The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The number of industrial robots in operation around the world has grown rapidly in recent years, but nowhere more so than in China, where some 30% of the world’s robots are in operation. These have coincided with a clear desire from the government to try and lead the 4th industrial revolution.

Automotive 79

Automotive Banking Industry Information Technology 79

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

By the end of 2020, industry watchers expect businesses to spend $51.8 Data is the new oil, and as such, you will not achieve much if you do not develop a robust plan for your information technology (IT). Running a data center calls for you to stay on the bleeding edge of new technology regularly. Scalability.

Outsourcing 66

Outsourcing Core Competence Operations Efficiency 66

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In a conversation with The HR Digest, she explains why a conscious culture plays a dominant role in motivating employees at the world’s leading information technology and networking company. . We asked, “Are we operating in a way that serves our people and our business?” PHOTO: CISCO. 54) of The HR Digest. .

Learning-by-Doing 98

Learning-by-Doing Innovation Human Resources Information Technology 98

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2024

Researchers engaged with organizations across a variety of industries, each at a different stage of implementing responsible AI. They identified four key moves — translate, integrate, calibrate, and proliferate — that leaders can make to ensure that responsible AI practices are fully integrated into broader operational standards.

How To 23

How To Engineering Operations Industry 23

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

What are the media and industry analysts paying attention to? Professional services have become a commodity in most industries and this has resulted in competitive pricing. Very large companies in the information technology industry, like IBM, are successfully moving from product-driven to services-driven businesses.

Information Technology 70

Information Technology Self-aware Software Industry 70

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The gender wage gap is pervasive in many industries, especially those still dominated by men. They mostly operate out of grocery and drugstore pharmacies, others are employed in hospitals or in clinical settings. Computer and information systems managers. Software Developers. Operations Research Analyst.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2012

For the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become central to the socioeconomic development of nations. The same applies to the aerospace and biochemical industries, among others.

Information Technology 15

Information Technology Technology Information Trends 15

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Previous to our technological advancements, the only way businesses could manage their multiple consumer platforms, numerous transactional tasks, and recover from data emergencies was to outsource to a variety of vendors. Technology’s impact on society and business is substantial as it has become a part of everyday life.

Strategy 50

Strategy Outsourcing Process Technology 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2016

For more than 60 years, investors, analysts, business leaders, and even governments, have classified companies based on industries. Industry walls are disintegrating at a rapid pace. They have expanded far beyond the “Information Technology” tag attached to them by GICS. It’s not an industry in itself.

Industry 8

Industry Company Business Model Information Technology 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2017

It is also about developing each employee as an individual and nurturing them so that they can feel fulfilled and make the best contribution to your enterprise. It renews interest in their task and keeps them engaged with your operation. If your business operates in the retail sector, you should invest in sales technique training.

Training 50

Training Budgeting Bottom-up Long-term 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 9, 2016

Just as you prepare your organization for disaster response, crisis communications, and continuity of operations, you can also prepare yourself. A 25-year veteran in senior human resources and leadership and development roles in four multinational companies, Harry Hutson is now an independent consultant. About the Authors.

Crisis 50

Crisis Automotive Human Resources Education 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2015

Transportation is one of the world’s largest industries. The names in the industry are global brands – BMW, Ford, Daimler. Yet despite its size and stature, it’s also an industry in the midst of transformation. Information technology, however, is one of those industries.

Industry 8

Industry Transportation Automotive Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2016

Every year, Russell Reynolds Associates surveys more than 2,000 C-level executives on the impact, structure, barriers, and enablers of digital technologies across 15 industries. The most disrupted industries typically suffer from a perfect storm of two forces. They are less affected, but not immune.

Industry 8

Industry B2C Agility Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

So just when electric systems need to operate flawlessly — whether to power air conditioners, pump water, or heat homes — long-term challenges to power grids are multiplying. By 2030, the BPC predicts , utilities in the United States will need to hire 150,000 additional workers in information-technology intensive roles.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Technology 8

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Most people understand the general concept of cloud computing, but fail to grasp the specific impacts it has on their industry. The revolution of cloud computing actually preserves the basic structure of how businesses have used information technology resources for the last few decades. Cloud Architecture. Software as a Service.

Software 213

Software Directory Trends Resources 213

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

I think our principal observation was that what was happening was that disruptive innovations driven by largely information technology but lots of other technologies on the fringe here that are getting ready to exhibit the same kind of characteristics were entering the market in kind of this better and cheaper way.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2012

Would you look to your information technology organization for ways to improve customer service? David Bogaerts and Jael Schuyer are process improvement experts (" Lean Master Black Belts " and "Agile coaches") in the IT and operations group at ING , a leading bank based in the Netherlands. Probably not. How are they doing it?

Process 14

Process Innovation Agility Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

We are witnessing an unprecedented transformation of the health care industry. Maximizing the effectiveness of physicians and nurses in these new positions, however, will require different skills than the ones they developed during their clinical training.

Execution 8

Execution Skills Health Care Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

In order to see the future more clearly, it''s almost always helpful to look back — and this certainly goes for IT and its ever-increasing impact on operations, and ultimately on competitive advantage. Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Management Information Technology Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

As a result, when companies are hacked, it can take days for information technology teams to isolate infected systems, remove malicious code, and restore business continuity. But they continue to operate and communicate with other systems until information technology teams shut them down and correct the malfunction.

System 8

System Decentralization Information Technology Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. billion, including most major firms in the manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, financial services, and retail industries. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities.

Company 8

Company Operations Human Capital Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Instead, smart organizations are driving analytics to an even deeper level within business processes— to make real-time operational decisions , on a daily basis. These operational analytics are embedded, prescriptive, automated, and run at scale to directly drive business decisions. Centuries ago everything was manufactured by hand.

Hammer 8

Hammer Company Operations Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Just as America''s visa rules enabled the rapid growth of India''s information-technology companies over the last two decades, the Obama Administration''s recent drive to reform immigration regulations could prove to be a turning point for them. In the same way, India''s information technology giants must bite the bullet today.

Offshoring 8

Offshoring Information Technology Automotive Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

Drone-mounted sensors can be used to capture an impressive array of data, paving the way for increased digitalization of industrial processes. Leaders across a spectrum of industries are already availing themselves of drone-based data. Other industries are being persuaded by the cost and safety benefits of drone-based data as well.

Competitive Advantage 10

Competitive Advantage Company Outsourcing Analysis 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

I don''t care what industry you''re talking about.". IT is already being asked both to industrialize traditional infrastructures and systems fast to save costs, and to innovate customer experiences and operations with new digital technologies. It requires new modes of operation.

CIO 8

CIO CTO Operations Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

But what we're seeing today is a target of choice — specific industries, specific companies, specific purposes. And they will use multifaceted types of attacks to gain the information they want. What industries are most at risk? What we see increasingly are three key industries. The information has value.

Company 22

Company Download Information Self-aware 22

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare. What do you think?

COO 12

COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Building on a relationship that dates back to 2004, Zurich Insurance Group is working with DXC to move from traditional data center outsourcing to a Platform as a Service model, taking advantage of next-generation cloud management technologies to lower operating costs and accelerate development.

Insurance 8

Insurance Technology Agility Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

Recent, well-documented examples include Progressive Insurance''s use of predictive modeling in the property and casualty insurance space and the many industrial manufacturing companies that are generating almost all their margin and profit from after-sale, value-added services based on information generated by embedded sensors.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. In many industries, drones are poised to generate what Paul Nunes and I call Big Bang Disruptions, with the FAA itself estimating $100 billion in new business growth.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

By developing their talent – their uniquely human ability to communicate – your organization will flourish in the digital age. It can be inside information about the company or its industry or something that might be unrelated but leads to the point you want to make. At the heart of every employee is talent.

Power 56

Power Audience Kaplan Short-term 56

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 18, 2021

In addition, companies that operate on a global level, especially multinationals and transnationals, have turned to better, more effective ways of hiring. Another common practice of organizations in today’s world is contracting a third party to run and look after a handful of business operations.

Globalization 109

Globalization Tips Outsourcing Strategy 109

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

companies were making progress on the operations front, but now they seem to have lost their way—and business schools are in a position to help set them right again. Clearly, well-run operations and careful talent management went hand-in-glove. A few decades ago, U.S. Let me explain. So schools need to step up.

Lean Production 8

Lean Production Operations Health Care Talent Management 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

In health care, these tools are changing the way doctors identify people at risk of developing certain diseases; in fashion, they crunch purchasing data to anticipate trends; sales and marketing experts use them to tailor ad campaigns. Strategy-making can now happen in real time. Strategy can anticipate and learn. To what extent?

Strategy 11

Strategy Scenario Planning Scientific Management Supply Chain 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

With unemployment rates in most developed nations at the lowest levels since the Great Recession, and with new skill sets required to keep pace with head-spinning technological advances, it’s no surprise the talent acquisition environment is incredibly competitive. How to Develop Leaders Who Can Drive Strategic Change.

Content 9

Content Survey Talent Management McKinsey 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

Carr predicted that an organization''s ability to compete through investing in information technology was about to change dramatically. The IT boom of the 1980s and early ''90s had brought information technology to the corporate masses, unleashing the first full-scale technology revolution in the enterprise.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Information Technology How To 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Executives never reach the pinnacle of their industry by consistently taking timid action. Xerox's failure to conquer the personal computing market — this despite developing revolutionary technology — demonstrates the importance of aligning all segments of your organization in the pursuit of innovation.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Technology Commitment 15