The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 21, 2021

Back in 2004 INSEAD’s W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne published their hugely influential book Blue Ocean Strategy, in which they popularize the concept of seeking unknown market spaces that are untainted by competition. Deviating from industry norms.

Blue Ocean Strategy 135

Blue Ocean Strategy Mauborgne Long-term Strategy 135

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

Weak management Bloom’s World Management Survey was established in 2004 to measure management practices across hundreds of medium-sized firms in the likes of the U.K., and France. Ill-equipped Research from Gallup highlights the importance of good management.

Productivity 113

Productivity Products Management Participative 113

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2021

Across a number of experiments, the researchers asked volunteers to picture a hypothetical company that has a number of strong products and high market potential. Similarly, a search of Google Scholar reveals academic references to things like “charismatic” or “transformational” leadership skyrocketing since 2004.

Management 138

Management Committee Comparison Leadership Development 138

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. But don’t over look the fact that Apple’s culture is innovative, competitive, focused, passionate and collaborative. Mine was marketing.

Entrepreneur 227

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Creativity Energy 227

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Bill George – He has taught leadership since 2004 and is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, where. Dorie Clark – Dorie is a marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, TIME, Entrepreneur, and the World Economic Forum blog.

Porter 150

Porter Christensen Consultative Influence 150

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 10, 2020

Innovation is broadly portrayed as a positive thing, but the very act of disruption can often create as many losers as winners, especially in the immediate aftermath of the disruption where the winners gain a larger share of the pie, and the losers see dwindling returns. market however, things weren’t quite so straightforward.

Skills 88

Skills Emotional Intelligence Stress Storytelling 88

CO2

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the ROI of Executive Coaching is crucial for organizations committed to fostering growth, innovation, and sustainable success. ” (March 2004), noted that companies heavily investing in employee development outperformed the S&P 500 significantly, by 17 – 35%, during 2003.

Executive Coaching 148

Executive Coaching ROI Execution Self-aware 148

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 3, 2022

“Productivity and innovation soar when employees are inspired by a purpose that aligns with their own values.” The first is directional : Purpose acts as a kind of North Star to help guide strategy and innovation. “Purpose acts as a kind of North Star to help guide strategy and innovation.”

Short-term 120

Short-term How To Long-term Operations 120

Women on Business

OCTOBER 1, 2012

This gives you an instant marketing presence in front of potential clients. Decide how marketing activities will be initiated between partners such as handing out marketing material at various networking functions, exchanging banners and links on websites or share a big marketing project.

Strategy 226

Strategy Mentor Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 226

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 23, 2011

by John • May 23, 2011 • Branding , Marketing • 3 Comments. Ironically, a great slogan’s constraint to longevity can be the boredom of the marketer. Marketers like change, but often they make change for change’s sake. I suggest the slogan has become generic to the market. In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership.

Brand 196

Brand CEO Marketing Proposal 196

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 23, 2020

This differentiation was abolished in 2004 to comply with EU trade regulations. The analysis discovered a 1% increase in the payroll tax corresponded with a 0.32% decline in wages in the local labor market. in more central areas. The aim was to stimulate business activity and avoid any depopulation of more remote areas.

Incentives 91

Incentives Analysis Policies Insurance 91

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. But don’t over look the fact that Apple’s culture is innovative, competitive, focused, passionate and collaborative. Mine was marketing.

Entrepreneur 154

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 154

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Information gathering and analytics acumen that looks externally at markets, competition, and the company’s reputation, and internally at the organization’s culture, teams, and performance levels. The CEO will become less of a doer and innovator and more of a leader of leaders. They made great products and brought them to market.

Leadership 247

Leadership CEO Planning Long-term 247

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 9, 2019

The researchers gathered data on around 230,000 patients who had been admitted to intensive care in the Danish health system between 2004 and 2016. Whilst the early results are interesting, the technology is still an awfully long way from market.

Proposal 60

Proposal Tools Technology System 60

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The period from 2004 to 2010 had a specific section on one’s employment characteristics. These countries also have a lower number of vacancies, which makes it hard for either unemployed or new entrants to the job market to find work. What’s more, their struggles can often endure for a prolonged period of time.

Analysis 67

Analysis Survey Stress Marketing 67

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. But don’t over look the fact that Apple’s culture is innovative, competitive, focused, passionate and collaborative.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 92

Kevin Eikenberry

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

I reprise it today for three reasons. To celebrate the life of the late President Reagan on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Leadership 195

Leadership Workshop Blog Video 195

Strategy Driven

MARCH 16, 2016

They prove that the most economically disadvantaged people on the planet create a great market for social entrepreneurs – AND provide a terrific testing ground for innovation and cost control. Prahalad or The Business Solution to Poverty by Paul Polak and Mal Warwick. This can be part of your strategy. The Brownie Strategy.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Prahalad Open-book 50

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Matt Sweetwood, branding expert, defines personal branding as: " Personal branding is the practice of people marketing themselves and their careers as brands -- the ongoing process of establishing a prescribed image or impression in the mind of others about an individual." Lastly, he's done an incredible job marketing himself.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2012

He was impressed by Indian engineers' ability to innovate cost-effectively and quickly under severe resource constraints. Recently, in New York, we participated in a panel discussion organized by the Asia Society called " Jugaad Innovation: Reigniting American Ingenuity " (you can watch a video here ).

CEO 15

CEO Innovation Constraint Engineering 15

Mark Sanborn

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

That way,” he explains, “ Visitors can see that failure isn ’ t a bad thing when you ’ re trying to innovate.”. Known as a maverick, he often “got in trouble” with chain management for his innovative ideas and promotions. Not innovation for the sake of innovation, but innovation that helps operators and improves guest experience. .

Taylor 88

Taylor Taylorism Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 88

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

A few years ago one of the most vexing questions for marketing executives was whether big corporations were going to have to do what Bharti Airtel had done. Airtel’s move quickly transformed the mobile-phone market in India as other telecomms followed suit. Within marketing the silos are collapsing.

Technology 8

Technology Marketing Outsourcing Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

But just as the cell phone, originally designed as a mobile communication device, has been adapted to an unimagined array of additional functions, the EMR is serving as a platform for innovation and creativity. In 2004, large Seattle employers came to our medical center seeking more affordable health care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Creativity Innovation Guidelines 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2013

No advertising innovation: The "I'm a Mac/"I'm a PC" campaign ran for three and a half years without a refresh. In 2004, Apple's CFO, Fred Anderson, left the company. There are other markets waiting to be disrupted, for sure. Volatile stock: In 2008, under Jobs, the stock price dropped by more than 50%. No iPad mini at all.

Marketing 11

Marketing Stage-Gate Advertising Price 11

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

While so much expansion can be tough on a brand, Santander is moving quickly to rebrand all of its acquisitions under the Santander name and launched substantial marketing campaigns in the U.K., which resulted in an increase in brand awareness of 72 percent between 2004 and 2010. He is a frequent lecturer on the subject of branding.

Brand 62

Brand Globalization Banking Long-term 62

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

billion from 2002 through 2004. Although it expanded into new markets, these moves were based on the company’s existing knowledge: Cisco’s storage-area network products were modified versions of its routers, and even its move into consumer wireless internet relied on mature Cisco technologies. Take Cisco, for example.

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Product pioneers face more risk, but can reap big rewards when an innovation proves successful. Research I conducted together with John Joseph of Duke University shows that both approaches can be successful — what matters most is not simply timing but whether a company tailors its innovation strategy to whichever approach it adopts.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Incentives Innovation Follow-up 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Integration and Innovation Abound – According to the report, 30% of the S&P 100 companies include some oversight of diversity issues at the board level and 34% of companies include diversity measures within their compensation plans. For a full copy of the 2010 study, click here. Source U.S.

Diversity 50

Diversity Newsletter Long-term Execution 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2012

They get stuck making incremental improvements that are rooted in existing competencies, markets, and business models. This is especially problematic when companies decide to innovate. If they can't replicate the thinking driving your innovations, they'll be doomed to "me too" status. Forward-looking. Hard to follow.

Core Competence 15

Core Competence Prahalad Hamel Brand 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures make up one of those variables, provided they average at least one deal per year in a program that cumulatively amounts to more than 30% of a company’s market capitalization over 10 years, with no single deal being more than 30% of market cap. Take marketing giant WPP.

CAGR 8

CAGR Due Diligence Industry Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Lego’s somewhat tumultuous journey here will be familiar to anyone in a company struggling to tap into the female half of the market. Things finally got so bad that in 2004, Lego almost went bust. Moreover, the girls who want to play with dolls and accessories are probably not Lego’s target market.

Management 14

Management Niche Marketing Retail Marketing 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The innovation came about because Laird aspired to surf a deepwater reef break on the north shore of Maui called Peahi, or Jaws, where waves can reach 120 feet high. in incremental market capitalization for every $1.00 in incremental market capitalization for $1.00 But coffee has seen other innovations, too.

B2C 14

B2C B2B Strategy Waterman 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This has been a remarkable year for the markets. 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. MirageC/Getty Images. The S&P and the Dow indexes are up 18% and 19%, respectively.

Short-term 8

Short-term Decentralization Company Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

The book did quite well — it has been translated into 18 languages at this point, become part of the ongoing innovation dialogue, allowed me to present ideas to executives across the world, and to build a unique consulting firm with clients on six continents. Once the book had been written, I had to market it.

Succession 17

Succession Diversity Open-book Innovation 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

In 1994, the dominant global provider of mobile handsets was Motorola: its shares were trading at an all-time high and it was seen as an outstanding innovator and even described by a senior consultant at A. By 2000, Motorola's global market share had collapsed from 45% to 15%, while Nokia's had grown to a market-leading 31%.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Long-term Brand Early Adopters 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Are these recent wage increases merely necessary in light of a tightening labor market, or could they start a broader trend that may change our economic growth trajectory? in the United States and Western Europe in 2000 to 2004 to 0.5% This is reflected in slowing growth expectations in many markets. The Economy in 2018.

Crisis 8

Crisis Retail Long-term Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2011

I synthesized Innosight's writing, notably Seeing What's Next (my 2004 book with Clayton Christensen) and a 2009 Harvard Business Review article about transformation in clean-tech , with my own field experience to highlight three areas to asses. Assessment area: Market fit. Assessment area: Innovation focus.

Trends 15

Trends Christensen Business Model Innovation 15