The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 1, 2020

A recent report from the innovation group Nesta suggests that there are six million people in the UK who are in such a precarious position, and they caution that without assistance, these people will be stuck in a cycle of either low-pay and insecure employment or forced out of the workforce entirely. A helpless situation. Treading water.

Parcell 87

Parcell Participative Crisis Report 87

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

On my last trip to India, I witnessed an innovation experiment, National Agro Foundation (NAF) , that addresses this wicked problem. Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives.

Innovation 9

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

In addition to receiving traditional training, each participant designs and carries out a 100-day project that targets an important business challenge, such as increasing the firm’s footprint in the health care segment or developing new software to enhance mobile phones (these are real examples). Both teams exceeded their targets.

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Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Make you more innovative. And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role. Data compiled from the network surveys I give my participants shows that we are still not using networks to our best advantage.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8