The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The researchers quizzed a number of board members about how their board operated, their motivations for serving, and what they believed their responsibilities to be, whether to the public, to employees of the firm, or to shareholders. “We looked at what they said and then looked for common themes,” the researchers explain.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Research a few years ago suggested that we tend to perceive men as being more innovative than women, even though the reality is often very different. They found that 60% of female inventors operated in four of the 35 scientific categories used in patent applications, with all of these in the life sciences. “Only 23.6%

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers. Using the lessons of successes and failures from leading companies, Christensen presents a set of rules for capitalising on the phenomenon of “disruptive innovation.”. By Jim Collins.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 4, 2023

The term “mindset” conjures the image of a single setting, like a TV channel or a prearranged machine operation. By embracing the fluidity of subjective understanding, organizations can tap into the collective intelligence of teams and foster innovation. However, human cognition is far more complex. References: Bandura, A.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Always at the forefront of innovation, technologies pioneered by the military are often adopted by the commercial sector; companies looking for cyber knowledge or network engineering skills can find this expertise among veterans. Bill Sebra is Chief Operations Executive at Korn Ferry Futurestep. About the Author.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

His book, Lessons from the Navy: How to Earn Trust, Lead Teams, and Achieve Organizational Excellence is loaded with advice to help all leaders aspiring to operate at the highest levels. After graduating from Princeton in 2001, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. Be proactive.

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Ask Atma

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Using the concept of controlled chaos it is possible to increase efficiency and innovation. Consider this statement of values from the original authors of the agile manifesto (Beedle, et al; 2001): I. For this reason, it is adaptable to almost any workflow or operational situation. The result is a more effective organization.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Chapter One: Lead Like Bezos In 2001, Amazon faced what should have been a death sentence. Here’s the truth: real innovation is uncomfortable. Bezos overhauled operations, aggressively slashing costs and renegotiating supplier contracts to ensure the strategy was sustainable. So don’t hold back. Have at it! With a staggering $1.4

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2012

With the Winter holiday shopping season, fashion apparel retailer Zara has been the focus of media attention — the New York Times recently profiled the innovative fast fashion business model pioneered by Zara, while Elizabeth Cline's book on the costs of fast fashion has climbed up the sales charts. Why wasn't it copied immediately?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

In 2001, Bill Gates stood up at Comdex and introduced Microsoft's first attempt at a Tablet PC to the world. But they just couldn't get it right — the company has rarely been able to bring innovations to market without seeing someone else do it first, and this instance was no different. The wheels are just starting to fall off.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2011

IBM has accelerated collaboration with " innovation jams " that engage everyone in identifying opportunities. Since 2001, IBM has used jams to get 300,000 employees and others around the world to explore and solve problems. Brad Power (bradfordpower@gmail.com) is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

In his research, he reports that these individuals typically have extensive sales, marketing and operational backgrounds. But Hagen has identified three attributes that these leaders must possess: 1) a passion for customer experience; 2) a strong personal brand; and 3) operational know-how. Get operational expertise, and fast.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Borrowing many of the HBR article’s key ideas and filling in specific operational practices, Sutherland created a new way of developing software; honoring the rugby imagery, he dubbed his approach “scrum.” They keep customers happier.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2011

In 2001, BusinessWeek published an article entitled "Sorry, Steve: Here's Why Apple Stores Won't Work." In 2001, they called Steve Jobs "The Graying Prince of a Shrinking Kingdom." Advantage instead went to the horizontal layers of chips and operating systems (cue Wintel). I don't think they understand the game Apple is playing.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

According to chairman and CEO Timothy Smucker, 67, who is now stepping down to hand the jars to his younger brother Richard, 63, "Volume gains in the fruit spreads category were supported by investments in advertising and product innovation." In 2001, Smucker's acquired Jif and Crisco from P&G, which no longer saw them as a strategic fit.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Early in the 2000s it made a bold bet: buying photo sharing site Ofoto in May 2001. As the decade wore on and its core business continued to deteriorate, Kodak brought in a new leadership team, downsized its core operations, and began placing bets on even more radical ideas , such as a line of printers with low-cost ink.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2013

With increasing industry disruption, efficiency is fast becoming of secondary importance to innovation and agility. For example, in 2001, IBM set up a permanent transformation organization designed to anticipate and respond to the increasingly unpredictable changes in its markets. It's not just standardizing and streamlining.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

It’s achieved impressive results since being founded in 2001, and is run by a committee of about ten people. They’ve had challenges in maintaining their structure as they’ve grown, but the remain one of the most innovative and most profitable firms in the world. Your main point of differentiation is innovation. Innovation'

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2013

One way to tell the story of mothers2mothers' growth is as follows: since 2001, the organization has expanded its operations to nine countries with an approximately $20 million operating budget. This innovation has impact. Helping decision-makers and their organizations co-implement the proven innovations.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

What the naysayers are overlooking or ignoring is that one could have made a list for Steve Jobs that would look remarkably similar: Missed earnings: Apple posted a $247 million quarterly loss ( in 2001 , four years after Jobs took over — and the stock went UP in after-hours trading). Bad quality control: MobileMe, antenna-gate.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Clarke painted a picture of how computers would change our way of life by the year 2001. More than 80% of our work is done by teams of consultants and staff who operate out of their home offices. For instance, we often announce an innovation budget and invite applications to pilot ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2013

Someday, Apple's now 11-year-long run of nearly unbroken triumph (I'm dating it to the launch of the iPod in November 2001) is going to end. This is another Christensen observation, albeit a lot less famous than the one about disruptive innovation. That is just the way of the business world. The questions, of course, are when, and how.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Mello Here's a link to a post I run each year at this time to make sure that I never forget the tragedy and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001. Join me in THANKS and in prayer for our Patriots, both domestically and abroad, who continue to fight valiently for the Freedoms we all enjoy! I Think Not.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

In fact, Amazon was only operating at such a high burn rate because it could. By the fourth quarter of 2001 — that is, within about 21 months — it was turning a profit. Clayton Christensen has long complained that standard financial metrics can be enemies of innovation and growth.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2015

For instance, ever since Goldman Sachs coined the term BRIC, China and India have pulled ahead of Brazil and Russia, whose growth fell below the group average between 2001 and 2013. Finally, operating conditions differ significantly within the country groups. Moreover, the differences between the countries have grown over time.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Innovation at GE was on a roll. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. Are lean innovation and the startup way a failure in large companies? Then it wasn’t. Comstock is out.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. One trend that has contributed to short-termism and lower innovativeness is the increased prevalence of outside CEOs.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2015

The declines in manufacturing jobs during the downturns of 2001 and 2007, which totaled over 5.8 The Future of Operations. Today, technology-driven productivity and innovation are still leading to growth in new information-intensive sectors. million, were the largest in U.S. manufacturing output. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2017

Looking at LVMH’s efforts, I’ll highlight three areas where I see great impact and innovation: managing carbon and energy, building a connection with customers around brand purpose, and working closely with suppliers. The most innovative part of LVMH’s carbon strategy is the use of an internal carbon fund. ”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

More than half that reached the top quintile in terms of economic profit generation between 2001 and 2005 had been knocked off their perch a decade later, in 2010-15. While our research found that firm-level innovation is high, we also note that policy plays an important role.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

And yet without Box 2, organizations don’t truly transform; they persist in limiting ways of operating. Our industry does not respect tradition—it only respects innovation.” Some innovation leaders make Box 2 symbolic bets that send powerful ripples throughout their organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

It was the brainchild of Donald Clifton , the late grandfather of Positive Psychology , but is associated in the popular culture with Marcus Buckingham , Clifton''s coauthor of Now, Discover Your Strengths (2001). We''ve studied the extent of the problem with an innovative assessment tool, the Leadership Versatility Index.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service. Ofek cites the example of Intel, which in 2001 introduced a 64-bit processor called Itanium, indicating that the product was markedly different than Xeon, its 32-bit predecessor. Developing the Global Leader.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

companies to reverse years of enhancements and innovations in secure online transactions and data storage that power the world’s largest retail e-commerce market , valued at $238 billion. For example, Carbonite now operates several directly-owned or reseller-owned data centers deployed across Europe. That was in 2001.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

They’re more productive , more profitable , more innovative , and they pay better. Walmart is the country’s largest employer and largest company by revenue and it reached that position through an operating model made possible by proprietary logistics software. Architectural Innovation. Andrew Brookes/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

It’s worth noting that the companies and business units in my study were tracked between 2001 and 2007. Leading Innovation Is the Art of Creating “Collective Genius” How to Brand a Next-Generation Product. Bagged salad would not have risen to what is now, a $2.5-billion-a-year Developing the Global Leader.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

Before Mark Zuckerberg wrote a line of Facebook’s code, Kodak made a prescient purchase, acquiring a photo sharing site called Ofoto in 2001. Today the company has annual revenues above $20 billion, competes in healthcare and electronics operations and derives significant revenues from document solutions. It was so close.

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