The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In a recent study from the University of Southern Florida, researchers sought to discern the influence of various applicant characteristics on the hiring decisions of business managers in relation to males with criminal convictions.

Education 98

Education Reference Transportation Comparison 98

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The more partners, sympathizers, champions, allies, supporters, enablers, influencers, advisers, mentors, friends, and family you have helping you succeed, the faster you will achieve your goals. link] mikemyatt Thanks for the great comparison between humility and narcissism. Thank you for continuing to share your keen insight.

Blog 380

Blog Brand Influence Open-book 380

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2016

For decades, experts and policy wonks have argued that health care is a uniquely inefficient industry, insulated from conventional market forces that operate in the rest of the economy. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic. Exploring cutting edge ways to lower costs and improve quality.

Health Care 8

Health Care Marketing Quality Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

He had no formal authority as a leader, operating without any title or mandate. Companies like Google and 3M have benefited from embracing innovation that comes from all parts of the organization. What are the key actions of strategic leaders who drive innovation without formal authority?

Strategy 8

Strategy Power Idea Generation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In comparison, absorption of AI might reach today’s level of digital absorption by 2027—in roughly ten years. They will benefit from innovations enabling them to serve (and perhaps create) new markets and, at the same time, gain share from non-AI adopters in existing markets.

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GDP McKinsey Long-term Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Michael Porter has done us all a service in identifying that the wealth of modern economies comes from the productivity, innovation and high wages found in their clustered industries — those industries that are found only in certain geographic areas and trade most of their output outside their home areas, both nationally and internationally.

Creativity 15

Creativity Porter Industry Pharmaceuticals 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2014

In our research on change agents at the Phoenix Community of FCB Partners , we have found that there are three distinct challenges which require different kinds of change leaders: (1) transformational leaders, (2) innovation instigators, and (3) innovation managers. The Innovation Instigator. The Innovation Manager.

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Innovation Globalization Micromanagement 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

I’ve been in contact with Heiny and her team at Target over the last year about the program she helped build to drive product innovation and more sales. The company has made significant efforts to improve store operations with their impressive energy efficiency work and the purchase of more solar power than any entity in the U.S.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Marketplaces allow people to do apples-to-apples comparisons of health insurance products and prices through an online portal. This reduction will affect all of our operations, including staffing, customer service, outreach, and marketing. Both the FFM and the SBMs have had to overcome major operational hurdles.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

Business growth can also depend on factors such as the availability of talent or scarce raw materials that influence, say, a company’s innovation capabilities or its ability to manufacture cost-effectively. Finally, operating conditions differ significantly within the country groups.

Marketing 8

Marketing Benchmarking Globalization Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

My evidence is a series of separate surveys conducted by different organizations, including the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation. In comparison, the U.S. Manufacturers of heavy products such as appliances or cars that are heavily influenced by shipment costs may find it pays to move production closer to market demand.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Survey Price Apparel 8

Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

3) Mental – My role as host of The Ziglar Show requires me to study the messages of today’s top world influencers, and it’s a dramatic gift. Which leads me to this conclusion; one of the healthiest habits you can operate in is healthy thinking! This has been the biggest contributor to how I operate now. Just the two of us.

Succession 316

Succession Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 316

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

It both funds day-to-day operations and generates profits for the future. But as anyone who has ever tried to lead innovation knows, the challenge goes beyond being ambidextrous enough to manage today’s business while creating tomorrow’s. To be sure, the present is vitally important.

Innovation 8

Innovation Hedge Management Govindarajan 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

To them, there is no statute of limitations on free access to your time, influence, resources or abilities. There is no converting them to your more enlightened way of thinking and operating. He had been using a pale-by-comparison, low-expertise competitor, and I thought he surely would want to grade up to the best.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

Research that I conducted with Dedre Gentner shows that when making comparisons, our perceptions of our options are strongly focused by what the options have in common. It might be difficult for consumers to visualize this process, because it is significantly different than the way traditional coffee machines operate.

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Comparison Price Brand Hotels 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

It seems that every week, one or another announces a new “Center for Health Care Value” or “Center for Health Care Innovation.” Comparison of outcomes is essential to disseminate innovations from one individual or team to another. The final result? For more, see this HBS case.).

Health Care 8

Health Care Fraser Price Compliance 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

I researched the cabinet members of our first 10 Presidents and compared them with our current cabinet members, and what I found simply confirmed the sentiments that I described above. Do you see the difference yet between politicians and statesmen? We simply need to restore principled leadership in Washington. Thanks for stopping by Mark.

Blog 381

Blog Politics Short-term Long-term 381

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

A monopoly or municipal utility, by definition, doesn’t compete with anyone, eliminating incentives for investment, innovation, customer service, and maintenance. By comparison, private investors have spent nearly $1.5 The sad state of most U.S. power, water, and mass transit systems painfully illustrates that point.

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Objective Engineering Content Open-book 8