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How To Lead In The Digital Economy

The Horizons Tracker

“Most companies are risking significant future revenue growth because of the gap between the potential and realized value of their technology investments, ” said Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s chief technology and innovation officer. Timing : Creating an appropriate sequence and roadmaps for deploying new technology.

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Your Company’s Networks Might Matter More than Its Strategy

Harvard Business Review

He was also innovative. Before long, Blockbuster was gaining nearly half of all new subscribers in the online rental market. ” McChrystal understood that no amount of planning or strategy could achieve that; it had to come through personal contact. So he designed a series of initiatives to do just that.

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The Case for Improving Work for People with Disabilities Goes Way Beyond Compliance

Harvard Business Review

A new study from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) found that, according to the 2015 US government’s definition of disability , a significant portion of the white-collar workforce has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity: 30% of a nationally representative survey of 3,570 white-collar employees.

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A Playbook for Making America More Entrepreneurial

Harvard Business Review

We see ourselves as risk-takers and innovators. Over the last six years the federal government funded more than 50 new regional innovation “clusters,” and across America new accelerators and entrepreneurship boot camps are proliferating. In some areas and sectors, the market provides all the capital needed.

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Leaders Can No Longer Afford to Downplay Procurement

Harvard Business Review

Procurement teams are often disconnected from the functions they serve and the markets they engage. Many lack the training and skills to thoughtfully analyze a sourcing request and their aforementioned isolation makes it nearly impossible to truly understand business priorities. Organizational isolation.

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GE’s Culture Challenge After Welch and Immelt

Harvard Business Review

For an organization to endeavor to change its culture, it needs to take its cue from what changes in its strategy. Other times, shifts may be driven by disruptions and disrupters like the one happening in the transportation and hotel markets right now thanks to the likes of Uber and Airbnb. In fact, we defined growth as a process.

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Tinkering with Strategy Can Derail Midsize Companies

Harvard Business Review

Unlike a startup company, which is supposed to play with alternative strategies until the right one emerges, a midsize firm already has a strategy that is working. Sure, it must always consider whether to adjust that strategy in the face of new competition, changing customer demand, technological innovation or all three.