Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2016

Results were projected to the U.S. “Explorers” are the most innovative and optimistic about technology and are early adopters; they make up 41% of on-demand consumers. This is up from only 76 companies operating in just 6 industries 2 years ago. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Technology Survey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

No longer will all developers be assigned to project work. A core set of very good features hook early adopters, and teams quickly learn what users value. Inside the digital factory , human operators must now take on high value-added supervision and control tasks, while the machines operate independently.

Strategy 8

Strategy Content Enterprise Architecture Agility 8

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.” 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.”

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Operations in a Connected World. The best online product companies make very small changes and give them to just a subset of early adopter customers who like to have the latest features and are happy to give suggestions for improvements. But when a product is delivered online (e.g., Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Software Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2018

In contrast to health care, aviation has been an early adopter of decision-support technology — the “fly by wire” flight-control computers that prevent unsafe operation of the aircraft and reduce maintenance costs and pilot workloads.

Learning-by-Doing 8

Learning-by-Doing Health Care Technology Education 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Observing early adopters, we’ve found that automated process change comes in three main flavors: self-adapting, self-repairing, or a combination of the two. Adaptive Robots Update Construction Projects in Real Time. The project is demonstrating a new way to think about problem solving in the middle of complex projects.

Process 9

Process Automotive Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

Yet, more than 50 years after Peter Drucker devised the term knowledge worker, it is quite disappointing to peer inside the operations of any large organization and see how little of their time knowledge workers actually spend on higher-order thinking tasks. The Future of Operations. Insight Center. Sponsored by GE Corporate.

Case Study 8

Case Study Software Process Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

An industrial paint application product/service that reduces toxic solvent use by 70% and is saving customers, mostly auto repair shops, $2 billion from simpler paint operations and reduced waste. It's also a sizable business for 3M. It's also remarkably safe for users and technology — you can safely dip an iPhone in the stuff.

Innovation 12

Innovation Early Adopters Energy Efficiency 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Only around 20% of technologies funded by CVC&A grab enough attention of business units to start co-innovation pilot projects with portfolio startups. Third, corporate VCs and accelerators are costly and complex to operate, turning them into a slow and expensive innovation tool.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Meyer Innovation Fixed Costs 8

Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Have you been forcing all projects to fit a single methodology because it’s what you know? It got me thinking… How does the Rogers adoption model link to the Kubler-Ross model? Did the early adopters move through the Kubler-Ross change curve faster? Written by James Lawther for the Enclaria blog.

ADKAR 60

ADKAR Management Early Adopters Rogers 60

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Like digital platforms, social media, martech, fintech, and numerous other innovations, the spoils of blockchain may go to early adopters who commit to ruthless innovation. One example of this is Brave , a new web browser created by Brendan Eich, co-founder of the Mozilla project and creator of the JavaScript language.

Marketing 11

Marketing Advertising Technology Content 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Rather, they can become early adopters of the technology. When we buy an insurance policy at an individual household level or for a large, complex business or project, the only items that seal the deal are some papers with promissory statements.

Insurance 11

Insurance Industry Policies Market Penetration 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The idea was presented to BIDMC’s senior-management operating council and then to the Board’s IT oversight committee. With support at all levels, the project was funded, new support staff were hired, and the rollout ensued. My wife was treated successfully and is now cancer-free.

Health Care 8

Health Care Chief Information Officer Committee Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

Kickstarter is one of a growing number of crowdfunding platforms for gathering money from the public to fund all sorts of projects. IBM saw these online social systems for investing in new ventures and decided they would like to develop a similar system internally for selecting innovative projects. Decision making Operations'

Software 8

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 8