Expert insights. Personalized for you.
Data, Data Everywhere : A Special Report on Managing Information. Learn how businesses are transforming themselves based on the abundance of data, and benefits found in the various uses of information and the new methods of visualizing data. MORE
In just a few years digital technology has connected an ever-growing number of people, sensors, and devices. While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. The best-performing companies stated they have technology budgets on par with digital laggards; the average IT spend as a percentage of revenue was 3.5% The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models. MORE
If you’re setting up a separate professional account, give the public full access to your information to encourage them to “friend” or “follow” you. Information Technology Job Search Perception Q&A with Joel MORE
While I haven’t read the book, an article on Reuters suggests that the book Aligning Technology with Strategy by Harvard Business Review advises companies evaluate their IT costs to prevent overinvesting. An article written in 2003 regarding security and technology is not going to be relevant in 2011. It’s technology. As consumers, we trust that when we provide a company with our personal or financial information that it will be secure. MORE
Using predictive analytics, mobile technologies, and cloud computing, providers are mining utilization patterns to dramatically improve OR scheduling. In addition to improving longer-term patient scheduling, these technologies help schedulers manage an infusion center’s day-to-day uncertainty — last-minute add-ons, late cancellations, and no-shows — as well as optimize nurses’ workloads and the timing of breaks. katyau/Getty Images. MORE
It’s necessary to have a multidisciplinary team, with clinical, analytics, data science, information technology, and behavior change skill sets available from start to finish. Organizational leaders are often unfamiliar with advanced analytics technology and applications. Information & technology Change management Technology IT Digital ArticleJennifer Maravillas for HBR. MORE
Over the past decade, the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has become the leading global source of information about the world of cybercrime and security breaches. Security & privacy IT Data Information & technology Sponsor ContentYou don’t see it coming. MORE
In this technological era, most daily work functions depend on an internet connection and electronic appliances. This information offers crucial insight into any holes within your company’s IT infrastructure. MORE
A highly experienced nuclear power consultant, Ruth leads StrategyDriven's information technology and cyber security services. "We Announcements cyber security information technology nuclear power consultant Ruth Todd strategydriven MORE
I’d recommend that provocateurs get over these concerns by keeping bosses informed, accepting help from others, and sharing credit for success. Data Information & technology Digital ArticleAll of us depend on data created elsewhere to do our work. MORE
This same mistake-proofing process and technology embedded in the electronic medical record (EMR) can move us a great distance toward safer, higher quality, and more affordable health care. Information technology has come late to health care delivery. On a larger scale, the EMR can also tap into remote databases and registries to select key data for an individual patient and bring this valuable information to the provider and patient at the point of care. MORE
Social purpose is continuing to evolve from a philanthropic niche to a key part of core business strategy, and this shift presents unique opportunities for technology companies, in particular. Social responsibility Internet Information & technology Digital Article MORE
Armed with an array of sensors, commercial drones are about to become a new source for digital information. While some drone-based data may complement existing information, some will make other information-gathering methods obsolete. Information & technology Digital Article MORE
In the past decade, consumers have shifted from worrying about sharing personal financial information when shopping on the internet to embracing online retailers’ recommendations for them. Policy Information & technology Analytics Healthcare Digital Article MORE
Technology is a good servant but a bad master.”. If, like Vincent, you’re staying too connected, consider these tips for unplugging from technology after work or even during the workday. Try taking mini breaks from technology during work. MORE
Friedman wrote about the great unraveling of traditional leadership across the globe: The main driver, I believe, is the merger of globalization and the Information Technology revolution. In the December 18, 2011 edition of the New York Times , Thomas L. MORE
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Data Information & technology Digital ArticleMost managers know, anecdotally at least, that poor quality data is troublesome. Bad data wastes time, increases costs, weakens decision making, angers customers, and makes it more difficult to execute any sort of data strategy. Indeed, data has a credibility problem. Still, few managers have hard evidence or any real appreciation for the impact of bad data on their teams and departments. They are thus unable to give data quality its due. MORE
IT and business leaders face the daunting task of not only upgrading workplace technology and modernizing infrastructure but also overcoming user resistance to new ways of working. Organizations cannot simply focus on the technology; in an age of digital automation and robotics, people matter. How can productivity be increased with real-time information in context? ” For more on empowering your workforce, download the full position paper from DXC Technology. MORE
Today when soldiers check in for appointments, they are provided with a laptop or tablet with individualized log-in information. BHDP requires the use of an additional information system because the electronic health record (EHR) system used by the U.S. The provider cannot change the patient-reported data but can now incorporate that self-reported information when meeting face to face with the patient, to improve treatment planning and progress tracking. The U.S. MORE
Performance measurement Information & technology Strategy Digital ArticleThere are few business leaders around the world not thinking about digital transformation in some shape or form. Whether improving omni-channel commerce or developing digital extensions to product lines, businesses are working out how to drive profitability through digital. MORE
More recently, there has been a shift to systematization, the use of technology to automate and sometimes transform the way that professional work is done — from workflow systems through to AI-based problem-solving. Our inclination is to be sympathetic to this transformative use of technology, not least because today’s professions, as currently organized, are creaking. Information & technology Professional transitions Internet Digital Article MORE
How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. No single party controls the data or the information. Each node stores and forwards information to all other nodes. If the process of using an ATM had been invented today, with the blockchain as a state-of-the-art database technology as an option, we would most likely not need an administrative entity like VISA to manage the process. How technology is transforming transactions. MORE
And that means buying more new technology: IT organizations must adopt new platforms and processes and integrate services in new ways. Read More from DXC Technology: Is Your Company Adapting Fast Enough to Thrive in an Increasingly Digital World? In the past, IT just provided direct services to the operating groups, according to Chief Information Officer Hector Calva. Ross, principal research scientist at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). MORE
Addressing those vulnerabilities will require coordination across a large number of technology service providers and other companies that could catch or spread an AI infection to others, regardless of who is at fault. Today, some leading insurers are suggesting security procedures that companies could follow to attend to information breaches and interruptions in the event of a global failure of interconnected systems. Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images. MORE
Advances in platform technology are helping organizations make strides toward long-standing goals of agility, simplicity, and cost savings. Read More from DXC Technology: Is Your Company Adapting Fast Enough to Thrive in an Increasingly Digital World? For more on enabling the enterprise through a hybrid cloud, download the full position paper from DXC Technology. Information & technology Technology IT Sponsor Content MORE
Not only is technology capable of rivaling humans on these core management tasks, it is already playing a pivotal role in helping humans to more effectively accomplish these tasks. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Although technology can make us angry (particularly when it doesn’t work) it is much harder to fight with it than with humans. Information & technology Leadership Analytics Talent management Digital Article MORE
End users can take advantage of quantities of newly available information to solve problems in population health, clinical decision support, and patient engagement, among other applications. And for data providers, ubiquitous availability of information and low barriers to entry means that the competitive advantage gained from the data itself can be quickly eroded. Information that would once have been proprietary — and premium-priced — is now widely available, for free. MORE
Building on a relationship that dates back to 2004, Zurich Insurance Group is working with DXC to move from traditional data center outsourcing to a Platform as a Service model, taking advantage of next-generation cloud management technologies to lower operating costs and accelerate development. Read more from DXC Technology: Digital Transformation Is Racing Ahead and No Industry Is Immune. Information & technology Sponsor Content MORE
As technology continues to change and challenge even the most successful incumbent organizations in every industry, the cost of inertia is growing. However, Alignors tend to stick with industry norms, despite their preferences and the rapid advancement in digital technologies. Growth strategy Budgeting Information & technology Digital Article MORE
Entrepreneurship business management entrepreneurship information technology strategydrivenPhoto courtesy of Pexels. Outsourcing large tasks and functions is fast becoming the thing to do in business because of the success it can offer, and the top of that list is IT support. MORE
Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple are accelerating consumer expectations and what’s technologically possible, from same-day delivery to machine-powered image recognition. Amazon patented predictive stocking in 2014, and saying that AI, machine learning, and personalization technologies have improved since then is an understatement. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Imagine you’re about to leave the house to pick up your kids. MORE
health care system, a new wave of analytics and technology could help dramatically cut costly and unnecessary hospitalizations while improving outcomes for patients. Toward this end, my colleagues and I at Boston University’s Center for Information and Systems Engineering have been striving to bring the power of machine-learning algorithms to this critical problem. Analytics Operations management Information & technology Healthcare Digital Article MORE
But it is simply unrealistic for a doctor — or any human being — to stay abreast of that much information, much less be able to recall accurately the relevant information on demand. While basic technologies such as Google and Pubmed exist that can help automate the search for specific information, they are not sufficient and will prove even less tenable in the future as the advancement in medical science continues to accelerate. MORE
Yet, were it not for the bad leadership of Shockley, Bell Labs and Fairchild Semiconductor, one wonders if we’d ever have had Intel, the semiconductor as we know it today or even the information technology revolution? MORE
As opportunity assessments are conducted and information is uncovered on the path to transformation, business leaders must allow flexibility when the need arises to veer from the path in order to maximize possibilities. Very large companies in the information technology industry, like IBM, are successfully moving from product-driven to services-driven businesses. MORE
They have expanded far beyond the “Information Technology” tag attached to them by GICS. Today, technology is just a standard part of corporate infrastructure, like operations or marketing. Information & technology Business models Digital Article MORE
Information overload is everywhere , from non-stop news to rat-a-tat email inboxes. At the receiving end of this deluge of verbiage is the human brain — your brain— metaphorically endowed with a vacuum cleaner that sucks up information; a container for short-term memory; a blender for integrating information; a memory bank for storing long-term information; a garbage disposal for getting rid of information; and a recycling machine extraordinaire. MORE
Data Information & technology Digital ArticleMost managers know, anecdotally at least, that poor quality data is troublesome. Bad data wastes time, increases costs, weakens decision making, angers customers, and makes it more difficult to execute any sort of data strategy. Indeed, data has a credibility problem. Still, few managers have hard evidence or any real appreciation for the impact of bad data on their teams and departments. They are thus unable to give data quality its due. MORE
For the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become central to the socioeconomic development of nations. These technologies improve productivity and facilitate better living standards when they penetrate into societies. With its ease of adoption, this interdependence has scaled rapidly, unlike any other technology in modern history. MORE
Information & technology MORE
But all too often organizations’ approach to mitigating that risk — other than taking the wise step of ensuring that they have the state-of-the art technological protection in place — is more training. Most importantly, the training can help leaders be much more effective in overseeing chief information officers (CIOs), and chief information-security officers (CISOs). Know and prioritize your information. Don’t just share information; block it. MORE
At the less-expensive end is a knowledge-based approach that organizes data and language into highly malleable and helpful blocks of information. But they can become very smart indeed about sorting and distributing their information in extremely fast ways. MORE
Your team members will either spot errors — the misspelled customer name or information that’s been placed in the wrong column — or they won’t. Data Information & technology Digital Article MORE
By Glen Robinson, Emerging Technology Advisor, Leading Edge Forum, DXC Technology. We have moved from the Internet era in the early 2000s to the cloud era today; however, we will soon transition into the Matrix era – the Matrix being the term the Leading Edge Forum (LEF) uses to describe the intersection of multiple game-changing technologies that will drive significant change in the world in which we live and do business. MORE
Information Technology Related Topics Career Advancement
APRIL 1, 2019
If you’re setting up a separate professional account, give the public full access to your information to encourage them to “friend” or “follow” you. Information Technology Job Search Perception Q&A with Joel
Career Advancement
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Technology is a good servant but a bad master.”. If, like Vincent, you’re staying too connected, consider these tips for unplugging from technology after work or even during the workday. Try taking mini breaks from technology during work.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 5, 2012
For the past few decades, emerging technologies such as biotechnology, microelectronics, information technology and communications technologies have become central to the socioeconomic development of nations. These technologies improve productivity and facilitate better living standards when they penetrate into societies. With its ease of adoption, this interdependence has scaled rapidly, unlike any other technology in modern history.
Strategy Driven
MAY 4, 2020
In this technological era, most daily work functions depend on an internet connection and electronic appliances. This information offers crucial insight into any holes within your company’s IT infrastructure.
Strategy Driven
JUNE 2, 2015
A highly experienced nuclear power consultant, Ruth leads StrategyDriven's information technology and cyber security services. "We Announcements cyber security information technology nuclear power consultant Ruth Todd strategydriven
Modern Servant Leader
JULY 10, 2012
Yet, were it not for the bad leadership of Shockley, Bell Labs and Fairchild Semiconductor, one wonders if we’d ever have had Intel, the semiconductor as we know it today or even the information technology revolution?
Coaching Tip
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
As opportunity assessments are conducted and information is uncovered on the path to transformation, business leaders must allow flexibility when the need arises to veer from the path in order to maximize possibilities. Very large companies in the information technology industry, like IBM, are successfully moving from product-driven to services-driven businesses.
|
Coaching Tip
DECEMBER 20, 2011
Friedman wrote about the great unraveling of traditional leadership across the globe: The main driver, I believe, is the merger of globalization and the Information Technology revolution. In the December 18, 2011 edition of the New York Times , Thomas L.
Strategy Driven
APRIL 3, 2017
Entrepreneurship business management entrepreneurship information technology strategydrivenPhoto courtesy of Pexels. Outsourcing large tasks and functions is fast becoming the thing to do in business because of the success it can offer, and the top of that list is IT support.
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 9, 2012
Data, Data Everywhere : A Special Report on Managing Information. Learn how businesses are transforming themselves based on the abundance of data, and benefits found in the various uses of information and the new methods of visualizing data.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 19, 2014
Information & technology
Harvard Business
JUNE 7, 2017
Information overload is everywhere , from non-stop news to rat-a-tat email inboxes. At the receiving end of this deluge of verbiage is the human brain — your brain— metaphorically endowed with a vacuum cleaner that sucks up information; a container for short-term memory; a blender for integrating information; a memory bank for storing long-term information; a garbage disposal for getting rid of information; and a recycling machine extraordinaire.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 11, 2016
More recently, there has been a shift to systematization, the use of technology to automate and sometimes transform the way that professional work is done — from workflow systems through to AI-based problem-solving. Our inclination is to be sympathetic to this transformative use of technology, not least because today’s professions, as currently organized, are creaking. Information & technology Professional transitions Internet Digital Article
|
Harvard Business
JULY 19, 2017
Building on a relationship that dates back to 2004, Zurich Insurance Group is working with DXC to move from traditional data center outsourcing to a Platform as a Service model, taking advantage of next-generation cloud management technologies to lower operating costs and accelerate development. Read more from DXC Technology: Digital Transformation Is Racing Ahead and No Industry Is Immune. Information & technology Sponsor Content
Harvard Business
AUGUST 18, 2016
They have expanded far beyond the “Information Technology” tag attached to them by GICS. Today, technology is just a standard part of corporate infrastructure, like operations or marketing. Information & technology Business models Digital Article
Harvard Business
MARCH 6, 2017
How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. No single party controls the data or the information. Each node stores and forwards information to all other nodes. If the process of using an ATM had been invented today, with the blockchain as a state-of-the-art database technology as an option, we would most likely not need an administrative entity like VISA to manage the process. How technology is transforming transactions.
Harvard Business
MAY 20, 2016
I’d recommend that provocateurs get over these concerns by keeping bosses informed, accepting help from others, and sharing credit for success. Data Information & technology Digital ArticleAll of us depend on data created elsewhere to do our work.
Harvard Business
MAY 30, 2017
health care system, a new wave of analytics and technology could help dramatically cut costly and unnecessary hospitalizations while improving outcomes for patients. Toward this end, my colleagues and I at Boston University’s Center for Information and Systems Engineering have been striving to bring the power of machine-learning algorithms to this critical problem. Analytics Operations management Information & technology Healthcare Digital Article
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 19, 2016
But it is simply unrealistic for a doctor — or any human being — to stay abreast of that much information, much less be able to recall accurately the relevant information on demand. While basic technologies such as Google and Pubmed exist that can help automate the search for specific information, they are not sufficient and will prove even less tenable in the future as the advancement in medical science continues to accelerate.
Harvard Business
JUNE 29, 2016
Armed with an array of sensors, commercial drones are about to become a new source for digital information. While some drone-based data may complement existing information, some will make other information-gathering methods obsolete. Information & technology Digital Article
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Performance measurement Information & technology Strategy Digital ArticleThere are few business leaders around the world not thinking about digital transformation in some shape or form. Whether improving omni-channel commerce or developing digital extensions to product lines, businesses are working out how to drive profitability through digital.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
But all too often organizations’ approach to mitigating that risk — other than taking the wise step of ensuring that they have the state-of-the art technological protection in place — is more training. Most importantly, the training can help leaders be much more effective in overseeing chief information officers (CIOs), and chief information-security officers (CISOs). Know and prioritize your information. Don’t just share information; block it.
Harvard Business
JULY 6, 2016
In the past decade, consumers have shifted from worrying about sharing personal financial information when shopping on the internet to embracing online retailers’ recommendations for them. Policy Information & technology Analytics Healthcare Digital Article
Harvard Business
JULY 28, 2016
Your team members will either spot errors — the misspelled customer name or information that’s been placed in the wrong column — or they won’t. Data Information & technology Digital Article
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Addressing those vulnerabilities will require coordination across a large number of technology service providers and other companies that could catch or spread an AI infection to others, regardless of who is at fault. Today, some leading insurers are suggesting security procedures that companies could follow to attend to information breaches and interruptions in the event of a global failure of interconnected systems. Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Data Information & technology Digital ArticleMost managers know, anecdotally at least, that poor quality data is troublesome. Bad data wastes time, increases costs, weakens decision making, angers customers, and makes it more difficult to execute any sort of data strategy. Indeed, data has a credibility problem. Still, few managers have hard evidence or any real appreciation for the impact of bad data on their teams and departments. They are thus unable to give data quality its due.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Advances in platform technology are helping organizations make strides toward long-standing goals of agility, simplicity, and cost savings. Read More from DXC Technology: Is Your Company Adapting Fast Enough to Thrive in an Increasingly Digital World? For more on enabling the enterprise through a hybrid cloud, download the full position paper from DXC Technology. Information & technology Technology IT Sponsor Content
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 3, 2017
IT and business leaders face the daunting task of not only upgrading workplace technology and modernizing infrastructure but also overcoming user resistance to new ways of working. Organizations cannot simply focus on the technology; in an age of digital automation and robotics, people matter. How can productivity be increased with real-time information in context? ” For more on empowering your workforce, download the full position paper from DXC Technology.
Harvard Business
JULY 11, 2016
Social purpose is continuing to evolve from a philanthropic niche to a key part of core business strategy, and this shift presents unique opportunities for technology companies, in particular. Social responsibility Internet Information & technology Digital Article
Harvard Business
JANUARY 31, 2017
In just a few years digital technology has connected an ever-growing number of people, sensors, and devices. While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. The best-performing companies stated they have technology budgets on par with digital laggards; the average IT spend as a percentage of revenue was 3.5% The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 21, 2016
As technology continues to change and challenge even the most successful incumbent organizations in every industry, the cost of inertia is growing. However, Alignors tend to stick with industry norms, despite their preferences and the rapid advancement in digital technologies. Growth strategy Budgeting Information & technology Digital Article
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 18, 2016
Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple are accelerating consumer expectations and what’s technologically possible, from same-day delivery to machine-powered image recognition. Amazon patented predictive stocking in 2014, and saying that AI, machine learning, and personalization technologies have improved since then is an understatement. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Imagine you’re about to leave the house to pick up your kids.
Harvard Business
JULY 19, 2016
At the less-expensive end is a knowledge-based approach that organizes data and language into highly malleable and helpful blocks of information. But they can become very smart indeed about sorting and distributing their information in extremely fast ways.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 10, 2017
This same mistake-proofing process and technology embedded in the electronic medical record (EMR) can move us a great distance toward safer, higher quality, and more affordable health care. Information technology has come late to health care delivery. On a larger scale, the EMR can also tap into remote databases and registries to select key data for an individual patient and bring this valuable information to the provider and patient at the point of care.
Harvard Business
JUNE 14, 2017
End users can take advantage of quantities of newly available information to solve problems in population health, clinical decision support, and patient engagement, among other applications. And for data providers, ubiquitous availability of information and low barriers to entry means that the competitive advantage gained from the data itself can be quickly eroded. Information that would once have been proprietary — and premium-priced — is now widely available, for free.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Today when soldiers check in for appointments, they are provided with a laptop or tablet with individualized log-in information. BHDP requires the use of an additional information system because the electronic health record (EHR) system used by the U.S. The provider cannot change the patient-reported data but can now incorporate that self-reported information when meeting face to face with the patient, to improve treatment planning and progress tracking. The U.S.
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
And that means buying more new technology: IT organizations must adopt new platforms and processes and integrate services in new ways. Read More from DXC Technology: Is Your Company Adapting Fast Enough to Thrive in an Increasingly Digital World? In the past, IT just provided direct services to the operating groups, according to Chief Information Officer Hector Calva. Ross, principal research scientist at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR).
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 3, 2017
By Glen Robinson, Emerging Technology Advisor, Leading Edge Forum, DXC Technology. We have moved from the Internet era in the early 2000s to the cloud era today; however, we will soon transition into the Matrix era – the Matrix being the term the Leading Edge Forum (LEF) uses to describe the intersection of multiple game-changing technologies that will drive significant change in the world in which we live and do business.
Harvard Business
JUNE 20, 2017
It’s necessary to have a multidisciplinary team, with clinical, analytics, data science, information technology, and behavior change skill sets available from start to finish. Organizational leaders are often unfamiliar with advanced analytics technology and applications. Information & technology Change management Technology IT Digital ArticleJennifer Maravillas for HBR.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Data Information & technology Digital ArticleMost managers know, anecdotally at least, that poor quality data is troublesome. Bad data wastes time, increases costs, weakens decision making, angers customers, and makes it more difficult to execute any sort of data strategy. Indeed, data has a credibility problem. Still, few managers have hard evidence or any real appreciation for the impact of bad data on their teams and departments. They are thus unable to give data quality its due.
Harvard Business
APRIL 28, 2016
Over the past decade, the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has become the leading global source of information about the world of cybercrime and security breaches. Security & privacy IT Data Information & technology Sponsor ContentYou don’t see it coming.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Using predictive analytics, mobile technologies, and cloud computing, providers are mining utilization patterns to dramatically improve OR scheduling. In addition to improving longer-term patient scheduling, these technologies help schedulers manage an infusion center’s day-to-day uncertainty — last-minute add-ons, late cancellations, and no-shows — as well as optimize nurses’ workloads and the timing of breaks. katyau/Getty Images.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Not only is technology capable of rivaling humans on these core management tasks, it is already playing a pivotal role in helping humans to more effectively accomplish these tasks. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Although technology can make us angry (particularly when it doesn’t work) it is much harder to fight with it than with humans. Information & technology Leadership Analytics Talent management Digital Article
65 
Let's personalize your content