The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 6, 2023

This isn’t a problem just at holiday time, of course, as digital technology allows work to creep into our personal lives all year round. For instance, participants were asked to rate how often they used their mobile devices for work outside of office hours, and also what they used them for.

Social Capital 100

Social Capital Participative Motivation Productivity 100

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A paper from the UC Santa Barbara argues that this growth is due to a combination of the technologies of the Industrial Revolutions and the various economic and political freedoms we have enjoyed as democracy has spread. While there have been undoubted ebbs and flows, the last century has seen growth in GDP like never before.

Globalization 78

Globalization GDP Long-term Social Capital 78

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

A study by McKinsey projects that in a “full potential” scenario in which women participate in the economy identically to men, $28 trillion dollars (26%) would be added to the annual global GDP when compared to the current business-as-usual scenario. What’s at stake? The — seemingly cynical — objective?

Conference 15

Conference Self-aware Diversity Participative 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

But we got returns on our investment as well: Our employees were proud of the company and eager to participate; the disaster areas provided some of the best training on how to solve complex dilemmas; and of course the reputation of the company improved tremendously. Scaling Social Impact Insights from HBR and The Bridgespan Group.

Social Capital 12

Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

How about letting customers participate—at least to some controlled extent—in price setting to raise their level of engagement? Integrate the idea of social capital in the monetization approach. The technology is there. Companies are embracing the idea of delegating activities to their customers. Reputation. Reputation.

Price 10

Price Content Reputation Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

But Catie blogs regularly and participates in a variety of social media and professional networks — networks that have plenty of potential buyers. They're helping customers build social capital. Her CLV might be $7,000 or so and that's where even companies with advanced analytics stop. And she's respected.

Goal 8

Goal Webinar Social Capital Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy. Is blockchain appropriate?

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8