs Discuss Strategy, Market Share — and the new iPhones Bloomberg Businessweek "Is taking the high road truly a sustainable strategy, or does it merely delay the inevitable?" Does a unit of market share matter if it''s not being used?" But big questions remain. Focusing on France and the U.S.,

Cooper 8

Cooper Committee Bottom-up Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2012

As such, we blame them for slowing things down, lowering morale, and choking off innovation. For example, I worked with a financial services company that was trying to improve coordination between the product groups and the client relationship teams.

Committee 13

Committee Construction Finance Morale 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

But when product markets are big and the rate of change in the industry is high, capital markets are unforgiving. James Stewart reports the astonishing news that no one on the board beyond the 4-person CEO search committee even interviewed Apotheker before hiring him. So HP's share price tanked and Apotheker was let go.

CEO 11

CEO Price Committee Letter 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

Research by the Center for Talent Innovation shows that only 73% of highly qualified women who wanted to return to work were able to do so, and just 40% of those landed a regular full-time job. The vast majority of people who take time off to raise children (or other caregiving work) would ultimately like to return to the workplace.

Career 11

Career Skills Open-book Long-term 11