The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 9, 2023

While Winston Churchill was famously supposed to have remarked that we should never waste a crisis, the reality is that during recessions, firms often tighten their belts and reduce the amount they invest in innovation. “We examine innovation following the Great Depression using data on a century’s worth of U.S.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 24, 2023

Their study revealed that immigrants have made a disproportionate contribution to innovation in the U.S. are incredibly productive and innovative, and they’re disproportionately contributing to innovation in our society,” the researchers explain. The researchers’ findings were not merely quantitative. “The

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 25, 2021

For all the narrative around the disruptive nature of innovation, it’s fairly rare for innovators to fully capture the value of their invention. It has long been argued that this mismatch disincentivizes innovation, which in itself creates a mismatch between the potential benefits we could see from an innovation and the reality.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Historically, a key concern regarding remote working is that it comes with a decline in productivity, as employees who are no longer within sight of their boss slack off. This has come, however, at a cost to innovation, which the researchers suggest has suffered a decline during the pandemic. Productive working. Uncertain times.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 1, 2023

” What’s the best way to communicate this to my team # AskingforaFriend 4 Approaches to Get Your Team Past the Disapointment and Moving Forward Productively As a leader, not every decision you make will be popular. Setting the Course for Action Schedule the Finish : Lay out clear, actionable steps for how to proceed.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

This happened over and over again during the production of “Jaws,” with Spielberg and his crew forced to alter – or completely abandon – the director’s original vision to adapt to conditions on the ground. In business, we tend to mythologize innovative leaders as those who have a revolutionary vision and stick with it, no matter what.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2021

Supporting innovation. Recent research from Harvard Business School explores how our commute affects not only our productivity but also our creativity and innovation. They found a clear correlation between the length of our commute and the quality of innovative output from that firm. Distance matters.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Create your team culture by encouraging innovation and alignment. Of course, there’s also the issue of translating compassion into behaviors for your employees as well. Empower innovation. In this kind of culture, your team members speak up, share their ideas, and drive quality performance and productivity.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 4, 2022

While attending events like HIMSS, there is a distinct sense of so-called “make and sell” involved, with companies certain that if they can only make a nice enough product that it will inevitably transform healthcare for the better. All of these things take time, energy, and money. Running to stand still. In the U.K.’s

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This is fascinating, as there has been considerable concern in recent times that our innovative output has been slowing down. Indeed, the researchers believe that we need around 20 times as many researchers today to produce the same amount of research productivity growth seen 80 years ago. Making breakthroughs. Scientific backing.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 3, 2021

For many years remote work had something of a stigma associated with it, as managers believed that being out of sight would mean people would loaf off and productivity would fall. The survey asked over 1,000 people about their productivity while working from home. Labor productivity was gauged using output per hour worked.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2020

For years now, huge corporations such as British Aerospace Engineering and Raytheon have completely dominated the market and swooped in to poach promising innovators. The asymmetrical aspects of America’s security, as well as the growing threat of flashpoints with China and Russia , require constant innovation at a quick pace.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Some fail for a host of strategic or operational shortcomings addressed in any decent business school course. Over the course of five years, these events will occur frequently enough that your ability to address them will likely determine whether your business succeeds or fails. Any wrong move can take you down.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2023

One would assume that if the engines of innovation are working as the hype suggests, Schumpeter’s famous creative destruction would be happening at a rate seldom seen before. Across each of the three measures, there has been a persistent rise in economic concentration over the course of the past hundred years.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Consider this scenario: Your team comes up with an innovative solution to solve a complex problem in a new way. If you’ve already sunk a significant amount of funding, you’re left with a real conundrum: stay the course in hopes of recouping a portion of your investment? But what about quick failures?

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 10, 2022

The study examined a number of existing studies, each of which applied a unique approach to examining productivity during Covid. For instance, some measured productivity based on accounting data, some measured it based on the hours worked and the activities people performed, while others measured productivity via self-assessment from workers.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 1, 2021

Given the importance of failure (and learning) to innovation, it’s perhaps no surprise that a recent study from Yale finds a growth mindset is crucial to innovation. The researchers believe their work has practical implications for organizations as they strive to innovate. ” Varied virtues. ” Varied virtues.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 26, 2020

It’s perhaps natural to believe that competition spurs us to do better, and therefore to be more innovative. The study examined firm-level data across Spain from 1993 to 2007, to explore how greater import competition affected the productivity of firms. Keeping gains in the family.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

A high premium is placed on collaboration, with the understanding that pooling diverse perspectives encourages innovation and creativity. Leaders have the responsibility and power to shape the course and outcome of their companies by influencing the organizational structure, culture, decision-making process, and employee performance.

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Great Results Team Building

JUNE 3, 2021

But you CAN inspire your team to share ideas and contribute to your organization’s innovation. So if YOU want to be better… if you want to be different, there are THREE simple steps that will allow you to build relentless improvement and innovation into your team culture. And it is not difficult. Celebrate. .

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 21, 2023

” #AskingforaFriend Three Practical Ways to Help Your Idea Get the Best Chance of Traction Of course, every situation is different. It can be overwhelming for your team and manager when you share too many innovative ideas at work all at once. With higher engagement and a results-oriented approach to innovation?

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 18, 2020

How to Ignite Innovation. Innovation is one subject that each and every one of us should study because its powerful force is available to us if we know how to tap it. It’s no surprise that Tamara Ghandour’s book interested me because I read all I can about innovation and creativity. Of course not….so Of course not….so

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Leading Blog

APRIL 26, 2016

If you can simply accelerate the current activities, products and strategies that your business implements, will that help you win in the future? Or, think about innovation. Everyone knows innovation is important. But again, if you can innovate successfully, is that enough? Every executive knows that speed is important.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Only those who are able to reinvent themselves, imagining new solutions, and developing new products and services to be relevant in the future will be poised to thrive. “Insight + Ideas + Impact = Innovation.” What’s your definition of innovation? What characteristics do the most innovative organizations share?

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 27, 2024

Demonstrate adaptability by embracing new communication tools and methods, showing your commitment to innovation and problem-solving. Proactive Learning : Improve your interpersonal skills through online courses, webinars, and reading. This balance is essential for your well-being and productivity.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2023

We know that effective collaboration and cohesive teamwork lay the foundation for innovation, productivity, and overall organizational success. Of course, teams need great talent…but if the team member doesn’t fit with the team their talent might not bring the results you’re looking for.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 3, 2020

Traditionally, thinking has it that innovation is something concentrated in large, urban areas. Of course, recent years have also seen a stark social, economic and political divide between these large cities and smaller towns and rural areas, with many such places feeling left behind by both globalization and the political classes.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Amidst this chaos, robust succession planning emerges as a beacon of stability, ensuring a smooth transition of leadership and maintaining the organization’s strategic course. Robust succession planning ensures organizational resilience during constant change and disruption.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Research from Harvard illustrates how the quality of air in our workplaces can also influence how productive we are, especially when engaging in mentally challenging work. Overall, the study suggests that poor indoor air quality affects health and productivity significantly more than we previously understood.”

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 21, 2023

The ability to foster collaboration among and across departments can significantly enhance productivity, innovation, and overall organizational performance. For your team to be truly productive, collaboration is crucial. According to a study by Forbes , collaboration drives workplace performance and innovation.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 28, 2012

Cellular communications, the laser, digitized and synthesized music, the solar battery cell, the first orbiting communications satellite, and the UNIX operating system, are all products of Bell Labs. AT&T officially created Bell Telephone Laboratories on January 1, 1925. It is a well told and fascinating story. (My

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

Beyond Disruption : Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne offer up a bold, new idea that will transform how we all think about innovation and growth. Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice. Disruption dominates innovation theory and practice.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. Undoubtedly, this is putting added pressure on FinTech executives.

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Execution Banking Bond Diversity 382

Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Product recommendations? By following the action items above, executives can chart a course that not only leverages the immense power of AI but also ensures that their businesses remain competitive, innovative, and ethically grounded in the age of intelligent machines. Is it customer service? Supply chain management?

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Supply Chain Ethics Case Study Handbook 195

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

James Burstsall, the CEO of Argonon, an independent production group, offers what he calls The Flexible Method. Have the confidence to innovate, think, and experiment. Caring for yourself can boost your productivity, memory, focus, creativity, empathy, and decision-making—in other words, your overall effectiveness as a leader.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Creative Act is a beautiful and generous course of study that illuminates the path of the artist as a road we all can follow. Explore the challenges of once-innovative tech giants like Facebook and Google and the factors behind their struggles. Creativity has a place in everyone’s life, and everyone can make that place larger.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Over the last few decades, innovation activity has become concentrated in clusters or ecosystems, where finance, academia, industry and entrepreneurs rub shoulders to allow the free flow of ideas. Innovating our response to Covid-19. Practical solutions. Speeding the recovery.

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