The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The importance of migrants was underlined during the Covid-19 crisis when it was revealed that the founders of both BioNTech and Moderna, two of the companies at the forefront of the development of a vaccine against the virus, are immigrants to the United States and Germany respectively. This should perhaps come as no surprise. Brain drain.

Policies 96

Policies McKinsey Innovation Globalization 96

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

MIT Technology Review The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine of innovation promotes “the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society.&# Inc.com Inc. magazine’s offering of information, products, services, and online tools for business or management.

Directory 167

Directory Magazine Blog Brand 167

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO. In most cases the answer is no it’s not…however this is often times exactly how the decision is made. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

Entrepreneur 340

Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 340

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Among the many things that make leadership more challenging today is the global market in which leaders must compete. The best example I can give you of how competitive things have become globally is that my daughter recently completed her PhD from an Ivy League school – out of 22 students she was the only one from the United States.

Blog 298

Blog Leadership Brand Media 298

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

Few things are more critical to your efforts in increasing your revenue growth and corporate sustainability than understanding the value of disruptive innovation. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? or my personal favorite, “We need to focus on our core business.&#

Business Model 316

Business Model Blog Disruptive Innovation Brand 316

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This kind of innovation is almost a textbook example of frugal innovation. The Global Digital Economy. What’s more, many of the innovations originate in relatively poor, underdeveloped regions or are designed to serve low-income customers, which means that the innovators have no choice but to be frugal.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Great CEOs possess the ability to refine their thinking and leadership skills to reflect the evolving needs of the enterprise and the changing global business climate. My recommendation is not to hand-cuff or bridle your CEO, rather give the CEO room to lead, maneuver, innovate and succeed. But hey, what do I know? If not why not?

CEO 289

CEO Blog Long-term Short-term 289

Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. Tactical agility enables employees at all levels to take smart risks, capture opportunities, improvise and innovate as they execute a clear strategy. Same applies to the agility exhibited by Goldman Sachs in navigating the global financial crisis of 2008-09.

Agility 86

Agility How To Decentralization Morale 86

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. Incremental improvements are good business, while disruptive innovation is great business – a game changer. Disruptive innovation is the game changer that shatters the status quo. Focus on value creation.

Blog 335

Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 335

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2015

Many politicians and commentators mention two critical factors in accomplishing this: increasing innovative capacity and reducing bureaucracy. The data in the graph above demonstrate the link between innovation, bureaucracy, and uncertainty. Greece tops this index of uncertainty-avoidance across all countries, scoring 100 out of 100.

Uncertainty 8

Uncertainty Innovation Hofstede Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Umair Haque Blogs Umair Haque On: Global business , Competition , Economy The Irish Banking Crisis: A Parable 4:33 PM Monday November 29, 2010 | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print Once upon a time, there was a country where bankers disappeared. The Irish economy of the 70s was much smaller.

Banking 15

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl, GE Global Research: The World Is Calling; Should We Answer? For those of you that have read Out of the Crisis, Deming asks in that book: Need any country be poor? Hunter: an Innovator and Catalyst for Quality Improvement. And that was a sincere concern of his.

Rogers 28

Rogers Deming Six Sigma Engineering 28

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In the Wake of the Crisis: Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy collects essays by economists who are, indeed, leading — and are reassessing that orthodoxy. The macroeconomist David Romer concedes that the performance of pre-crisis state-of-the art models — some of which he developed — was "dismal."

Finance 8

Finance Banking Crisis Blanchard 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

Enterprise IT is in crisis — no doubt about it. The Management Innovation Exchange is currently running a competition to "hack" the human resources function to enable organizational adaptability. As IT steps up as mentor, it needs to mature as well. Multiple roles, one company versus one role, multiple companies.

CIO 8

CIO Crisis Competitive Advantage Webinar 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2016

Not many would associate innovation with large, service-oriented nonprofits with decades of history. and globally, and Habitat for Humanity, which works in 70-plus nations to provide home construction, rehabilitation, and increased access to shelter and financing, gathered data from their sites to make the case for profound change.

Microfinance 9

Microfinance Strategic Planning Finance Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2015

The answer is that we have too much of both and they threaten the nascent global recovery. Prior to the global financial crisis, deflation looked like a uniquely Japanese problem. The policy response to the global financial crisis exacerbated and entwined these trends still further.

GDP 8

GDP Bond Banking Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Your Behavior Across Cultures without Losing Yourself in the Process. What does it mean to be a global worker and a true "citizen of the world" today? Global Dexterity will help you reach across cultures — and succeed in today's global business environment. By Andrew Molinsky.

Books 8

Books Rogers Globalization Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

At a higher level, governments have long understood that their nations are well served by industries that win in the global marketplace—and have pursued forward-looking industrial policies to help them. Innovation is a continuous dynamic process. His response was to ask me: "Have you seen our toilets at Changi Airport ?"

Globalization 13

Globalization Competitive Advantage Software Consultative 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

For an example, reconsider the financial crisis. To begin with, quite a few parts of it are heavily concentrated at a global level (the credit ratings business, for example, or global investment banking), and many more at the national level (just six financial institutions account for 46% of all U.S. Economy Finance'

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

For an example, reconsider the financial crisis. To begin with, quite a few parts of it are heavily concentrated at a global level (the credit ratings business, for example, or global investment banking), and many more at the national level (just six financial institutions account for 46% of all U.S. Economy Finance'

Management 8

Management Crisis Porter Credit Rating 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. In short, the age of Post-Western globalization is upon us. The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

The land reforms triggered a series of events that spiraled into a major economic crisis and caused formal unemployment to soar to 90%. Recently, Bitcoin has become popular in the country with the digital currency trading at $13,000 USD in October (at the time about 50% higher than Bitcoin’s global price).

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I have long believed that innovation is not just about creating new products or services; it's also about rethinking the very nature of an organization's relationships. The most innovative brands have dramatically changed the way they connect with customers by supplementing traditional marketing and advertising with social and digital media.

Health Care 15

Health Care Innovation Crisis Brainstorming 15

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). Your comment summarizes exactly how things should work as opposed to how they often do. Have a great Thanksgiving Sir. LeRoyD Amen! We are all biased. I Think Not.

Diversity 305

Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 305

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

This becomes more likely as the organization takes on strategic risk — through innovation, mergers and acquisitions, or because its environment is becoming more volatile. To support a change in strategy from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven growth, the company acquired another company to be its innovation engine.

Company 8

Company CEO Finance System 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2011

There's a beguiling little moment in the financial-crisis documentary Inside Job where hedge fund billionaire George Soros describes the principles of oil tanker design. If they're compartmentalized, the risk of crisis is much lower than if all sorts of financial products and institutions are allowed to mix together in a giant sloshfest.

Banking 14

Banking Crisis Letter Hedge 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

Yet if we want to understand and fix the Greek crisis, we must look at its structural causes, not just its symptoms. For all the party’s talk of “social justice” and “solidarity,” only €200 million has been granted to cope with Greece’s human crisis, and it has still not been fully disbursed.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Tourism Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2010

No longer do I need to explain how globalization drives change and that leaders must adapt to a fast-changing world: the economic crisis brought this home decisively. One day, it will form the basis of a masters in finance, and you should all grasp this opportunity to learn with open hands." I changed my game.

Leadership 15

Leadership Crisis Banking Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The financial crisis is a prime example of too few people holding the reins. Harvard professor Robert Eccles' research spotlights the often overlooked fact that, "Globalization has concentrated economic power within a group of large companies who are now able to change the world at a scale historically reserved for nations."

EPS 8

EPS Innovation CEO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

This was Sasha’s summary: Department Administrator – Efficiency Expert – Staff Manager - Crisis Handler. into multiple global markets. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR. to eight global offices, dispersed across multiple time zones. Expand from U.S.

COO 13

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2014

Believing that improving housing for the world’s most poor could help them break out of the vicious cycle of poverty, we issued a challenge to the design community to employ the strategies of innovation and disruptive thinking to attack this persistent problem. Collaboration Global business Innovation' Boniface Haiti Foundation.

Govindarajan 8

Govindarajan Construction Workshop Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? Suri proposed potential solutions, including innovative materials, new ways of thinking of the construction process, and building up. And David Smith's entry on the financial challenge shows that flexibility can be born out of financing options as well.

Suri 14

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

A rules and compliance-based approach may work well for managing preventable risks, but is inadequate for strategy and external risks as companies that failed during the financial crisis illustrated all too well. The compliance-oriented risk manager of a failed U.K. But can effective risk management be sustained? But was it?

Risk Management 9

Risk Management CIO Management Banking 9

N2Growth Blog

JULY 1, 2010

Two, working globally stretches human abilities to adapt to different cultures and different situations. Global economics can determine survivability of neighborhood businesses. professing leadership acumen and expertise that it can be tough to distinguish between the posers and the players. One, our economic conditions are very tough.

Blog 280

Blog Leadership Consultative Brand 280

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. Carlos is responsible for more than 300 brands globally, and it’s no wonder why – he has a plan and he’s sticking to it. More candor can only be good for business. You can’t protect jobs with walls. I Think Not.

Blog 315

Blog Brand Media Influence 315

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Following the global economic crisis of 2008, large bonuses and stock options have been held responsible for overly risky behavior and short-term strategies. Most top managers need to be innovative and creative, open to learning about change, and developing new solutions for non-routine problems.

Execution 8

Execution Incentives Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2010

These six ideas emerged in 2010 as powerful "innovation invitations" and seem sure to intensify in power and influence. They'll increasingly be a source of, and resource for, innovation differentiation in 2011, if not for your organization, then for the firm you most dread competing against. That's right. Contestification.

Innovation 16

Innovation Supply Chain Business Simulation Advertising 16