The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 16, 2023

UNCTAD’s analysis indicates that developing countries must act swiftly to capitalize on this opportunity and adopt a development trajectory that leads to more diversified, productive, and competitive economies.

Technology 93

Technology Development Policies Cooper 93

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 14, 2023

“Communicating to a wider audience seems therefore to be more of a developing norm with enthusiastic early adopters than a widely exercised practice. This is emphasized by the fact that only 12% of respondents reported to having achieved an outstanding result using innovative dissemination channels.” technologies.”

Innovation 116

Innovation Technology Audience Early Adopters 116

Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2015

Thus, both types take preparation and skillful execution if they are going to produce positive results. Empower Willing Change Leaders: The most successful change efforts include the early adopters and use internal, front-line change agents to sway the majority. Who are the willing?

Management 150

Management Early Adopters Metrics ROI 150

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2012

When a new industry surfaces, the early adopters (first-movers) set-up shop, validate proof of concept, carve out their niche, and build very strong, if not in some cases, category dominant brands. Many successful bloggers today were not necessarily first-movers, but rather fast-followers able to leap frog the early adopters.

Blog 302

Blog Early Adopters Niche Marketing Magazine 302

HR Digest

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Despite the significant research in the field and early adoption of specific tech like AI tools productivity, AI use is not as accessible for small and medium-sized businesses.

Tools 52

Tools Early Adopters GDP Report 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

If you’re in any one of these positions, you must be wondering how you can complete your implementation or modernization initiatives with the least amount of friction possible. Also worth explaining to your colleagues is that the tech will put you in a highly competitive position: that of an early adopter.

Technology 70

Technology Chief Financial Officer Banking Chief Technology Officer 70

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 24, 2013

Examples of crisis’s could be a lack of candidates to fill current or future critical positions, poor company performance, upcoming retirements, too many external hires that didn’t work out, or dissatisfaction from the Board or auditors. There also needs to be some immediate or upcoming potential crisis to grab their attention.

Leadership Development 272

Leadership Development Development How To Leadership 272

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 19, 2013

As individuals, we take our cues from the early adopters and we learn what to do – and what not to do. It’s highly unlikely they’ll remain untouched there; sadly, it is the position a lot of organizations will decide to settle for. It’s a different world. It changed. And it changed fast.

Organization 236

Organization Kotter Real Estate Early Adopters 236

Mills Scofield

JUNE 9, 2014

Business Model: As an early adopter and co-creator of Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas (BMC) , I use it the most. While the Social Business Model Canvas has a box for surplus – what you are doing with what’s left over, I posit that’s a question every company has to answer.

ROI 132

ROI Business Model Venture Capitalist Early Adopters 132

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 7, 2019

Indeed, less than 1 in 3 regard AI-driven interventions such as recommendations as a positive thing. It revealed that millennials have been early adopters of smart technology, but they are also the most nervous age group when it comes to the privacy implications of having an array of smart devices in the home. Smart homes.

Early Adopters 61

Early Adopters Technology Advertising Resistance 61

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky. Ignore them.

Succession 120

Succession Entrepreneur Drucker Learning-by-Doing 120

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Everyone has given you positive response. The early adopters are usually a minority. You think any smart person will “get it” – it’s a no brainer. You have showed what you have created to others starting with your family and friends and even friends of friends.

Early Adopters 50

Early Adopters Audience Analysis Definition 50

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

That’s not our market position, so we don’t need to worry about it. In a better and cheaper world, you use the term big bang disruption or the sort of shark fin to describe what this model looks like, that you scale up to those early adopters becoming the majority way quicker than you can predict nowadays.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

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.

Policies 121

Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Anese Cavanaugh

OCTOBER 11, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, at the Inc 500 Conference in DC, I was having dinner with my good friend and colleague Ari Weinzweig (co-founding partner and CEO of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses and early adopter of Bootist Leadership ) when I felt like I was going to choke.

Seminar 70

Seminar Early Adopters Succession Open-book 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

As Geoffrey Moore pointed out in his groundbreaking book, Crossing the Chasm , companies need to market to one segment of customers at a time, starting with the early adopters before leveraging that segment to launch into the next. This is the best way to position the company to rebound higher and quicker out of the cultural chasm.

Morale 12

Morale Attrition Early Adopters Benchmarking 12

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

People are commonly referred to as ‘buyers,’ ‘shoppers,’ ‘payers,’ ‘non-responders,’ ‘early adopters,’ and ‘eyeballs.’ As it turns out, positive consumer satisfaction surveys are neither a predictor of repurchase nor an indicator of whether emotional needs are met.

Aaker 64

Aaker Short-term Marketing Benchmarking 64

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2015

Everett Rodgers, a sociology professor at Ohio State University published the now famous Diffusion of Innovation in 1962 and coined the term “early adopter.” He wanted to know what common characteristics were shared by the rare products and ideas that made it all the way from early adopters to laggards.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters Film Reference Brainstorming 8

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

This approach produces a proven template for future roll outs, and positive word of mouth will mean the rest of the distribution network will be awaiting their turn with eager anticipation rather than sullen resistance. Once these early adopters are moving product, others will not be able to blame anyone but themselves for missing targets.

Succession 284

Succession Early Adopters Hammer Price 284

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

So the best would be to set a higher price first and then get all the early adopters to get in the game. Darren on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work? rajesh301 on Why MANY smart people think they deserve a better position at work? Make it look like a SWEET DEAL and expand the reach.

Price 28

Price Licensing Newsletter Business Model 28

Leading Blog

MAY 3, 2019

The alternative you present must be better not just for the believers but for those outside the early adopter group. This is a key insight: To gain power, nascent movements must work to position themselves in the center of the networks around them. For Gandhi it was salt. For Paul O’Neill of Alcoa, it was safety.

Resistance 285

Resistance Participative Early Adopters Learning-by-Doing 285

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

By providing instant and continuous recognition of positive behavior, typically via a public social platform, they yield more and richer data on employees, offering managers a clearer picture of a team or company’s strengths and weaknesses and everyone a better sense of how they’re performing. Explain and celebrate the launch.

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Review System Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Businesses that machine-reengineer their processes focus on one core process at a time, and thus they can quantify positive outcomes. In our study of more than 30 pilots in early-adopter companies, we found five common business processes improved by machine-reengineering. The rewards are there, waiting to be found.

Process 8

Process Company Market Segmentation Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

RadioShack has long suffered from unfocused positioning, while Sprint has wrestled with customer retention issues and acquisition pressure in a market dominated by cellular giants AT&T and Verizon. For RadioShack, it’s figuring out its new positioning. Joining forces could breathe new life into both brands.

Wireless 8

Wireless Brand Due Diligence Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Often, however, the elements that make something profitable work counter to those that maximize positive social impact. Early adopters of microfinance wanted to prove that it was a commercially viable product, deserving space in an investor’s portfolio alongside real estate and the stock market.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance IPO Real Estate Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

Even given their positions of authority, neither was able to overcome the majority view. In the former case, it was believed that illness was caused by an imbalance of humors and in the latter, the threat of online video seemed too distant to justify forsaking short-term profits. We tend to overestimate the power of influence.

Leadership 15

Leadership Early Adopters Video Short-term 15

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.” Many students voted for the first scenario. They’re not alone.

Strategy 10

Strategy Early Adopters Innovation Proposal 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

Are their particular game situations where their positive—or negative—influence is statistically pronounced? have become early adopters and innovators in multidimensional measurements for individuals and teams alike. Can that impact be meaningfully correlated with psychological attributes or other behavioral characteristics?

Team 8

Team Sports Franchising Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2016

For instance, you might collect feedback from early adopters who’ve already transitioned to the entitlement period. For insights on what fresh features to introduce to create new infatuation intervals, collect and analyze customer feedback regularly and rigorously.

Early Adopters 8

Early Adopters System Airlines Training 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The early adopters, often with some annoyance, gave way to later adopters. I offer it because I think it improve upon Reynolds' position. With this contribution, the bands started a new round of experimentation in matters of sound, style, and sensibility. Style grew more pronounced, sensibility better defined.

Early Adopters 12

Early Adopters Hammer Innovation Charisma 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

LCPs can use the results of their annual leadership and culture audits to demonstrate continual improvement in the portfolio company’s talent, capability, and leadership, and instill increased confidence with buyers that past positive financial results are will continue sustainably in the future.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Leadership Early Adopters Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2015

Early adopters will be able to significantly expand their revenues by discovering and joining forces with blockbuster complementors. In its early days, its user interface was not good enough for regular users. We expect these trends to become much more widespread. One case in point is Twitter.

Levitt 8

Levitt Real Estate Business Model Early Adopters 8

Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Some of us are “innovators” or “early adopters” whilst others are “laggards” The vast majority of us sit in the middle of the population as “The early or late majority” Again this is a people led model of change. What about the environmental element? McKinsey’s 7S.

ADKAR 60

ADKAR Management Early Adopters Rogers 60

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

It is the passionate early adopters who help you to gain traction, see what works and what else may be needed to make the product successful. Product managers work on issues such as pricing, legal compliance and positioning. This isn’t market research, but hands-on problem solving.

Company 8

Company Team Due Diligence Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

By buying Whole Foods, Amazon gets virtually limitless possibilities to test products and services, test price points and assortment interactions, redefine the price perception for organic and healthier foods, merge offline and online shopping experiences, and perhaps test home delivery or store pickup with ideal early adopters.

Price 8

Price Retail Competitive Advantage Long-term 8

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. Early action on this far-reaching technology will put companies in the best position to benefit from what we think will be widespread adoption.

Marketing 11

Marketing Advertising Technology Content 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Those who invest early may benefit not only from increased productivity but also from learning about how AI-enabled products and services work that may provide additional advantages in subsequent decision-making. Of course, early adopters also risk exposure to the costs of learning and of less-tested technologies.

Policies 8

Policies Report Technology Incentives 8