The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Private equity firms and insurers were among the early adopters, utilizing these innovations for investment pre-screening and claims automation. Additionally, by utilizing this technology to mine emails, recorded discussions, and other resources, seamless sharing of organizational “know-how” becomes possible.

Finance 99

Finance Power Early Adopters Call Center 99

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 18, 2020

I’ve written a few times recently about the importance of breaking free from the straitjacket of our increasingly specialized world, and adopting a more generalist approach to skills development. One of the core benefits from this approach is that it allows us to be more innovative. Driving innovation. Creating impact.

Innovation 88

Innovation Early Adopters Technology Constraint 88

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 9, 2019

The best leaders have a propensity for looking for ways to leverage digital technology for competitive gain.If It’s the only way you can help your business leverage data and information technologies in the pursuit of growth and profitability. Digital technology and media are omnipresent in business nowadays.

Technology 285

Technology Early Adopters Competitive Advantage Information Technology 285

Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

In the same way, digital disruption is not about the technology as much as it is about how companies can make their way through the new competitive environment they find themselves in. Digital disruption is more about the people than it is the technology. The authors introduce the concept of digital maturity.

Maturity 302

Maturity Organization Technology Early Adopters 302

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 5, 2022

“Chatbot technology is a good innovation with the capabilities of improving not only teaching and learning but all other aspects of education,” the authors write. There have also been fears among some early adopters that they provide information too easily, and therefore inhibit the critical thinking skills of users.

Education 109

Education Early Adopters Ethics Technology 109

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2024

Norway, and other Scandinavian nations were early adopters of EVs, and Germany and Japan have long been automotive powerhouses, their EV markets have lagged in mass market adoption compared to China. What can companies looking to scale up their innovations learn from their approach? While the U.S.,

Marketing 24

Marketing Mass Marketing Early Adopters Automotive 24

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 10, 2021

The laggards are generally suffering from outdated technology, poor data quality, and a lack of internal knowledge. Countries across EMEA, including the UK, are lagging behind in AI and ML implementation, which can be hindering their competitive edge and innovation,” the authors say.

Early Adopters 79

Early Adopters Outsourcing Long-term Report 79

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2024

Because the market has reached a difficult point in the technology-adoption lifecycle. Specifically, automakers and policymakers alike can no longer make plans based on what early adopters of EVs want. Surprisingly, the EV market has stalled in recent years.

Marketing 23

Marketing Early Adopters Technology Planning 23

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 16, 2022

The firms were chosen in part due to their propensity to be early adopters of technology. By 2010, around 75% of the sample had adopted some form of predictive analytics, although most of these firms only used the tools sporadically, despite higher intensity use being linked with greater returns.

Early Adopters 75

Early Adopters Sample Deming Objective 75

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 9, 2020

The developments made in a wide range of technologies have caused considerable consternation about just what the future of work will be. Far from the doomsday predictions of many, McKinsey believe the new wave of technologies will have a positive social and economic impact, but urge policy makers to not take this impact for granted.

McKinsey 88

McKinsey Technology Early Adopters Policies 88

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 7, 2019

Seldom has a generation attracted quite so many comments and stereotypes as millennials, but perhaps the most enduring is that they’re digital natives, who on account of growing up surrounded by technology, they are instantly at home with the latest gadgets and technologies in a way that older generations simply are not.

Early Adopters 59

Early Adopters Technology Advertising Resistance 59

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. DAVID: Yeah. You call it this big bang disruption.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Jonathan’s network was more about innovation. We started writing weekly stories about emerging entrepreneurs for our innovation hub, SmartUp.life. We started writing weekly stories about emerging entrepreneurs for our innovation hub, SmartUp.life.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Succession Self-aware Storytelling 65

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Technologies such as Yammer and Work.com have been changing how we collaborate and manage performance respectively. The HR Technology Conference shed some light on how social tools will change HR in the coming years. It will require an admission that silos are not welcome, and that mistakes will happen when people innovate.

Early Adopters 91

Early Adopters ROI Media Tools 91

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 25, 2021

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Jonathan’s network was more about innovation. We started writing weekly stories about emerging entrepreneurs for our innovation hub, SmartUp.life. We started writing weekly stories about emerging entrepreneurs for our innovation hub, SmartUp.life.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Jonathan’s network was more about innovation. We started writing weekly stories about emerging entrepreneurs for our innovation hub, SmartUp.life. We started writing weekly stories about emerging entrepreneurs for our innovation hub, SmartUp.life.

Entrepreneur 65

Entrepreneur Self-aware Storytelling Early Adopters 65

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

But does it also risk being innovatively insulting, as well? But a larger global innovation insight here demands top management attention. Innovation increasingly blurs technical and marketing distinctions between “ lead users ” and “early adopters.” Your lead users or early adopters may be technically brilliant.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Management Disruptive Innovation 8

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 1, 2019

“ The rate at which new skills and disciplines are emerging, especially in technologies such as machine learning and AI, universities are saying that they simply don’t have the faculty to keep up,” Maggioncalda continues. Lifelong learning.

Licensing 55

Licensing Education Early Adopters Course 55

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. That’s still true. How to Become a Digital Enterprise.

Technology 8

Technology Content Market Segmentation Business Model 8

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

JUNE 15, 2015

Different segments have different risk tolerances, ways of making decisions, and — perhaps most challenging for growing businesses — preferences for when and how they adopt innovations. First, what worked with early adopters isn’t likely to work with later adopters. Insight Center.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Innovation Short-term Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

Many large companies yearn to rekindle the innovative magic of entrepreneurship, but very few actually succeed. The reasons have been well documented and include: Large, established companies answer to investors who value predictable, consistent financial results, and so are intolerant of the risks inherent in bold innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Marketing Retail 8

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.

Technology 8

Technology CRM Training System 8

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

How can AI and future technology aid, rather than impair, inclusion? He suggests six further measures that would help, including a cash grant to support early adopters of the lifelong loan entitlement and reforming the Apprenticeship Levy scheme. How to close the say-do gap and tap into hidden talent?

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Companies that are able to master continuous online product innovation have big advantages: Dramatic reductions in the time it takes to make critical product enhancements. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. Improvements in quality, reductions in errors, and greater reliability. Insight Center.

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Software Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

They knew the answer was not by relying on traditional internal processes and practices for R&D and innovation. IBM, a company with a long and successful tradition of internally-focused R&D activities, is adapting to this new world of creating platforms and enabling open innovation. Innovation Strategy Technology'

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

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. Senior executives studied the early adopters and tracked adoption rates in monthly meetings. Technology: Determine the right mix of tools and technologies.

Media 15

Media Productivity Products Company 15

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 9

Productivity Products Early Adopters Software 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

Economic activities centered around online platforms, where independent sellers can offer goods or services to customers, are attracting significant consumer attention and spending, according to new data from the National Technology Readiness Survey* (NTRS), which has tracked technology behaviors and beliefs in the U.S. since 1999.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Technology Survey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

They encourage viral marketing through early adopters. It starts with a trickle : To illustrate this challenge from my own experience, let's look at the example of drip irrigation , a technology that has been around for more than 50 years. So how to reduce these risks and accelerate early adoption?

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Payback Period NGO Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2013

Conventional wisdom is to innovate via lower-cost, feature-poor technologies that meet the needs of a small group of early adopting, underserved customers, and to decide on one strategic "discipline" or "generic strategy.". Innovation webinar' But big-bang disruptions upend the conventional wisdom.

Webinar 8

Webinar Early Adopters Review Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2011

Since my youth I've been an early adopter of new technology. I know new technology can bring much creativity and value. Investments in technology were so low for so long that we were having technological blackouts with frequency. We won't always need the utmost mobile technology or computers.

Software 14

Software Early Adopters Technology Crisis 14

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

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

Survey 11

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2014

Firms like Deloitte have predicted robust consumer demand for smart glasses, with global adoption reaching “tens of millions by 2016 and surpassing 100 million by 2020.” It is one of the first products to launch out of Google X, the company’s research lab that aspires to “moonshot” innovations, and which is also developing a self-driving car.

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Every few years the same piece of technology gets re-announced, and it's as important as ever. Its appearance marks a markets' phase transition from early adopters to mega-profits. Because early adopters are used to products that break. The feature? Back in 1982 Norton Utilities launched its "Unerase" product.

Early Adopters 14

Early Adopters Norton Wilde Software 14

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.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Early Adopters 8