Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

Then there's another view, which I heard from author Neal Stephenson in an MIT lecture hall last week. Stephenson was clearly trying to be provocative. But he's not alone in the judgment that we're not actually living in an era of great innovation. But the innovations Brynjolffson has been looking at are mostly organizational. Innovation Tech industry TechnologyIt's an age of unprecedented, staggering technological change.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

I wrote a post here at hbr.org on whether the Internet era has been a time of world-changing innovation or a relative disappointment. It was inspired by comments from author Neal Stephenson, who espoused the latter view in a Q&A at MIT. So I wrote a piece juxtaposing the Stephenson/Cowen view with the work of MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson, who has been amassing evidence that a digitization-fueled economic revolution is in fact beginning to happen. Conflict Innovation Internet

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Singapore has overtaken Silicon Valley as the world’s innovation hub after FDA regulation prompts a brain drain from California. Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age inspired Jeff Bezos to create the Kindle ; Sergey Brin mines Stephenson’s even more famous Snow Crash for insights into virtual reality. Leadership Innovation Creativity Digital ArticleAt the end of the 19th century, New York City stank.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

The champions I’ve known have been motivated by a host of related factors – generating personal visibility, drawing attention and resources to their domain, or being perceived as innovators. The decision maker at AT&T was CEO Randall Stephenson. Pete spent 9 months helping us build a solid platform of credibility that would limit Stephenson’s risk if the investment turned out to be bad. With that, Stephenson felt he could defend his decision.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

Randall Stephenson, then CEO of AT&T, famously said , “I told people you weren’t betting on a device. As such, our findings are consistent with research showing that overconfident CEOs are better innovators. OLI SCARFF/Getty Images. When Apple CEO Steve Jobs approached AT&T about partnering on a new kind of mobile phone — a touchscreen computer that would fit in your pocket — Apple had no expertise in the mobile market.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2017

To drive home the urgency, the coalition’s website, CEOAction.com , directs visitors to research showing that diverse teams and inclusive leaders unleash innovation, eradicate groupthink, and spur market growth. At the Center for Talent Innovation, we wanted to look into these suspicions.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The authorities accepted the increased risks from concentrated telecommunications, financial, and radio industries, among others, for the prospect of future efficiencies and innovation. However, they argue that these firms achieve their “superstar” status with superior quality, lower costs, or greater innovation. All agree that intervention should be measured to avoid chilling competition, innovation and investment. Tim Evans for HBR.

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