The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

Covid-19 has been many things, but the digital transformation it has encouraged has been significant, whether due to the newly remote workforces, the urgent need for online sales channels, or the need for cloud-based technologies to maintain business operations. Redesigning the business. “People are very much in the loop.”

Supply Chain 65

Supply Chain Technology Hammer Report 65

Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

Many entrepreneurs get to 2/3 of the way through the slides and start talking about the business model and financial projections while I’m still won-dering exactly what their product does and what makes it unique. Typically, it is about your team, market opportunity, technology/product, or market results/ traction.

Tips 318

Tips Entrepreneur Hammer Venture Capitalist 318

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Shifting from Drucker's erudition and measured tone to Hammer's revolutionary and provocatively violent declarations ("don't automate, obliterate") was a bit dizzying. I list these below as a guide for anyone — from bloggers, to academics, to strategy consultants — looking to produce world-class thought leadership.

Prahalad 15

Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

” Tell them why they’re losing their jobs, whether it’s because of a drop in demand, changes in technology, or productivity and quality issues. Then hammer out a joint plan with them. Manage the closure or layoff like a project. Appoint an experienced, full-time project leader and a strong team.

Hammer 8

Hammer Operations Quality Project 8

Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

It was a two week project, and it was one of the longest two weeks of my life. In my hands, a hammer was a dangerous tool capable of putting holes where holes shouldn’t be, and bashing fingers into submission. I didn’t need a hammer! I have absolutely no aptitude for carpentry. Because numbers I could work with.

Hammer 250

Hammer Learning-by-Doing Blog Video 250

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. I think a lot more investment decisions will have considerations about impact and the transparency and accountability that comes with technology and social media is going to propel that. We don’t want to go there.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8