The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Not only are delivery robots not appearing to make any practical inroads into the last-mile market, but research from the University of Michigan also suggests they don’t even make a positive contribution to lowering our carbon footprint. Carbon footprint. Optimizing the last mile.

Parcell 89

Parcell Analysis System Technology 89

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

Unlike for a Procter & Gamble or Unilever, Morey muses, there is no "aging curve" for marketing prowess: "We can't say that, after 50, this guy won't have another good marketing idea again.". Bill Parcells, the Super Bowl-winning coach, was famous for saying , "You are what your record says you are." But why not?

Loyalty 8

Loyalty Franchising Six Sigma Sports 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

The induced innovation literature has taught us that drug companies focus their efforts on researching and marketing new drugs for which there is expected to be great demand (think of aging baby boomers’ aching knees). Companies such as Coastal Risk Consulting are developing flood risk statistical models at the parcel level.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Parcell Incentives Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

And that is part and parcel of professional life. ” To get into the right mindset, Steenburgh recommends reflecting on your past positive experiences as a customer. “I work in 30 countries, and I like sharing experiences from other markets by taking what we know works in Market A and applying it to Market B,” he says.

Skills 21

Skills How To Brainstorming Case Study 21

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

business units and functional groups like marketing or human resources set out “challenges” that they’d like employees to work on. Skunkworks often need to be protected from the business units, so that they have the freedom and resources that their ideas need to get out into the market. Get external validation.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. So what was going on? Research & development Financial management'

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

If your company had just announced a 27% increase in revenues in this market, you'd probably be quite happy. And you'd think the market would be, too. Like many other companies that have a core product line, Google is struggling to find its next market. So seeking more information is just part and parcel of that message.

Micromanagement 15

Micromanagement Open-book Parcell Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

For example, if you sell a service that you’ll be delivering for the next twelve months, the costs and revenues are supposed to be parceled out over those twelve months, regardless of when the cash changes hands. Now here are two cutting-edge companies operating in often-fickle markets, and they’re cash machines.

Retail 21

Retail Finance Parcell Depreciation 21

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

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. ” We’re exceptionally slow to build relationships that allow us to perform in a new position or prepare us for future roles. Start a blog.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The US has long had higher inequality than other advanced democracies, although many Americans see this as part and parcel of the “American Dream” of rising living standards and social mobility. If you think it is about relative positions in a stratified society, it has stayed roughly the same.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Parcell Maturity Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Of these, only three, Switzerland, Ireland, and Estonia, made it to a commendable “Stand Out” category – which means that their high levels of digital development are attractive to global businesses and investors and that their digital ecosystems are positioned to nurture start ups and internet businesses that can compete globally.

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8