Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

Paul, MN, headquarters of the perennial innovation leader, 3M. For good reason, the $30-billion company has long been held up as a role model of how to manage innovation. our new vision" of growth and innovation. The new CEO is making sustainability, growth, and innovation a powerful trifecta.

Innovation 12

Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 12

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

As the importance of open and honest leadership continues to dominate the media spotlight, I find myself reflecting on how vital relationships are to building a positive working environment, and how important it is for all managers and leaders to develop this skill. We hope you’ll enjoy the new approach – we’d love your feedback!

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Those that successfully harvest vast troves of data can improve productivity; make faster and more accurate decisions; reduce costs; increase competitive advantage; discover new business models and innovations; and better engage customers, employees, and partners.

Technology 8

Technology Content Market Segmentation Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

In the meantime, we had successfully engineered sensor technology that allowed our residential ceiling fans to respond to the indoor environment, including changes in temperature and humidity, as well as occupants’ motion. We began selling this new smart fan option and had several thousand excited early adopters.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Early Adopters Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2011

That alone will add what I estimate to be a one-third productivity tax on the newly entered workforce — because workers have to hunt for information, applications inhibit collaboration, and legal requirements prevent business innovation. Technology must work in a wide range of environments. So what's a business supposed to do?

Technology 15

Technology Early Adopters Bottom-up Software 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

We considered four key dimensions: Behavior, Attitudes, Environment, and Experience. Behavior : How do users actually respond to frictions in their digital experiences and environment? Attitudes : How do users feel about the digital trust environment? The beauty of digital environments is that such behavior data is abundant.

Survey 9

Survey Environment Technology Comparison 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, innovations in digitization and robotization are quickly laying the foundation for another disruptive corporate transformation. As always with technology adoption, there is an S-curve, already being scribbled by early adopters; when the inflection point is reached, expect sudden acceleration.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Early adopters are posting faster growth in operating profits , which enables them to continue innovating and solidifying their advantages. In industries where analytics adoption has been slow, there is still an opportunity for first movers to gain a significant edge over competitors.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Rogers diffusion of innovation curve. Like the Kubler-Ross model the innovation adoption curve categorises people. It asks how quickly do we take to innovations – another type of change. It got me thinking… How does the Rogers adoption model link to the Kubler-Ross model? Or start earlier?

ADKAR 60

ADKAR Management Early Adopters Rogers 60

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2015

As they search for a new formula to stay relevant in a fast-moving environment, up and coming, more agile players are emerging with solutions to the unmet needs of today’s retail consumers. Here’s how Lake brings it all together into a highly innovative, tech-driven personalization ecosystem: 1. Not at all, says Lake.

Retail 8

Retail Early Adopters Business Model Film 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2014

Although attracting early adopters is essential for early success and encouraging virality, growth customers—the people who are likely to buy the next generation of products—are crucial for building a sustainable business. Design Innovation Product development' Who is my growth customer?

Levitt 8

Levitt Early Adopters Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Policy signals from California, the world's 9th largest economy, are clearing a path for energy innovation. Businesses and other entities in California who took action early on emissions reduction are already seeing the economic benefits of complying with AB 32. dependence on foreign oil. million annually.

Price 15

Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

They have deep resources for innovation with the ability to accelerate the penetration and adoption of digital products. Institutional environment. With this category, we assessed the legal environment (including IP and investor protections) as well as how much the government used digital technology.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Here's how they did it, and how they're using social media tools to become more agile, to share knowledge, and to increase the speed of innovation. Creating a social knowledge-sharing environment is not the responsibility of one department. Senior executives studied the early adopters and tracked adoption rates in monthly meetings.

Media 15

Media Productivity Products Company 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Management concepts, by contrast, operate in poorly regulated environments where failures are often brushed under boardroom or faculty carpets. For those not familiar with it, the triple bottom line is a sustainability framework that examines a company’s social, environment, and economic impact. So why recall it now?

TBL 9

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

That’s something any forward-thinking provider must aim for in today’s data-driven health care environment. To launch I2B2, the leaders of that effort assembled a coalition of senior IT people, throughout Harvard’s hospitals, who became early adopters. My wife was treated successfully and is now cancer-free.

Health Care 8

Health Care Chief Information Officer Committee Early Adopters 8