The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

The research was arguably the first study that attempted to predict how technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics would impact the labour market. He also touches on the evident need to improve educational opportunities for people throughout their life so that they can develop the skills needed to move into new careers.

Technology 70

Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 70

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Companies and government agencies often make the mistake of viewing innovation as a set of unconstrained activities with no discipline. In reality, for innovation to contribute to a company or government agency, it needs to be designed as a process from start to deployment.

Process 11

Process Innovation Incubator Committee 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective. But now the situation has reached such a tipping point that larger U.S.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Together with Harvard Business Review and the Management Innovation eXchange, we have issued a challenge calling for the most instructive case studies and provocative ideas that will help us re-imagine capitalism for the long term. 1) Believe in your power to make markets efficient — but abandon the efficient market dogma.

Marketing 11

Marketing Power Short-term Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Steel did in an earlier era of manufacturing, Aquion and innovative firms like it are spearheading economic and employment growth across the country. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

A lot of companies congratulate themselves on having a "social media presence" — by which they mean a Twitter following and Facebook likes and a marketing plan that uses social networks. But some 70% of the extra profit to be made through social technologies has nothing to do with marketing. Integration. into the core.

Media 8

Media McKinsey Supply Chain Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

And the seven policy changes Stew Friedman recommends would benefit all working Americans. 7 Policy Changes America Needs So People Can Work and Have Kids. Special Forces Innovation: How DARPA Attacks Problems. Note: the majority of the pieces below were written by men. Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?

Management 17

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2015

The options for getting work done — beyond regular full-time employment — are increasing and, in a world of constant change, we should be asking not simply whether a worker should be categorized as an employee or a contractor but whether regular full-time employment is really the only way to deliver high pay and marketable skills.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Globalization Health Care Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Many governments are currently rethinking their policies regarding cross-border data flows. Although cross-border data flows grew 45x between 2005 and 2014, according to a McKinsey analysis , events since 2014 have pushed the pendulum to swing away from unconstrained data globalization. What Policy Makers Should Consider.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

and China take the lead in tech innovation. At the regulatory and policy levels, authorities have doggedly pursued U.S. ” The proposal is to create a “Digital Single Market” in the EU. According to estimates by McKinsey , if France were to shift into a higher gear and equal the U.K.’s million jobs.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2016

By ignoring the distribution, that statistic masks a more important trend: As the McKinsey Global Institute has documented , variance in corporate earnings has increased substantially as well. As McKinsey’s researchers write in their report : The most digitized sectors in the U.S. Others will try and fail.

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Document Engineering Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean, and those in the top quartile for gender diversity were 15% more likely to have returns above the industry mean.

Diversity 8

Diversity Team Price Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

People now have access to information including companies’ wages and benefits, sexual harassment policies, and involvement in political issues. Business leaders must recognize that a company’s employment practices can shape brand perceptions just as much as traditional marketing efforts.

Welch 9

Welch Reputation Diversity Media 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

First, the global goals campaign represents a significant new opportunity for companies that view emerging and frontier markets as their source of long-term growth. According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First we see major shifts in demand: developing economies such as China and India are morphing from the world's source of low-cost manufacturing capacity to the world's best market opportunities. Then, manufacturing's most important role is as a driver of innovation, trade, and productivity.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Pharmaceuticals McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

This has big implications for businesses, entrepreneurs, and innovators seeking growth beyond their home markets: there just isn’t a one-size-fits-all app or approach to building scale in the global digital economy. What would need to be true for the country to get to the Singapore benchmark in 10 years?

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Policies Globalization Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But as I’ve done for the last 4 years, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the latest stories about the big environmental and social pressures on business, and how some innovative companies are dealing with them. The clean tech markets keep growing fast: three of the world’s biggest economies — the U.S.,

Supply Chain 9

Supply Chain McKinsey Apparel Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

He highlights the short-term focus of financial markets and of political systems, and also the need to change consumer preferences and habits, as three big areas that need to change at the system level. Whelan : Most of the CEOs did talk about policy in the interviews, but their statements were pretty vague.

Project 8

Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

Using her private sector savvy and entrepreneurial mind-set, she was able to more than double the number of California companies that support policies for improving children’s health and education. As one remarked, “After eight years, I had built the foundation and expertise in markets and finance.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Politics Budgeting Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

” Vodaphone is considering moving its headquarters out of the UK and its CEO Vittorio Colao had told the BBC that a Brexit would preclude it from a giant new single market. The digital talent market in the UK is already tight. Scaling Up Will be Harder Without Common Platforms and a Single Market. billion R&D fund ).

Safe Harbor 8

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

The more forward-looking reality is that Africa is a dawning success, a globally-important locus of innovation and sustained growth. Consultancies including McKinsey, BCG, PWC and KPMG have ably documented it. The promise is as vast as any I've encountered in twenty years in frontier markets. So, what is Africa?

Globalization 16

Globalization McKinsey Airlines Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results. So why aren't they getting a seat at the table?

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

After stints at Applied Materials and McKinsey, he joined Google just a little over 10 years ago. As he considers his options, Pichai should be careful to avoid traps like incremental sustaining innovation geared toward stemming market share losses by simply adding low value features. Find new growth markets – fast.

CEO 8

CEO Engineering Advertising Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Organizations are increasingly using the wisdom of crowds to drive their strategy, innovation, and marketing initiatives. Or what the vacation policy is like at McKinsey? While self-reflection and the gathering of advice from one’s immediate circle can be useful, I’d like to suggest a more modern approach.

Strategy 8

Strategy Advice McKinsey Career 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. multinationals by the McKinsey Global Institute. private sector rose in the 1990s, but then fell in the 2000s.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9