Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

And technology? This young continent, with a median age of around twenty, is an eager adopter and innovator in all things digital and mobile.” billion-person market in the midst of an historic economic acceleration, it has a huge unfulfilled demand, making it ripe for entrepreneurship and innovation at scale.

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LDRLB

JULY 19, 2013

There is often a huge lag between when we first see a new idea and when we really find out what it is good for – this is when we are working through business model innovation. The steam engine was initially seen as a device for pumping water from mines and only later as a power plant for movable ships or carriages.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 18, 2023

One of the most enduring changes in urban transportation in recent years has been the huge growth in shared bicycles that adorn (or litter) our streets. The technology enabled what was a market dominated by publicly-run schemes to be large enough for a number of private entrants.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Heavy-duty trucks are usually used for inter-city transportation, so must have sufficient load capacity and cruising range, with refuelling capability also a key factor. The solution proposed by the team is based upon the Hino Profia, and aims to tap into the rich seam of vehicle technologies being developed by the two companies.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 3, 2020

His new book, Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments , takes you through his research and best practices to show how to experiment and test before acting. Both revolutions were about the potential of new experimentation tools, processes, and cultures and what companies should do to unlock their power.

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Leading Blog

JULY 26, 2021

These are the industry disruptors who have changed how business is conducted in distinctly powerful ways. Think how Uber transformed the transportation industry, how Airbnb took over the lodging industry — not to mention how Tesla is upending both the automobile and energy industries.

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HR Digest

MAY 15, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool that revolutionizes productivity across various sectors. MIT’s study serves as a testament to the transformative power of AI in shaping the modern workforce. Key Findings from MIT’s Study on AI and Worker Productivity: 1.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 18, 2021

The traditional narrative of technological disruption to the labor market is driven by the Luddite rebellion of the 19th century, with workers violently reacting to new technologies that threaten to destroy their livelihoods. Technology and labor. Empowering workers.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 26, 2022

If automation is restricted to Sun Belt states (including Florida, Texas and Arizona)—because the technology may not initially work well in rough weather—about 10% of the operator hours will be affected,” they explain. The authors analyzed transportation data from the 2017 Commodity Flow Survey, which is generated by a consortium of the U.S.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 20, 2019

It’s a finding that is often used to highlight the flawed nature of human thinking, especially when it comes to ourselves, but new research from Penn State suggests it might also hold back the advance of autonomous vehicle technology. The study is the last of three pieces conducted by S. Faith in tech.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 30, 2020

Renewable technology is gaining ground left and right. Sustainable technology is getting cheaper as time rolls by. For instance, it’s hard to imagine a viable alternative to fossil-fuel-based transportation right now. The industry will harness the power of growth catalysts to stay ahead of the curve. The Green Revolution.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 9, 2017

Kentaro Toyama ‘s presentation at the 2016 Annual Deming Institute Conference – Geek Heresy: Technology’s Law of Amplification. If technology is going to improve the lives of the world’s poorest, it must be grounded in a deep understanding of human behavior and an appreciation for cultural differences.”.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Central to their theory is the outsized success of so called “superstar firms”, whose progress has played a bigger role in the shift than factors such as automation, the growth in international trade, the decline of union power, or outsourcing, as proposed by other economists. Digital leaders.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Boston , MA Innovative entrepreneurs will find fertile ground for their ideas in Boston. New York , NY With the financial sector reeling, New York is counting on technological innovation to save the day. The following cities are leading the economic revival in their recovery sectors: Washington , D.C

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

Sensors, smartphones, tablets, wireless networks, and Big Data are starting to transform transportation and infrastructure. Innovation comes from courageous people with an entrepreneurial spirit. But to get change means encouraging innovators. On the roads, new technology is growing in importance. But not fast enough.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Europeans were paralyzed by debt crises and transportation shutdowns caused by volcanic ash and disgruntled workers. Yet, even in the midst of gridlock in Washington, economic anxiety around the world, and government liquidity crises in Europe, technology marched on, seemingly impervious to global events.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Recently, Thomson-Reuters published its latest list of the Top 100 Global Innovators honoring the leading organizations and companies most responsible for sizeable, influential patents worldwide. First, many of the Top Innovators employ engineers in emerging countries such as India and China. Here are three main reasons why.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

In my 20 years of researching and teaching innovation, one consistent theme stands out: breakthrough innovation often comes from outsiders. To accelerate innovation in healthcare technology we need to give creative people who don’t have traditional health science backgrounds more opportunities to participate.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it. Historic innovation often comes during times of historic difficulty, as these breakdowns create the demand for something new to emerge. Suppressing Innovation. Bureaucratic Styles.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Historically, multinationals innovated in rich countries and sold those products in poor countries. Reverse innovation is doing exactly the opposite. It is about innovating in poor countries and selling those products in rich countries. Reverse innovation is also a significant learning opportunity for students in engineering.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Many mature industries are experiencing significant technological disruption. Leaders in every industry are no doubt keeping a vigilant eye on such developments, yet one very important aspect of this disruption has been largely overlooked: technology fundamentally changes what makes your brand premium. JEWEL SAMAD/Staff/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The following six ideas emerged this past year as powerful "innovation invitations." They seem certain to intensify in global power and influence. They'll be sources of — and resources for — innovation differentiation this coming year. The even quantify how often they self-quantify.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

Some business pundits today believe innovation ignites better in startups than in large, established corporations. In fact, a lot of big companies have proven they are better positioned than emergent firms to create and execute innovation, however on-fire a startup may be. Laura Schneider FOR HBR. ” I disagree.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Here's an uncomfortable truth about innovation: No matter how great your idea, you can't deliver breakthrough innovation without breakthrough organizational design. To build the right kind of team, for any breakthrough innovation effort, you have to think, quite literally, as though you are building a new company from scratch.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

"We're looking for new models of innovation. Comstock was telling me about the company's growing innovation platform, the GE Ecomagination Challenge which inspires collaboration between GE and entrepreneurs. The Ecomagination Challenge, now in its second year, is GE's foray in to the fast-growing world of "open" innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Think through the implications of these technologies, however, and an even more startling vision emerges: the future will look more like the past. Today, information and communications technologies remove the need for such proxies. Helping to effect this reversal are any number of new technologies.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

The United States remains the world’s second-biggest manufacturing power after China overtook it only three years ago. Technology to the rescue? One of the promising areas supported by technology is at the intersection of the internet and online technologies with the physical world: the “internet of things” (IoT).

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

While Gordon’s argument is often characterized as being the opposite of the one I have made in my two books about the impact of advancing automation technology on the job market (most recently, Rise of the Robots ), there are many areas in which I think we would agree. This is certainly true. Many economists would probably agree.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2017

There’s little argument that Tesla is a wildly innovative company. But is its automotive business a disruptor, poised to transform the entire transportation sector? Tesla clearly doesn’t qualify under the traditional definition of a disruptive innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

The inability of established firms to come up with breakthrough innovations is a truism today. Joseph Schumpeter, the 20 th century economist known for heralding the role of innovation in the evolution of society, argued that established firms were best positioned to innovate because of the resources available to them.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

Jobs in retail, transportation, manufacturing, and agriculture are highly vulnerable to technological change. Over 33 companies are now working on autonomous vehicles, which will soon replace transport jobs. Over 33 companies are now working on autonomous vehicles, which will soon replace transport jobs.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

Huge real-world challenges still exist to the wide adoption of the technology, but let’s say for a moment we get all this working, and our cities become flooded by driverless vehicles. As for any powerful new technology, we must ask ourselves: What could go disastrously wrong? Innovation in Cities. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Narratives are powerful leadership tools. Transportation infrastructure must be renewed and reinvented. Technology entrepreneurs should be at the table with established companies, elected officials, financiers, and consumers. The state of transportation infrastructure has implications for every major issue.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 14, 2023

At the recent INNOVEIT event in Brussels, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology launched its Deep Tech Talent Initiative , which aims to provide a million people across the EU with the skills required to function in the deep tech sector in the coming years.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Innovating for Value in Health Care. They started back in 2009 with black car limos, which were essentially the academic medical centers of transportation: extremely expensive and mostly empty. Once we do, the power of the network effect will be profoundly felt by providers and patients alike. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Further, Uber’s product by its very nature has limited sticking power; it will need to continually upgrade its experience and charge lower commissions if it wants to retain its dominant position in the US and elsewhere. Innovation Strategy' As with previous disruptions of existing industries there will be winners and losers.

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