Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

It isn’t entirely fair to heap all of the blame onto the CEO’s; there was another broken system at play, the Board of Directors. that focuses on customers and innovation. It has all the bells and whistles; its wireless, Bluetooth compatible and an all in one (fax, scanner, and printer) machine.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 13, 2011

Yeah…when reception desk staff wanted a wireless printer.” Well the reception staff wanted a wireless printer, I made an appointment with Steve to talk about this, see what model and set-up systems would work best for the area and needs…and then when I introduced the idea in an operations team meeting. Tell me about that.”

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Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2021

These next-generation 3D systems are no longer “contained” in a box. LFPM can be used in systems with the area of a postage stamp or tiled into mobile, desktop, or wall-sized holographic image projectors. Planar Systems, and Suntronic Technology. Display Technologies That Enable The Trend. Practical Applications.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. One of the most poignant summaries of the market for innovative technology solutions in education is that it is forever in its infancy.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Tony Marx – President and CEO, New York Public Library – the nation’s largest library system. Previously Kevin was a leader in Electronic Data Systems and Ford. Former President, Amherst College.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Most companies sabotage their own innovation processes without meaning to. Innovation is episodic. We've all seen this movie: A few people in the organization have a burning desire to foster more innovation, or a different kind of innovation, so they invent a new process. It's easy to ax innovation. What to do?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If the cost of innovation is falling, that should enable more of it from poorer countries, companies or cooperatives. If it's not, the already big and already rich will dominate innovation. Part of the issue here is lumping together incremental innovation with disruptive innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

In three recent blog posts we looked at the innovation mindset in individuals, profiling game changers Jerry Buss , Peter Jackson , and Shantha Ragunathan. Innovators maintain a laser focus on outcomes , avoid getting caught in the activity trap , and proactively "expand the pie" to make an impact. Take, for example, 3M Corporation.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

Therefore, the CIO''s role must shift from protecting and defending the status quo to embracing and extending new innovative capabilities. The old way was IT systems management; the new way is platforms that enable new value chains and integrated ecosystems. Doing all of this from an iPad was impossible just a few months ago.

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CO2

JULY 6, 2010

We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same— the iPhone 4’s wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The new president thought Cellairis should not only sell accessories, it should sell wireless phone service as well. People shopping for cell phone cases were natural customers for a wireless service provider. It stiffed Cellairis and the wireless providers whose services it resold. Nothing more than a tweak, they thought.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2017

Instead, they waste time on nonproductive work, filling the gap between these two systems. For years, hospitals have invested in sophisticated devices and IT systems that, on their own, can be awe-inspiring. Yet at one of our hospitals, that data is unusable — it’s in a format that our system cannot read.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

healthcare system is undergoing a disruptive transformation as it shifts toward a value-based model that makes providers more accountable to their patients and payors. Innovating for Value in Health Care. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic. Exploring cutting edge ways to lower costs and improve quality.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

They were first to experience a wireless, connected world, and according to a PwC report , they “expect the technologies that empower their personal lives to also drive communication and innovation in the workplace.” These enhance opportunities for both innovation and Millennial engagement.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

These citizen developers can make and manipulate what they need in order to enable agile processes, systems, and composite solutions that can be created in a moment, for as long as needed. As we share more information — and share it dynamically — we need to make sure security protocols are baked into every system and every task.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Change and innovation are choices, not givens, in any organization, and there are managerial levers for making these selections wisely. Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

Systems conceived and built 50-60 years ago should be reimagined for the 20 th century, whether high speed trains, innovative public transit, or technology-enabled roads and vehicles that tap the potential of sensors, smartphones, wireless networks, and Big Data for greener, cleaner, more efficient mobility.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This discount is directly targeted to tablet makers (to be more competitive against iPads) as well as notebook manufacturers (to take on rivals that use Google’s Chrome operating system). Microsoft quickly reversed itself on the DRM and, despite criticism, held steady on its $100 premium (which included a Kinect wireless motionless control).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2014

Such is the nature of disruptive innovation, whose impact across industries continues to accelerate thanks to exponential improvements in digital and other core technologies. Emergency services and other public safety systems, of course, must also be tested to ensure they function as well if not better on the all-IP network.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe. Machinery, seeds and irrigation systems will likely witness a surge in demand. billion in 1997 to U.S. billion a decade later.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2011

Since Sun made hardware and software, only Sun machines running the Sun operating system were allowed. (In Invest in paying for dummy or shadow service accounts, such as wireless or entertainment subscriptions, even insurance policies. Encourage Competitive Use, Don't Punish It. Pay for products and services out of the company purse.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. Consumer demand for innovative digital services, when executed ably, seems unquenchable; and that demand is stimulating capital flows. Morgan Stanley projects that 3G penetration will reach 22 percent by 2015.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

After using it for a few days I bought a wireless keyboard. Still other professionals now identify themselves as " crisis mappers ," experts in finding and tapping sources of information in times of emergency when regular sources are silent and providing technological and human systems for early warning and humanitarian response.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

A new CMS code may seem like a tiny matter, but this one emblemizes a larger shift toward delivering health services independently of time and place, enabled by technologies such as smartphones, sensors, and wireless health-monitoring devices — what we in the field call telemedicine.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The Xbox 360 had the advantage of beating the other two consoles to market by a year, while the Wii introduced a novel motion-sensing wireless controller that allowed for significant innovation in gameplay. Despite its impressive specs, the PS3 was widely viewed, according to the case, as too expensive.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In this article, we identify the barriers slowing the transition of episodic, in-person primary care to innovative models that separate care from location and that empower patients to take on more of their own care. This approach has had the secondary consequence of limiting innovation in delivery methods.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2013

But they will be used for "softer" disciplines too, like innovation and creativity. As one analyst sums up : "the company is.developing an entire wearable/detachable computing platform and ecosystem comprised of wireless sensing systems for monitoring.sports activity, athletic training, medicine, fitness and wellness in humans.".

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Sensors, the cloud, mobile and broadband wireless, and other such technologies are increasing the flow of digitized information exponentially. Those sessions produced a highly sophisticated system that achieved the end goal: a wonderful end-to-end experience for consumers. It is the algorithms that will create value for the business.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Reading all the stories and hearing the rumors about Apple’s autonomous vehicles, Google’s drones, and Amazon’s experiments with new delivery systems, it’s easy to imagine looking out your window in a few short years and seeing a world that is positively Jetsons-like.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

The iPhone roared into the marketplace 10 years ago today, and overwhelmed the wireless world. What has escaped attention is that the device burst into a sector long insulated from the slightest threat of disruptive innovation. Wireless is the same, but without the cat. The system worked. Armstrong’s Killer App.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. billion cell phone users around the globe, and 90 percent of the world's population is covered by a commercial wireless signal. There are now more than 5.3

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In today's world, start-ups aren't the only ones who can innovate. As I discussed in my post How Big Companies Can Save Innovation , large companies are now better positioned to innovate than ever before. Innovation increasingly involves creating business models that tap big companies' unique strengths.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos and Renault’s CEO Carlos Ghosn are in India for the long-term, as a hub for middle-of-the–pyramid innovations that can serve all emerging and even developed markets. Amazon’s India CEO Amit Agarwal and Renault’s India CEO Sumit Sawhney have considerable autonomy to innovate in India.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

For example, AT&T had to spend almost $18 billion in a single year to upgrade its wireless networks to handle the onslaught of new traffic. Bharti's innovative business model converted fixed costs in capital expenditure to a variable cost based on usage of capacity. European wireless carriers are negotiating deals in growing numbers.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2017

This means that companies must leave behind traditional models of proprietary systems, rigid processes, and reliance on a few longtime partners and move toward models that embrace open and flexible structures in which partners can solve business problems together. They Update Their Talent Management Strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

So instead of creating another pill dispenser, it launched a compliance-enhancing system. The resulting GlowCap offering provides continuous, real-time communication to users and caregivers via a wireless connection. Weekly e-mails with detailed reports can also be set up, creating a comprehensive system of medication management.

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