The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The authors wanted to explore just how people, and especially those in low- to medium-paying jobs, think about the prospect of refreshing their skillset to remain valuable in the labor market. . They began by trying to explore some of the opportunities and challenges this group of people saw as they envisaged the future ahead of them.

Technology 95

Technology Competitive Advantage Training Report 95

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 29, 2020

Interns were a key aspect of this informal process of understanding market trends, simply by their presence in the office. This was complimented by more formal approaches, such as intern-based focus groups, or the provision of low-stakes assignments for interns to share their cultural knowledge.

Trends 93

Trends Mentor Focus Group Analysis 93

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

One of the best sources of understanding is experience, such as in-market know-how, familiarity with competitors and customers, or expertise in leading during turbulent times. Leaders and managers who work in these industries need all of the information. Information doesn’t necessarily mean understanding.

Power 100

Power Competitive Advantage Airlines Information 100

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2016

But, when the time comes for the cows to be transported to market, herding can become a challenge. Create an on-going virtual customer focus group focused on policies, procedures and practices. Leadership today is about fostering the illogic of innovation, the irrationality of passion and purpose, and the instability of change.

Policies 150

Policies Follow-up Banking Bureaucracy 150

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. The right culture attracts and retains better talent.

How To 107

How To Middle Management Reputation Short-term 107

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Bally Technologies , a leading provider of gaming systems for casinos, has earned more than 60 awards for innovation in just the last four years. Through an innovation excellence framework. Innovative companies create an environment that fosters the right balance between current and future with “and thinking.”.

Technology 8

Technology Innovation Kaizen Chief Executive Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I thought it would be helpful to provide the list of 31 questions, and my one sentence perspective on each question, as it dovetails with my current book project (tentatively titled, The Little Black Book of Innovation.) How do you define innovation? What are different types of innovation? What is disruptive innovation?

Innovation 16

Innovation Govindarajan Disruptive Innovation Business Model 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Whether you’re a digital start-up or an institutional entrepreneur, three simple heuristics offer an excellent way to determine whether a fledgling innovation initiative should be put out of its misery (and yours). Almost all innovation efforts have the hiccoughs and bumps in the road. 1) No Pleasant Surprises. That is fuel.

Innovation 12

Innovation Learning Curve Benchmarking Compliance 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

We used to quiz him with focus groups and mall intercepts. In short, it's time for "Cessna" marketing, a look from 12,000 feet at American culture and commerce. Does experience marketing get any more exciting than this? Food trucks are good at managing scarcity. Never mind, he wants Z. It's just that he can't.

Trends 15

Trends Marketing Brand Film 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers. While lean production has almost nothing to do with video production, the clear message was that genuinely lean enterprise craved innovation that made their suppliers more innovative.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

As a leader and manager, you’ll learn how to use these tools to harness social interactions to improve your business and to create your own social nation. The book provides a social assessment for leaders, managers and employees to scientifically evaluate your individual social skills and competencies. Still skeptical?

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

More than ever before, managers are using large-scale randomized controlled trials (i.e., One simple and often overlooked way for larger companies to experiment is to randomize the introduction of new products across a set of markets. As a result, Uber was able confidently to introduce Express Pool to many of its major markets.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Metrics Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

Companies in all varieties of B2B markets have moved beyond selling products and services to offering complete "solutions" to their customers. General Electric helps hospitals manage and use patient data rather than selling them the equipment and software to do the job. Traditional research techniques (surveys, focus groups etc.)

B2B 14

B2B Business Objectives Focus Group Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

During a long and illustrious career that is far from over (you can read all about one of his most recent ventures — building the most direct fiber-optic connection between Chicago and New York – in Chapter One of Michael Lewis’s new book ), Barksdale has become a big believer in the value of the folksy aphorism as management tool.

Advice 8

Advice Management CAPEX Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The study examined the management and development preferences of America’s young and rising corporate leaders. In 2016, former American Express CEO Ken Chenault tasked chief human resource officer Kevin Cox with finding new opportunities that would drive innovation and revenue growth. American Express. Why these programs work.

Development 12

Development Participative Conference Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

According to a new study published by the Center for Talent Innovation, Latinos at Work: Unleashing the Power of Culture , most Latinos in the U.S. ” When Latinos repress who they are in order to rise into management, incoming or up-and-coming Latino talent is motivated to look elsewhere for employment.

EPS 8

EPS Banking Diversity Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2014

New research from the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management finds an “on the one hand, on the other hand” contradiction. At the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), we call this “flex around the edges.” Employee retention Managing people Talent management'

Flextime 9

Flextime Human Resources Career Talent Management 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

Our new book, Harness the Power of the Purse: Winning Women Investors , based on recent research from the Center for Talent Innovation, indicates that there is a rising tide of female wealth worldwide. “Even in rural India, women manage the households and pay the bills,” she says. ” While women in the U.S.

Survey 8

Survey Diversity Telecommunications Focus Group 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Attracting and retaining top talent are perennial concerns among managers, in good times and in bad. With salaries frozen even as the scope of work expands, managers find it nearly impossible to lure A-players and compensate existing high performers without breaking the budget. The good news? They may not have to.

Chief Financial Officer 16

Chief Financial Officer Motivation Loyalty Budgeting 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

With the first approach, companies seek significant mismatches between their existing organizational capabilities and the markets they serve. They ask: Where are opportunities to introduce something totally unexpected in a market we already serve, with an offering we can deliver tomorrow with little additional investment?

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Sample Hedge Engineering 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

million university graduates entered the job market in 2010 , up from one million in 1999. Especially telling: 57% of the Chinese women university graduates surveyed for our book Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets rated the public sector as an attractive job option. More than 6.4 and Europe," Marilyn concluded. "I

Travel 9

Travel Survey Marketing Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

But if corporations join the public sector in recognizing that this problem is a convergence of societal, economic, and cultural factors and apply good management practices to address it, we can bend the curve. Businesses gain their strategic focus from understanding the “customer” ? Pursue scientific innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Self-aware Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

How many organizations would rely mainly on intuition when taking a new product to market? The truth is that Gradgrind would make a terrible manager. How can we share insights and innovations that allow our employees to be more productive? He's "[a] man of facts and calculations. A man who is. Take Sprint.

Metrics 12

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

But iKnow intriguing innovation inspiration when iSee it. Between its market cap, profit margins and sales volumes, no company has ever done a better job of monetizing great design. has emerged as a rhetorical question that product managers have learned to ask — or be forced to publicly answer. After all, WWSJD?

B2B 8

B2B Retail Innovation Download 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Consider Ashoka , which provides start-up funding and support for social innovators worldwide. Instead of passive subscribers, it created “communities of friends” who generated new story ideas and collaborated with Fast Company staff to develop themes of the “new management revolution.”. Informal leadership Managing people'

Gilbert 9

Gilbert Participative Cooper Network Economy 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2015

Specifically we used interviewing and focus groups to find out whether many of the root causes of engagement are actually found outside the workplace. They had a detailed strategic plan in place that included increased collaboration and innovation necessary to grow the business. The answer? A resounding “yes.”

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Self-aware Survey Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

Sephora, the cosmetics retailer, has been widely recognized as a leader in integrating its digital marketing efforts into its overall strategy. As one sign of that, Sephora has a single executive who serves as both chief marketing officer and chief digital officer. Marketing and internal IT expertise are both at the table.

Brand 11

Brand CTO Marketing Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

When my publication, Innovation Leader, surveyed 170 executives who work in R&D, strategy, and new product development roles at large public companies, we found that 82% said they’ve already deployed some elements of the lean startup approach. A faster cycle time for developing ideas.

Company 8

Company Airlines Ries Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

When it comes to discovering unmet customer needs and innovation opportunities, there’s no substitute for in-the-moment, in-context observation for making meaning out of the complex weave of emotion and rationality that drives consumer behavior. .”

Document 8

Document Marketing Learning-by-Doing Travel 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

Instead, according to new research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), the fundamental issue is the health care industry’s failure to develop a nuanced understanding of, and commitment to, women as consumers and decision makers. Women account for a significant chunk of the market.

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry First-mover Advantage Market Segmentation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

There is something marketing managers seem to forget about the internet: it was made for people, not for companies and brands. As such, it offers managers a source of insight they never had — social listening. But despite its potential, companies underleverage the social media stream for market intelligence.

Media 8

Media Sample Brand Marketing 8