The Horizons Tracker

MAY 20, 2020

The researchers devised a system, called Dovetail Digital, which provides a blockchain-based method of managing digital consent. They each completed a questionnaire, followed by a focus group discussion. It can also be difficult for patients to keep on top of, and they can easily feel they lack control over their own data.

Focus Group 68

Focus Group Analysis Quality System 68

In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Thanks to technology, we have access to an endless source of data at our fingertips, at any place and at any time we choose. Technology gives us more and more data, but analyzing and understanding ‘more and more’ is arduous and time consuming. Now, I don’t want anyone to think that I don’t value information technology.

Power 100

Power Competitive Advantage Airlines Information 100

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Guest post from Cornelia Gamlem and Barbara Mitchell: Ask any manager and they’ll agree that people issues are some of the most important ones they face in their day-to-day routine. Manage it through your culture and your actions and hire staff who will fit it. What can an organization do to assure they’ve got great practices?

Succession 137

Succession Benchmarking Performance Review Handbook 137

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

It’s essential for you to outsource tasks such as these to people such as Digital Goliath Marketing who are able to manage your work efficiently, leaving you with less stress and hassle to have to do it yourself. Some of the outsource administration you could consider are: Surveying, polling, and focus group tests.

Outsourcing 62

Outsourcing Human Resources Learning Curve Marketing 62

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Managers need to be trained on the importance of balancing business needs with safety and to take frontline employees concerns seriously. At this point in the process, HR should analyze the data and information for trends and share important findings with senior management along with recommendations. And 37 people would still be alive.

Mentor 232

Mentor Trends Committee Compliance 232

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Back then, they would run focus groups to see what customers liked/didn''t like about the product and would check competitors that began to do well. They then took it one step further and asked, "How would you find the technology and material to meet this need?" Technology + Methodology. Robust + Comprehensive Insights.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

From management courses to leadership seminars, there is no shortage of opportunities to further your learning, gain new skills or master the ones you already have. Constantly changing industry trends and technological advances are why you must keep your finger on the pulse when it comes to evaluating training effectiveness.

Metrics 52

Metrics Training Benchmarking ROI 52

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. How did Bally Technologies do it? But while the foundational elements are the same, Bally Technologies uses them in a distinct way. Through an innovation excellence framework.

Technology 8

Technology Innovation Kaizen Chief Executive Officer 8

Tony Mayo

MARCH 10, 2010

Top Executive Coaching with Tony Mayo About Tony Mayo Newsletter Sign-up Sections Client Comments For Executive Coaches For Executives For Fun For Salespeople Quotes and Aphorisms Recommended Books Technology Tips Videos & Podcasts Popular Posts Twitter Log IX About Tony Mayo Truth or Consequences? A focus group is not a survey.

Mayo 158

Mayo Execution Executive Coaching How To 158

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

To increase diversity at senior executive levels, more must be known about one group in particular: women of color in midlevel leadership, who successfully developed and progressed beyond individual contributor and first-line management. How did (or didn’t) managers play a role? They pursue management challenges.

Management 13

Management Tacit Knowledge Diversity Leadership Pipeline 13

Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The successful entrepreneur knows how to manage those fears, and understands that failure can just be another step on the road to success. You Have Trouble Managing Stress Running your own business, especially in the early days, is hard. See if you can't put a small focus group together, preferably strangers. Fail again.

Tips 95

Tips Learning-by-Doing Industry Long-term 95

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2018

In prior research , we at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that women leave STEM fields in droves: 52% of highly qualified women working for science, technology, or engineering companies leave their jobs. Yet many other women have managed to build highly successful careers with degrees in STEM disciplines. Hone your brand.

Succession 14

Succession Reputation Focus Group Leadership Styles 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

Change management can be a test for any organization. Several studies by Towers Watson show that just 25% of change management initiatives are successful over the long term. Change management certainly tested us. We have hired more than 5,000 new employees since beginning the effort in late 2013.) What values drove them?

Management 10

Management IPO Diversity Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. 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.

Media 67

Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

By combining data-driven assessments, targeted engagement of high prescribers, EHR-based interventions, and pharmacist support in care management, Geisinger has dramatically reduced opioid prescribing. In addition to developing programs on pain-management for our broad clinician population, we targeted a focused group of high prescribers.

System 10

System Health Care Review Focus Group 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

As one technology executive has explained to us, “We have some very capable women in the middle management and junior VP levels, but they leave our firm to advance their careers as they continually get passed over for promotion.” How talent management is changing. Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.

Focus Group 8

Focus Group Skills Technology Review 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. 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.

Media 50

Media Follow-up Software Newsletter 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

Yes, political hacktivists brag about Web pages defaced and customer information released over the Internet, but companies rarely reveal the attacks that result in the loss of valuable intellectual property — business plans, proprietary technologies or fraudulent payments. These attacks can be devastating.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Risk Management Hedge Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Enormously more, actually, than the best survey research, focus group, or doctor's interview — the highly subjective and incomplete tools we rely on today to understand behavior. Understanding these human-machine systems is what's going to make our future management systems stable and safe.

System 15

System Analysis Retail Focus Group 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

General Electric helps hospitals manage and use patient data rather than selling them the equipment and software to do the job. Periodic market research surveys or focus groups should be replaced by continual data collection, from all interactions between the supplier and its customers. Technology can help here.

B2B 14

B2B Business Objectives Focus Group Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2017

One was a recent project for the Science and Technology Directorate of the U.S. The agency used stagecraft to gather very early learning about how new technologies could be used in equipment for first responders. In the past, the agency’s attempts to design gear around emerging technology had missed the mark.

Learning-by-Doing 10

Learning-by-Doing Engineering Film Transportation 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Doyle’s talk was titled, “How to Transform a Legacy Company into a Technology-Enabled, Nimble, Category-Disrupting Machine” — and it delivered. Domino’s is not just in the pizza-making business, the CEO emphasizes, but in the pizza- delivery business, which means it has to be in the technology business.

CEO 8

CEO Open-book Price Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

Seems like strategic management 101, but oftentimes companies are unable to ask this question due to turf battles or leadership blind spots. One professional service firm told us how a senior partner sold only technology implementation services &38212; an area he was personally passionate about — to his clients in South America.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Sample Hedge Engineering 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2015

Zhou Qunfei, the world’s richest self-made woman and founder of Lens Technology, is emblematic of a new class of female entrepreneurs in China who have built their wealth from scratch. “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

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Our research on women in the science, engineering, and technology industries shows that, regardless of gender, acting “like a man” can provide an advantage in becoming a leader in these fields. Our research finds that employees with inclusive managers are 1.3 Focusing on these four levers can elicit real change.

Diversity 8

Diversity Career Focus Group Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

Some reverse leaders are people quite content to remain individual contributors, like the scientist who has no interest in managing a team but cares deeply about the company's mission. Rarely does strong leadership ability show up at lower levels in the hierarchy if senior leaders aren't very effective in their roles.

Self-aware 12

Self-aware Competitive Advantage Follow-up Content 12

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. In one case, a Fortune 500 technology company was losing recruits to newer companies like Google, Facebook, and SAS. The answer? A resounding “yes.”

Human Resources 8

Human Resources Self-aware Survey Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2011

His legacy lives on in today's iCloud and iOS 5 availability, and in the new iPhone 4S being praised by several prominent technology reviewers. David Pogue , my favorite technology writer, is so enthusiastic as to call the new phone's features almost magical. I've long admired Apple products, too.

Short-term 11

Short-term Case Study Technology Marketing 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

Grose quotes IbisWorld researcher Jocelyn Phillips as pointing to the high-tech aspects of Clearblue’s test, also noting that young women might be more willing to shell out more money for such technology — the digital version costs about $5 more than the boring old blue and pink line version. Customers Global business Marketing'

Market Segmentation 8

Market Segmentation Marketing Insurance Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. Toyota wasn't just looking for superior quality and just-in-time inventory management from suppliers, they were vested in helping suppliers become more innovative and creative.

Innovation 8

Innovation Lean Production Disintermediation Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Innovation is more than whiz-bang technology; consider different strategic intents (e.g., Start with deep ethnographic research; avoid focus groups! How should I form and manage innovation teams? What is the best way to manage an innovation portfolio? What is the best way to manage an innovation portfolio?

Innovation 16

Innovation Govindarajan Disruptive Innovation Business Model 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

The company had put in place advanced mobile technology that has become increasingly standard — for instance, laptops in every truck connected to the central dispatch and order system — to track the mechanics as they did their jobs. UPS is another company that’s had to sort out how visible to make its real-time performance data.

Efficiency 8

Efficiency Bottom-up Self-aware Productivity 8

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” ? in this case, that’s the mother-to-be herself.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Self-aware Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

High-quality talent and people who are ambitious want to see the world and the business management systems of the U.S. Most of my female friends prefer to work for the government because the workload is not heavy, and they have enough time to spend with their families," said a participant in one of our focus groups.

Travel 9

Travel Survey Marketing Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2012

Harris is the CEO of PRG, a leading supplier of production and event technology, and Cohl is arguably one of the most successful concert promoters in the world, having represented acts such as U2, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson and even Frank Sinatra. So how did co-lead producers Jere Harris and Michael Cohl stop the ship from sinking?

Audience 8

Audience Short-term Long-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

The truth is that Gradgrind would make a terrible manager. Each month, managers had been focusing on a new performance metric — first-call resolution, average call-time — so the phone staff was confused as a result. He's "[a] man of facts and calculations. A man who is. Sprint quickly discovered the core of the issue.

Metrics 12

Metrics Parcell Call Center Productivity 12

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Emerging Roles and Technologies Stay attuned to emerging roles and technologies within the industry. Conduct regular surveys, focus groups, or town hall meetings to understand employee perspectives on fairness and equity in compensation. Adapt to these changing trends and standards accordingly.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52