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. But most importantly, I heard about some great new products and technologies.

Innovation 12

Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

There’s been a gold rush happening in technology these last few years, focused on the Internet of Things, or IoT. And while we’ve found customers for IoT connectivity, the number of our customers who value the new technology has been much lower than industry projections led us to believe.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Early Adopters Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2011

For the most part, they're using these consumer technologies at work already — often because they're better than anything the IT department can provide. Technologies available to consumers at low cost or even for free are increasingly pushing aside enterprise applications. Business Leaders Now Drive Technology Purchasing.

Technology 15

Technology Early Adopters Bottom-up Software 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Today, innovations in digitization and robotization are quickly laying the foundation for another disruptive corporate transformation. The pace of robot adoption may surprise us, just as the internet spread more quickly than many anticipated. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Insight Center.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Short-term Long-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

What these stories underscore is that our digital evolution and our productive use of new technologies rests on how well we can build digital trust. the ride-sharing company, the social media platform, and the digital payments technology) of trust. We considered four key dimensions: Behavior, Attitudes, Environment, and Experience.

Survey 9

Survey Environment Technology Comparison 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. On the contrary, many executives have made big technology bets but are now wondering why those investments haven’t yielded the kind of payoff they expected. Merely layering powerful technology systems on top of existing operations is not enough.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

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

Technology advancements are quickly outpacing traditional use cases, making the design and development of meaningful products harder than ever. For P&G and other companies entering the connected space, balancing great technological features and “as little as possible” will be a major opportunity to shine and differentiate moving forward.

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

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. They have deep resources for innovation with the ability to accelerate the penetration and adoption of digital products. Digital technologies are poised to change the future of work.

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

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