The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

For many years, the prevailing narrative was that cities were the engines of our economies, with the agglomeration effect bringing together talent and consumers to make cities extremely compelling environments for work, rest, and play. Engines of creation. Cities have long been viewed as the engines of the economy.

GDP 143

GDP Technology Policies Engineering 143

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This results in a strategy that is not very clear or focused and will waste a lot of time, energy, and resources as you drive the wrong traffic to your store, which will also increase cart abandonment rates and bounce rates. 2 Using the wrong technology. 3 Not optimizing your eCommerce store.

ROI 92

ROI Engineering Strategy Marketing 92

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 1, 2013

Futureview is not the same thing as a goal, plan, ambition, or aspiration. The atmosphere crackles with an optimistic, can-do energy. He said that in the years following Kennedy’s articulation of that goal, NASA engineers would periodically hit a major roadblock and declare the goal impossible.

Armstrong 182

Armstrong Engineering Transportation Technology 182

The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

For many years I’ve been facilitating a 360 assessment and leadership development process for a deeply technical science/engineering association. Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) are vital to our economy, climate, health, and well-being. STEMM Leaders Are Less Effective.

Leadership 59

Leadership Emotional Intelligence Goleman Crisis 59

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 20, 2015

This month, COI is undertaking an ambitious Earth Day project titled, KidPower2015 Earth Day Project , with the goal of encouraging COI kids to be leaders in the movement to protect the Earth for future generations. They will develop engineering and math skills while learning a simple, clean energy technology to generate electricity.

Project 150

Project Energy Participative Servant Leader 150

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Hong Kong Section was also a co-sponsor of the event. Event details here.

Webinar 98

Webinar Education Conference Industry 98

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 5, 2014

Breakthroughs in human brain research (using conventional experimental psychology research in addition to relatively new technologies like CT scans and magnetic resonance imaging) are revealing new insights about cognitive processes. The employee’s goal is tightly connected with the purpose of the job.

Motivation 280

Motivation Proposal Stress Goal 280

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Here is the rub and the reason why adopting this principle is so critical: in our experience, the priority initiatives turn out to be on new product, service, customer, and technology initiatives accompanied by an assumption that the organization has the capabilities to execute them. Engineered to Win.

Process 150

Process Agility Competitive Advantage Strategy 150

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 29, 2011

Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. So are goals. According to licensing agreements and industry sources, Monsanto’s stranglehold on the genetically-engineered seed market in the United States and the world squeezes customers, limits competitors and provides staggering profits. Ever heard this?

Strategy 131

Strategy CEO Company Competitive Advantage 131

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. So are goals. According to licensing agreements and industry sources, Monsanto’s stranglehold on the genetically-engineered seed market in the United States and the world squeezes customers, limits competitors and provides staggering profits. Ever heard this?

Strategy 97

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 97

Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

CMI Malaysia at IET Gala On 18 February, representatives from CMI Malaysia attended the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Malaysia prestige lecture and award dinner. “Enjoy, learn, unlearn and reframe and, as always, if you need even more details, reach out and enquire.” Listen to their discussion here !

Project 52

Project Webinar Learning-by-Doing Blog 52

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

As the new general manager of the Global Research & Innovative Technology Center (GRIT) at Hitachi Metals, Kenichi Inoue is tasked with creating an updated framework for research and development in advanced materials, helping his organization make the shift to a new approach to engineering and innovation in a disrupted world.

Engineering 8

Engineering Innovation Content Credit Rating 8

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a defined goal. So are goals. According to licensing agreements and industry sources, Monsanto’s stranglehold on the genetically-engineered seed market in the United States and the world squeezes customers, limits competitors and provides staggering profits. Ever heard this?

Strategy 74

Strategy Company Competitive Advantage Chemicals 74

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

At the law firm Allen & Overy, the idea of replacing traditional, annual performance appraisals with a technology-enabled continuous feedback system did not come from human resources. Working with new technologies in new and nimbler ways creates the need for additional innovation in talent practices. Walker and Walker/Getty Images.

Technology 9

Technology Talent Management Process Management 9

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Guy Harris presents Three Power Phrases to Disarm a Verbal Aggressor posted at Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer , saying, “How do you respond to coworkers or colleagues when they are verbally aggressive? A plan is a judgment about the best way to go about achieving an intended goal.”

Blog 218

Blog Leadership Deming Storytelling 218

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Guy Harris presents Three Power Phrases to Disarm a Verbal Aggressor posted at Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer , saying, "How do you respond to coworkers or colleagues when they are verbally aggressive? A plan is a judgment about the best way to go about achieving an intended goal.". Here are three phrases that might help.".

Leadership Development 248

Leadership Development Development Leadership Deming 248

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2016

Although US firms had pioneered and dominated the technology for two decades, they were now getting pummeled by cheaper Japanese imports. At the same time, the marketplace has become so fiercely competitive—and investors so demanding—that few are willing to take a flyer on an unproven technology.

Technology 8

Technology Venture Capitalist Supply Chain Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2012

If all went well, Blue Sky would soon be using Prime's components in its energy-efficient cars and trucks. "At While Blue Sky is an SOE, I think they really want to differentiate themselves, and they're willing to use a lot of our technology.". I don't think they'd be capable of reverse engineering every one of the components.". "I

Case Study 8

Case Study Technology Tacit Knowledge Engineering 8

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 22, 2012

In 1960, Mr. Ovshinsky with his wife, Iris, founded Energy Conversion Laboratory, where he worked on what became known as the "Ovshinsky effect" that underlay his later advances in electronics. The company was a world leader in the technology but recently declared bankruptcy amid down times in the U.S. photovoltaic industry.

Energy 102

Energy Library Film Engineering 102

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2017

. “Moonshots” is the term favored by the company’s exploratory arm, known as X, which states on its website : “Our mission is to invent and launch ‘moonshot’ technologies that we hope could someday make the world a radically better place.” Don’t be prescriptive.

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Wilde Armstrong Project Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

In the United States, buildings consume 41 percent of the nation’s total energy use, through lighting, heating, air conditioning, elevators, and the thousands of items plugged into their sockets. However, we cannot take the resource-intensive path of simply building our way to a more energy-efficient future.

NPV 8

NPV Energy Efficiency Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

For example, GE incubated an energy storage company (“ Durathon ”), which has gone from the lab to a $100 million business in five years. In 2009, GE’s transportation unit developed a new sodium battery for a hybrid engine for locomotives. Says Comstock, “You have to believe that energy storage has a big future.”

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2013

When Gordon Moore, the cofounder of Intel, asserted nearly 50 years ago that the number of transistors on integrated circuits would double roughly every two years, he was charting a path for the company that would dominate the industry — and dictate the direction of technology — for decades. It's anybody's race to win.

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Gordon Technology Engineering Innovation 8

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Any other career advice you recommend for finding the right career, goals, growth, or changing careers? Any other career advice you recommend for finding the right career, goals, growth, or changing careers? Always keep up with emerging trends and technologies in your specific sector. Learn all you can. Never stop learning.

Career 74

Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I’ve spent 16 years in technology sales, with most of that spent in sales leadership at Salesforce and other technology companies. Elite salespeople approach their goals with a total ownership mindset. They separate themselves from the rest of the pack regardless of circumstance. So how do they do it? Are you one of them?

Norton 14

Norton Career Resources Productivity 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The cap-and-trade program is the centerpiece of California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, also known as AB 32 — a suite of clean energy solutions that has proved to be the engine of an astounding economic transformation that drove statewide growth at twice the rate of the U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

Price 15

Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

People were asked about GM products, upholstery textures, colors, vehicle designs, and technology, and their feedback was incorporated into GM vehicles. How technology is changing the way we work. Weaver’s staff sent three million mailings a year to GM and non-GM customers, achieving a remarkable 25% response rate.

Media 8

Media Automotive Globalization Active Listening 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

But as economic, political, social, and technological change continue to accelerate, and competitive pressure grows more intense, leaders can't afford those odds. At the same time, he created a "not-to-do" list including projects that were driven by technology rather than customer needs. How do we keep moving forward?

Long-term 15

Long-term Short-term Engineering Self-aware 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2015

A look at global trends such as energy demand should remind leaders of businesses small and large that what we do every day matters. Last year during Climate Week, my company took the opportunity to publicly announce a commitment to increase the energy efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of our operations and product portfolio.

Energy 8

Energy Commitment Globalization Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Alternative energy technologies have become big business. Titans of capitalism such as venture capitalist John Doerr and GE CEO Jeff Immelt are speaking out in favor of a price on carbon, to drive energy innovation. And finally, Nelson said, companies must pursue sustainability goals in more systems-level ways.

Innovation 15

Innovation Succession Porter Venture Capitalist 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

COOs are relatively common in service industries such as financial services, energy, information technology and telecommunications, but in manufacturing sectors — such as automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies — they are relatively rare.

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COO Sample Telecommunications Automotive 12

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

Mulally also drove Ford's engineers to define Ford’s “DNA,” as Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s global product chief, called it—the “genome that was designed to and engineered to convey quality, innovation, and style.” But one angle that hasn't yet been covered is the brand-inspired cultural revolution he led inside the organization.

Brand 193

Brand BPR FOB Automotive 193

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Since 1969, Communispond has helped over 600,000 client associates – including CEOs, board chairs, sales leaders, sports, media, and political figures – to achieve business goals by communicating with clarity and power. Check out the search engines for ‘little known facts about …’ or ‘trivia about …’ for ideas.

Power 56

Power Audience Kaplan Short-term 56

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

It could be that your home life is taking up more of your energy than usual. Burnout — the mental and physical exhaustion you experience when the demands of your work consistently exceed the amount of energy you have available — has been called the epidemic of the modern workplace. Or maybe you’re just bored.

Motivation 8

Motivation How To Long-term Stress 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Businesses from top global firms to main street staples are looking into a future driven by new technology capabilities. Alignment Teams must work in a way that gets the best input from all members, and gains understanding and commitment around common goals, schedules, methods, and decisions/directions of all kinds.

Agility 65

Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Platform Adoption Identify and implement an appropriate technology solution to support the identification, sourcing, and management of independent labor.

Content 9

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. This is not guesswork.

Short-term 8

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