Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

Scheduled before the massive annual CES gathering, it's a powwow for bloggers and other social media enthusiasts, early adopters who are quick to jump on board the next great thing. But even anecdotally, you probably have some good operating theories. I recently got back from the New Media Expo in Las Vegas.

Media 10

Media First-mover Advantage Early Adopters ROI 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

And AI success stories are becoming more numerous and diverse, from Amazon reaping operational efficiencies using its AI-powered Kiva warehouse robots, to GE keeping its industrial equipment running by leveraging AI for predictive maintenance. Without support from leadership, your AI transformation might not succeed.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

It’s poised to revolutionize the way we do business and everyone in a leadership role should be thinking about it. Machine learning challenges have significantly increased in complexity since then and it takes years of training and experience to develop a well-honed intuition that can sniff these problems out.

How To 8

How To Technology Learning-by-Doing Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

3M's sustainability leadership has come mainly from its eco-efficiency success, but these practices are increasingly the norm in business. An industrial paint application product/service that reduces toxic solvent use by 70% and is saving customers, mostly auto repair shops, $2 billion from simpler paint operations and reduced waste.

Innovation 12

Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In most larger companies, you'll need to generate roughly 200+ responses per operating unit per period. Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. On the macro level, you can estimate the value of achieving customer loyalty leadership in terms of market share gains or revenue growth. Organized learning.

Incentives 10

Incentives Sample Customer Loyalty Metrics 10

Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Some of us are “innovators” or “early adopters” whilst others are “laggards” The vast majority of us sit in the middle of the population as “The early or late majority” Again this is a people led model of change. Style: what is the leadership style? Staff: who works there?

ADKAR 60

ADKAR Management Early Adopters Rogers 60

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Third, corporate VCs and accelerators are costly and complex to operate, turning them into a slow and expensive innovation tool. In fact, BMW’s greatest co-innovation success, 12 years earlier, had been in a “venture client” relationship with an early stage startup: Mobileye, now a leader in collision-avoidance technology.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Politics, regulations, and levels of economic development play a major role in shaping the digital industry and its market attractiveness. Most of the developing world is overwhelmingly cash-dependent; in Malaysia, Peru, and Egypt, only 1% of transactions are cashless. .” More than 1 billion jobs and $14.6

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

I’d like to discuss three BIDMC big-data applications that required both technical expertise and leadership — and that have helped our patients, including my family and me. The idea was presented to BIDMC’s senior-management operating council and then to the Board’s IT oversight committee.

Health Care 8

Health Care Chief Information Officer Committee Early Adopters 8