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. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

After expending considerable effort on formulating a strategy, most executives would like to see their company’s strategic plans fully executed. The gap between strategy and the execution of that strategy is often referred to as “ strategic dissonance.” The Gap Between Strategy and Execution.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

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. Freeways full of driverless cars and beer trucks are still far off, because of technological and regulatory limitations. So early preparation is needed.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

There is a tendency with any new technology to believe that it requires new management approaches, new organizational structures, and entirely new personnel. That impression is widespread with cognitive technologies — which comprises a range of approaches in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep learning.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

The choice of a target domain is typically based on the gut feelings of executives. For example, at Caesars Entertainment — an early and continuing user of analytics in its business — the initial focus was on analytics for customer loyalty and service. Decision making Information & technology Knowledge management'

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2015

This is explains why executives at Kodak chose not to pursue digital cameras after the first one was developed in their own lab. Everett Rodgers, a sociology professor at Ohio State University published the now famous Diffusion of Innovation in 1962 and coined the term “early adopter.”

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Today, Apple is riding high, making this the perfect time for it — and every successful company — to reflect on Nokia's fall and ensure that they don't suffer the same fate. Over time and with success, Nokia too lost some of its ability to stay in touch with, and adapt early to, market trends.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

But how do you create, maintain and support a successful real-time peer review program to make sure it delivers on its potential? Embrace new technology. Managers and leaders need to be early adopters. Active support from senior executives communicates to staff that the program is worth their time.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

I asked several tech startup founders, community managers, and users for any lessons learned on how startups can successfully transition their early adopters, who are used to feeling like VIPs, to technology that reduces hand-holding. How can a low-tech, high-touch startup scale to a high-tech one without losing users?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

This meant that the company was leaving out huge innovation potential — thousands of startups with billions of funding — that could help BMW innovate anything from core vehicle technology (batteries, sensors, artificial intelligence software) to manufacturing innovations (internet of things, cybersecurity, robotics).

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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. But most importantly, I heard about some great new products and technologies. It's also remarkably safe for users and technology — you can safely dip an iPhone in the stuff.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The moment a hyped-up new technology garners mainstream attention, many businesses will scramble to incorporate it into their enterprise. What leaders tend to miss here is that the scientific progress we’ve made in AI does not automatically render the technology ready for any environment. Paper Boat Creative/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

A talented videogame-designing friend had a ready quip whenever start-up executives asked him if he was a “team player.” “Yes,” have become early adopters and innovators in multidimensional measurements for individuals and teams alike. Information & technology Managing people Talent management' He usually got hired.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2013

First, there''s a digital disconnect in the executive ranks, a leadership vacuum created by a mismatch between expertise and authority. You can see a strong precedent for this in the open source software movement, which didn''t go mainstream until its early adopters progressed through the ranks. The Digital Disconnect.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. Netflix’s success can be attributed to two strategic moves — a three-stage expansion process into new markets and the ways it worked with those markets — which other companies looking to expand globally can use too.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Netflix’s global growth is a big factor in the company’s success. Netflix’s success can be attributed to two strategic moves — a three-stage expansion process into new markets and the ways it worked with those markets — which other companies looking to expand globally can use too.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2014

When it is eventually launched in the market, there is an initial flurry of sales to early adopters, but then sales cycles become sluggish. Pilot customers are enthusiastic, but broader adoption is slow even with customer support and training. Next, determine how mental models are getting in the way of your success.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

In fact, in talking to executives at Experian, it seemed clear to me that the techniques that Blank advocates, such as focusing on customer development before produce development, creating a minimum viable product and iterating and pivoting to a new business model, can actually be done more effectively in an established business.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Bringing new technology and tools into your organization can increase productivity, boost sales, and help you make better, faster decisions. What can you do to increase early and rapid adoption? ” Here are some ideas for encouraging the adoption of a new technology. Choose technology wisely.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2017

Not least in the online search abilities, speech and translation features, and image recognition technology of my employer, Alphabet. Whatever hype businesspeople read around AI — and there is a great deal — the intentions and actions of so many players should alert them to the fundamental importance of this new technology.

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LDRLB

APRIL 7, 2014

I work with executives and entrepreneurs. DAVID: And the book in that aim is the latest culmination of that goal, Ready to Be a Thought Leader: How to Increase Your Influence, Impact, and Success. DAVID: So who are you, and what do you do? What do I mean by that? How do you multiply your influence?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

He became an early adopter of social computing tools to communicate with employees, and in the process became a role model for adoption among his senior executive team, as well as the employee population. Coleman began blogging and soon his senior executives encouraged their teams to do so as well.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2014

Despite its success online, relatively few companies with physical venues employ advanced analytics solutions that track customer behaviors in their physical spaces. Already, the scale of data collected by early adopters of this technology is staggering. Retail Technology'

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

For the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama hired one of Facebook’s early employees, Chris Hughes, to drive the campaign’s technology strategy. How will technology impact the outcome of the 2016 presidential election? Today, three out of four American voters have both a smartphone and a Facebook account.

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