The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 31, 2023

In a previous article , I explored how technology is generally not feeding through into productivity statistics. Data shows that despite considerable advances in technology in the last decade, productivity has largely remained flat.

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HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2018

Many simple queries can easily be resolved through an online portal instead of spending time on the phone to an HR or finance worker whose time could be spent doing more important things. Technology that is ineffective or regularly crashes can be a major source of frustration to an employee. Update hardware and software regularly.

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Motivation Finance Software Tools 63

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 26, 2019

Typically, Finance, Marketing, and Operations all have input, direct or indirect, on the creation and revision of the strategic plan. He has deep experience in building, leading, and scaling technology teams committed to rapid growth. I call this obstacle The Disconnect. Sales are considered an ending point, not a vital resource.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Company Attrition Planning 57

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Thanks to better file management and new information security technologies, companies can implement a much more advanced structuring across their organization. Finance officers can only access information assigned to their department. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. A Better Structure.

How To 51

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 25, 2017

Now, technology moves at such a fast pace in the modern age. Not only can you keep yourself in the know with your finances with some simple data entry, but it’s also going to be automated and can save you the hassle of replicating invoices and calculating your tax. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Or perhaps your problem area is keeping on top of the finances in your business in which case you should be looking into the software and programmes available to support you in that area. Not Focusing on Finances. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. By then it is probably already too late.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Perhaps the technology team want to spend more time developing an upgrade to your product, but the finance team insist the money is better spent elsewhere. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Perhaps the marketing team is pushing for one set of goals while the sales team wants to go another way.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The startup visa program has been somewhat more successful, with 226 startups registered from the 697 founders approved by the scheme since it was launched in 2017. This helps both in terms of coming up with novel ideas for new businesses and also attracting the finance to help them to grow. ” Broad horizons.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Human Capital Comparison Education 124

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2019

Ifrah was named one of Atlanta Inno’s 25 under 25 entrepreneurs in 2018 and has a passion for how technology can help create new communities and opportunities in dual sided marketplaces. She graduated from Emory University’s undergraduate business school in 2017 and previously worked in Finance at Accenture.

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Mentor Bottom-up Entrepreneur Discount 63

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 12, 2019

While it’s perhaps prudent to take many of the doomsday predictions about the looming technological decimation of the labor market with a large pinch of salt, it is almost certain that whatever disruption does emerge will affect those in the most precarious position more than anyone.

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Education Training Skills Participative 59

Strategy Driven

MARCH 29, 2017

Gathering the required data is the first step to improving many areas of business, and finances are definitely no exception. This is easier than ever with cloud computing and portable technology. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia. And time is money, after all.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 21, 2017

However, one of the least considered points that many business owners overlook is the way they utilise technology. You might think about hiring a new employee because it seems like your finance department isn’t being productive enough. Copyright 2007-2017 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Fixing the Issue With Software.

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Software Asset Management Fixed Assets Document 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Buoyed by low-margin structures and new technological architectures that could support lower costs, the competitors that entered your industry were able to take more and more market share — eventually convincing even your best customers to embrace their products and services. Asset-light businesses are not financed with debt.

Christensen 8

Christensen Finance Innovation B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.

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Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. Fortunately, in December of 2017 GE’s board downsized from 18 members to 12. The Board Had No Finance Committee.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

Also known as “token sales,” this new fundraising phenomenon is being fueled by a convergence of blockchain technology, new wealth, clever entrepreneurs, and crypto-investors who are backing blockchain-fueled ideas. How technology is transforming transactions. Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Due Diligence Finance Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

Ignorance may be bliss for some, but ask anyone in commerce or finance, and they will make it abundantly clear: Ignorance is risk. Although still nascent, cryptocurrencies worldwide are nevertheless on the rise, with money raised by issuers in the first half of 2018 already exceeding the amounts raised in all of 2017. Getty Images.

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Uncertainty Decentralization Innovation Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2018

In 2017, CIO magazine reported that around one-third of all customer relationship management (CRM) projects fail. Those failures can mean a lot of things — over-budget, data integrity issues, technology limitations, and so forth. PM Images/Getty Images. That was actually an average of a dozen analyst reports.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2017

This second transformation will be triggered not by regulation but by rapidly evolving technology. The banks that have nearly completed their regulatory agenda have a head start, since they can free up more financial and human resources to address evolving technology. They are technology-savvy fintech shops.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Bottom-up Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

Nearly 800 digital health startups were funded in 2017, an all-time high. We have identified how hospitals’ budgeting systems have erected three distinct barriers to the adoption of technology. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Gillian Blease/Getty Images. health care system. Insight Center.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Corporate investment in artificial intelligence is predicted to triple in 2017 , becoming a $100 billion market by 2025. Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Measuring brand exposure.

Process 13

Process Company Supply Chain Software 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Firms with growth opportunities as well as the need for external equity financing often convert to dual-class shares. MSCI’s recent analysis shows that unequal voting stocks outperformed the market over the period from November 2007 to August 2017. Almost 50% of recent technology listings have a dual-class status.

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Class Maturity IPO Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2017

And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. IT was using AI to resolve employees’ tech support problems, automate the work of putting new systems or enhancements into production, and make sure employees used technology from approved vendors.

Company 14

Company Survey Finance Engineering 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. A 2017 survey by Kronos and Future Workplace , reveals that the restructuring of work has resulted in significant burnout.

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Team Conference Restructuring McKinsey 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2018

” The email contained a link to a 2017 article one of us wrote for HBR, and suggested the CMO read it before their meeting. ” Like many of the CMOs described in the 2017 article, she was initially hired to focus on downstream commercialization roles, such as overseeing advertising.

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CFO CEO Agility Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And almost all of us have limits on our time and finances — due to kids, social organizations, work, and more — that make additional formal education impractical or impossible. Outside of universities, ongoing learning and skill development is essential to surviving economic and technological disruption.

Education 8

Education Press Release Offshoring Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

FINANCING THAT VACATION HOME IN VANUATU. But, Michael Snider maintains, if you buy a set of headphones, a keyboard, a printer, a scanner, a portable hard drive, or a $50 Shuffle this year – and for the first time, a high-end digital SLR camera — you can be pretty confident you’ll still be able to use it in 2017. On Facebook, Too.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing GDP Bottom-up Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2017

After being denounced for years for its dictatorship and destructive economic policies, Zimbabwe entered a new chapter in November 2017, following the military’s removal of president Robert Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years. ALEXANDER JOE/Getty Images.

Banking 8

Banking First-mover Advantage Politics Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. India’s digital infrastructure is coming to life, with a combination of policy and technological innovation having played an important role.

Banking 15

Banking Long-term Short-term System 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A new product or technology sells better to all stakeholders if people can be persuaded that it will disrupt the status quo. billion in 2017). That, at least, is what the hype around disruption would have you believe. But does the evidence bear out this belief? Here’s how we did it.

Uncertainty 10

Uncertainty Software Sample Participative 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Most modern health care improvements seem to involve expensive technology and an uncomfortable amount of change management. And we mean everyone — not only the inpatient and outpatient teams but even people in HR and Finance. Kelly Sillaste/Getty Images. We sometimes act as if health care organizations are big machines.

Health Care 8

Health Care Stress Morale Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

Yet in this short period, digital technologies have upended our world. Digital technology is widespread and spreading fast. Based on their stock prices on July 6, 2017 , Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook were the five most valuable companies in the world. Digital players wield outsize market power.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Adding 600 new customers a day, M-KOPA intends to cross the million-unit mark by the end of 2017. could harness technologies like 3D printing to build affordable houses faster and cleaner and make them accessible to most Americans. After paying for a full year, the system is unlocked and the customer owns the product outright.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Last year was a record year for data breaches , and 2017, so far, has seen its fair share of high-profile cyberattacks. The immediate emotional response may be to wait until all the details are available and carefully messaged, but it is negligent to withhold information that could help people keep their data and finances safe.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Vital though near-term effectiveness is, the exchanges hold a longer-term potential—they can help reshape the organization, delivery, and financing of insurance. In 2017, they may open up to still larger businesses and to state and local governments. But in 2016 the exchanges will open to companies with 51 to 100 employees.

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Insurance Goal Health Care Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. We also must reduce spending on our exchange by almost 80% between state fiscal years 2015 and 2017. Technological challenges. Technological problems have, in many cases, strained the customer experience.

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Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8