The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

While the metaverse sprang to public attention with the renaming of Facebook earlier this year, the phrase was coined back in 1996 in Neal Stephenson’s book Snow Crash, in which the science fiction author described an immersive version of the internet that was accessed via virtual reality. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2018

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. Randall Stephenson, then CEO of AT&T, famously said , “I told people you weren’t betting on a device.

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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. The response, at most organizations, is no response. But as Tim Ryan, U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2015

We interviewed 24 CEOs and asked them to name the biggest challenges facing their organizations. Given that CEOs set the tone and priorities for their organizations, it is important to understand what they interpret as the major challenges and opportunities. The biggest challenge we faced as an organization was change.”

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