The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

The skills touted as most important for advancing careers are changing: 40% of business leaders chose innovation skills as most important for succeeding at work today, behind decision-making skills (39%) and leadership skills (35%). Over two-thirds (67%) are at some stage of implementation.

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Supply Chain Technology Hammer Report 65

HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Our employees are experts in helping our customers create more efficient, resilient and sustainable supply chains. We have a critical role to play to help our customers, our industry, and our world lessen the environmental impact of supply chains. Robinson will continue to help advance the supply chain around the globe.

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Supply Chain Human Resources Diversity Transportation 109

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2016

where one of us is Vice President Supply Chain, suggests this “magic” can be repeatable. In 2010, Coty was rapidly expanding through acquisitions and internal growth and needed to align, integrate, and further accelerate improvements in its supply chain. The experiences of global beauty company Coty Inc.,

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain Kotter Critical Success Factor Learning-by-Doing 9

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2013

We’ve built our entire supply chain from the ground up and are the first to introduce guayusa to international markets. He was an experienced forestry engineer who had managed a number of different cacao and coffee projects in the region. Our first hire in Ecuador was a great man named Fausto.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 17, 2022

The success of the VCUK consortium reflects how innovation can be accelerated through multiple non-traditional strategies,” the researchers explain. The project received support from over 100 firms who were able to get a new ventilator design signed off within 21 days, with large-scale production beginning a few weeks later.

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Innovation Supply Chain Diversity Project 93

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

To do so, we have created the Future Economy Project. And what type of leadership will take us there? Regardless of your views on the who, what, when, and why of climate change, the pursuit of sustainable processes up and down supply chains can translate into immediate savings — and opportunities for innovation.

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Project Henderson Supply Chain Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Here’s the scene: A problem has come up with one of your supply chain vendors, threatening to delay timely shipment of your product. The problem is, this instinct crowds out longer term, innovative thinking. Sustaining Innovation. Which do you respond to first? We’ve talked to many organizations in this bind.

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Budgeting Innovation Disruptive Innovation Six Sigma 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2016

Leadership development represents a huge and growing investment for most organizations. Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. Reversing this means that companies start at the end — with results.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

They applied her discoveries to an Autodesk research project called Primordial, and at McManus’s urging, it was Lisa who presented the project to 400 top executives and clients. To recognize how innovative this approach is, just imagine telling your intern or most junior employee that come Monday, you are their intern.

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Supply Chain NGO CTO Learning-by-Doing 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CEOs should actively manage five specific tensions in today’s complex global business environment: Disruptive innovation versus leveraging the company’s core strengths. Pursuing cost leadership versus differentiating for value. Leadership is changing — fast. Manage costs — or add value?

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CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The reason is failed leadership, and Apple – currently the dominant tech firm for the mobile era – is at risk of making the same mistakes. They had lots of these projects. Projects not directly related to those activities never got serious resource or management attention.

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CEO Supply Chain Long-term Short-term 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. However, the firm's core offering in most other markets was supply chain advice. Unfortunately, the project wasn't able to hit the former target. Rehabilitate a misfit.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Pioneers of new business models, such as Alibaba and Amazon, are launching innovations in rapid succession, such as voice ordering and real-time pricing, while simultaneously building scale and driving down costs. By streamlining store complexity, the team was also able to slash the retailer’s supply chain costs by 20 percent.

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Retail Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2018

Therefore, continuous communication, joint projects, and stakeholder engagement are what is needed to build constructive working relationships with those constituencies. Avoiding harmful practices in the supply chain and donating to good causes won’t get the message across either.

Company 10

Company Supply Chain Competitive Advantage Audience 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Seeking to extend its technological edge (particularly in miniaturization), it acquired more than 100 startup companies while pursuing a vast portfolio of research and product development projects. That purpose is bigger than the company itself, providing natural cohesion, and it demands expansive thinking, driving innovation and progress.

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Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

If outside help is truly needed, doesn’t that say something pretty negative about the CEO’s own staff and existing supply chain? At the mine site, project leader André Sougarret sought assistance while managing the boundaries of the rescue effort to screen out contributors who lacked expertise or workable proposals.

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CEO Supply Chain Automotive Engineering 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 3, 2019

New financial innovations enabled both historic global economic growth and cascading global financial failures. These new capabilities connect to the work we’ve done over the past several decades inside our enterprises to automate processes with tools — such as accounting systems, supply chain, call center, and such.

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Agility Banking Supply Chain CTO 65

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

An expert in customer strategy at a consumer products company,we’ll call Sandra, She wanted to stay with the company, however, so she looked for gaps in service delivery across business units – from supply chain to e-commerce – and then volunteered to help colleagues fill those gaps.

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Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Finance Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

D&A should be the pulse of the organization, incorporated into all key decisions across sales, marketing, supply chain, customer experience, and other core functions. Make sure leadership teams are fully immersed in defining and setting expectations across the entire organization. Innovate more effectively?

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Organization How To Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

His group’s data science, procurement, and supply chain teams crafted algorithmic ensembles that, by all measures and simulations, would save hundreds of millions. The bad news: Petabytes of new data and algorithmic innovation assure that “autonomy creep” will relentlessly challenge human oversight from within.

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Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

That positive, innovative approach is not only far more likely to lead you to a beneficial solution, but also to a place of trust. You may already know that the other side is under pressure because of supply-chain issues, or new leadership. Stress “we” over “I” Highlight what you have in common.

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Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

Those companies that ‘sweat’ their capabilities continuously improve them and sustainably capture the top-line growth in their industries and, ultimately, market leadership. They don’t fund R&D projects that won’t enhance their way to play. Second, a coherent system focuses strategic investment on what matters.

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Resources Industry System Strategy 51

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2015

True, customers can customize their M&Ms, build their own bikes with Trek Project One, create unique doors for their home at Jen-Weld, and design their own Nike running shoes. Evaluate your leadership team’s openness to co-creation as well. But they might see a dramatic change in engagement and innovation if they did.

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CRM Brand Business Model Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

“Succession between generations is a very risky project,” says Fernández-Aráoz, which is why it’s critical to talk early and openly about rules for advancement and what handing off power might look like. He credits Bayard’s no-nonsense leadership and advice with helping to inspire him. ”

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Make you more innovative. When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them. The main strengths of my network as it exists today are: The main weaknesses of my network as it exists today are: What can a network do for you?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2014

After all, researchers have linked collaboration to increased innovation, and many have compellingly argued for collaboration’s role in better leadership performance. Round and round the project goes — when, where, and how somebody will decide, nobody knows. What is the project’s purpose? And then… nothing happens.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 4, 2014

What Nike and Coca-Cola leadership get is that the climate issue is a systemic problem, not easily defined in one single way, and it directly and profoundly affects their business. A fleet efficiency project, which many would just call good business with a good payback, is a carbon and climate action. That’s exactly right.

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Supply Chain Company Short-term Fast Follower 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

The most successful implementations have had strong executive support, exceptional clinical leaders, and dedicated, multi-disciplinary project teams. We believe that others can learn from Mayo’s disciplined approach for value realization projects. select a project team with the right skill sets. Insight Center.

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Mayo Health Care Committee Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The greening of the supply chain. CEO Peter Loscher declared Germany's plans to move aggressively toward renewables "the project of the century.". Water rising — both literally and as a serious issue for business: Honda's supply chain gets slammed, Levi's gets creative. trillion market for clothes and shoes.

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Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

It was the stuff of Silicon Valley lore : Employees from across the company took a break from their regular projects to develop mind-blowing ideas about artificial intelligence over an intense 24-hour period. The most skilled innovators put resources behind their strongest pitches and hone them further after the hackathon ends.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Heads nod in the China pricing meeting when they say, “I know China pricing is a huge issue for us and it raises a fundamental problem: We have no consistent way to decide pricing between markets, or to bring our supply chain in, so we can confirm margins. ” It is up to leadership to right this balance.

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Bureaucracy 360-Degree Feedback How To Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The loss of American trade leadership could hardly come at a worse time. This uncertainty calls for political leadership. Moreover, the Senate Republican leadership will have little incentive to push the TPP if a newly-elected President Clinton opposes it, especially if Republicans lose their majority in the Senate.

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